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	Australian 4th Division - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In 1921, the 4th Division name was revived and was assigned to an Australian Citizens Military Forces (reserve) unit, elements of which served in the South West Pacific Area during World War II.
		In 1916, a 4th Division was formed as part of the First Australian Imperial Force.
		When World War I ended the division was demobilised.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Australian_4th_Division

	World War I - Sinai, Palestine and Syria
		World War I - Sinai, Palestine and Syria
		WORLD WAR I - SINAI, PALESTINE AND SYRIA
		Many of the British troops, including the Yeomanry Division, were withdrawn and redeployed to France to shore up the allied resistance to the German 'Michael' offensive in March 1918.
	www.defence.gov.au /army/ahu/history/sinai_palestine_syria.HTM

	First World War.com - Who's Who - Godfrey Irving
		Posted to the Suez Canal to replace 1st and 2nd Division (posted to France), the Australian 4th and 5th Divisions set off on 27 March 1916, marching in difficult conditions, not least due to inadequate clothing and high temperatures.
		Godfrey George Howy Irving (1867-1937) served with Australian forces during the First World War, including a period as temporary command of 5th Division.
		With the outbreak of the First World War Irving was handed an appointment in late May 1915 as Chief of the General Staff with responsibility for administering the expansion of Australia's military training facilities.
	www.firstworldwar.com /bio/irving.htm

	Office of Australian War Graves - France Memorials
		The 1st, 3rd, 4th and 5th Divisional Memorials are of a similar design being in the shape of an obelisk with a bronze plaque recording each Division's battle honours.
		The 2nd Division relieved the survivors of the 1st Division.
		Entirely under Australian planning and command, the victory established the pattern for allied operations for the remainder of the war on the Western Front.
	www.dva.gov.au /commem/oawg/france.htm

	Australian - definition of Australian by the Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia.
		Moreover, in the infancy of the first Australian settlement, the emigrants were several times saved from starvation by the benevolent biscuit of the whale-ship luckily dropping an anchor in their waters.
		Australian - of or relating to or characteristic of Australia or its inhabitants; "Australian deserts"; "Australian aborigines"
		Paul and Amsterdam and Cape Otway on the Australian coast.
	www.tfd.com /Australian

	Australian Army - Enpsychlopedia
		The first Australian division to see action on the Western Front was the 5th Division which was thrown unprepared into the futile Battle of Fromelles, a "diversion" to the Battle of the Somme that cost the division 5,500 casualties for no gain.
		Australian soldiers have been involved in a number of minor and major conflicts throughout its history, but only in World War II did Australian territory come under direct attack.
		Australian units were also responsible for the last phase of amphibious assaults during the Pacific War: the attacks on Japanese-occupied Borneo, including Tarakan, Brunei, British Borneo, Balikpapan and other targets in Sarawak.
	www.grohol.com /psypsych/Australian_Army

	WWII Page
		He was a member of the 3rd Armored Division, the Spearhead that drove into the heart of Nazi Germany.
		who were, or would become, famous who fought in World War II.
		World War II - Prisoners of War - Stalag Luft I
	www.geocities.com /ResearchTriangle/Facility/3991/ww2history.htm

	List Of People Associated With World War I [Definition]
		Despite highly decorated achievements during World War I, including at Gallipoli, Bennett is best remembered for his role in the Fall of Singapore in the Pacific War when, as commander of the 8th Division, he escaped while his men became POWs of the Japanese....
		See: World War I World War I (also known as the First World War, the Great War, the War of the Nations, and the "War to End All Wars") was a world conflict occurring from 1914 to 1918.
		John French, (1852-1925), commander of the BEF The British Expeditionary Force (BEF) was the British army sent to France and Belgium in World War I and British Forces in Europe from 1939 - 1940 during World War II.
	www.wikimirror.com /List_of_people_associated_with_World_War_I

	Index of Code Names
		ABDA World War II acronym for the 1942 cooperative American-British-Dutch-Australian defense of the Pacific and Indian Ocean theater
		DOVETAIL World War II rehearsal in Fiji of the operation to capture Guadalcanal and a lodgement in the southern Solomon Islands (a sub-task of PESTILENCE)
		UNDERTONE World War II (March-April 1945) offensive by Third and Seventh Armies to break through the West Wall and clear the Saar-Palatinate triangle (area within the Rhine, Moselle, and Lauter-Saar Rivers), and to secure a bridgehead east of the Rhine River in the vicinity of Worms
	www.army.mil /cmh-pg/reference/code.htm

	Dad's War: Finding and Telling Your Father's World War II Story, by Wesley Johnston
		Institute for World War II and the Human Experience : This is a university-backed effort to to preserve the experiences of the common soldier, sailor, marine who went to war.
		World War II Troop Ship Crossings : I began this work, which is now being beautifully enhanced and maintained by Shayne Wallesch.
		World War II Veterans telling their own story
	members.aol.com /dadswar

	Artillery
		Supplied reinforcements for 5th Division and Army Brigades.
		" The war of 1914-18 was an artillery war.
		In March 1916 Division Artilleries were greatly expanded for service on the Western Front, with three brigades each of four batteries and one of three batteries, and medium and heavy trench mortars were added.
	www.unsw.adfa.edu.au /~rmallett/Artillery.html

	Second World War Books: Books by Subject
		Sharpshooters at War: The 3rd, the 4th, and the 3rd/4th CLY.
		Fragment of Victory: The 92nd Infantry Division in World War II.
		Churchill’s Sacrifice of the Highland Division: France, 1940.
	www.sonic.net /~bstone/bib/bib157000.shtml

	New Zealand And Australian Division [Definition]
		After Gallipoli, the Australian 4th Brigade was moved to the newly formed Australian 4th Division while New Zealand formed their own division, the New Zealand Division.
		The division was the second division of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps that made original landing at Anzac Cove The landing at Anzac Cove was part of the amphibious invasion of the Gallipoli peninsula by British and French forces on April 25, 1915.
		The Australian 4th Brigade, which landed last, was sent to fill the gap between the left and right flanks of the Anzac perimeter, which required holding positions across the head of Monash Valley.
	www.wikimirror.com /New_Zealand_and_Australian_Division

	ANZAC Day Tours - Independent ANZAC Network
		Most of the men recruited into the Australian Imperial Force at the outbreak of the First World War in August 1914 were se...
		On 4th of August 1914, Australia as a part, of what was then the British Empire, went to war, with other member countries...
		For Australia, as for many nations, the First World War remains the most costly conflict ever in terms of deaths and casua...
	www.anzacday.biz /anzac_day/gallipoli/kb/showTopic.asp?ID=151

	Australian and New Zealand Army Corps - Network Live
		Within Australasia the Anzacs came to stand not just for the troops in World War I, but for Australian and New Zealand soldiers in time of war more generally.
		Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment operated as part of the 4th Battalion of the Royal Australian Regiment (4RAR) which was then referred to as the 4RAR/NZ (Anzac) Battalion.
		At Villers-Bretonneux, in the 1918 First Battles of the Somme, the "Anzac" designation ceased to be used to represent an army corps containing Australian and New Zealand divisions.
	anzac.networklive.org

	4th Infantry Division
		World War II brought the hard-driving 4th Division into action on the beaches of Normandy, in the drive on Cherbourg, in the liberation of Paris and at the battle of the Bulge.
		4th Infantry Division The history of the 4th Infantry Division dates back to 1917 when the division was organized at Camp Greene, N.C. During World War I, the Ivymen fought in the campaigns of Aisne - Marine, St. Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne.
		The Communists suffered approximately 1,600 dead against the 4th in one of the bloodiest battles of the war at Dak To in October 1967.
	www.vietnamvetcontacts.com /gpage23.html

	4th Division
		Charles Bean wrote that on the Western Front the 4th Division earned itself a reputation for hard fighting, and that it had the "least polish" but the "most numerous war-scars" of all the Australian divisions.
		The 4th Infantry Brigade was transferred form the New Zealand and Australian Division, while the 12th and 13th Brigades were formed by duplicating the 4th and 3rd Australian Brigades respectively.
		The 4th Australian Division was formed in Egypt in February 1916 as part of the scheme to split and duplicate the AIF.
	www.awm.gov.au /units/unit_13037.asp

	HQ4BDE History
		The Brigade withdrew from the shores of ANZAC and joined the war on the Western Front in France as part of the Australian 4th Infantry Division.
		The 4th Brigade is one of five Brigades within the 2nd Division ('2 Div'), which is one of 2 Divisions in the Australian Army.
		The 4th Brigade was formed in September 1914, under the command of Colonel (later General Sir) John Monash.
	www.defence.gov.au /ARMY/hq4bde/history.htm

	Second World War Books: Books by Subject
		Sharpshooters at War: The 3rd, the 4th, and the 3rd/4th CLY.
		Paths of Armor: The 5th Armored Division in World War II.
		Fragment of Victory: The 92nd Infantry Division in World War II.
	www.sonic.net /~bstone/bib/bib157000.shtml

	Second World War Books: Books by Subject
		Sharpshooters at War: The 3rd, the 4th, and the 3rd/4th CLY.
		Fragment of Victory: The 92nd Infantry Division in World War II.
		Vanguard of the Crusade: The 101st Airborne Division in World War II.
	www.sonic.net /~bstone/bib/bib157000.shtml

	Second World War Books: Books by Subject
		Fragment of Victory: The 92nd Infantry Division in World War II.
		Vanguard of the Crusade: The 101st Airborne Division in World War II.
		Sharpshooters at War: The 3rd, the 4th, and the 3rd/4th CLY.
	www.sonic.net /~bstone/bib/bib157000.shtml

	Australian 4th Division (World War I) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Australian 4th Division was formed in the First World War during the expansion of the
		Categories : Australian World War I divisions
		New Zealand and Australian Division) were added the new 12th and 13th Brigades (spawned from the battalions of the 4th and 3rd Brigades respectively).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Australian_4th_Division_(World_War_I)

	Australian 4th Division - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		When World War I ended the division was demobilised.
		In 1921, the 4th Division name was revived and was assigned to an
		In 1916, a 4th Division was formed as part of the
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Australian_4th_Division

	Histofig : 20eme WWI - Articles #01
		The Australian 4th and 3rd Divisions were rushed to the area of ALBERT to blunt the German thrust.
		By the 3rd and 4th of April, it was realized that German troops were hiding in the cellars and basements of DERNANCOURT when French civilians signaled to Australians at the embankment.
		The 12th Brigade was part of the 4th Division and arrived in good spirits and with its packs full of abandoned British food supplies, including Red Cross Parcels with fresh socks and luxury items such as chocolate.
	www.histofig.com /history/20/ww1/dernancourt_en.html

	7th Division A.I.F.
		18th Brigade and other Australian units inflicted the first decisive defeat of the Japanese on land in World War 11 at Milne Bay and then at Buna and Sanananda in January 1943.
		Supporting troops were the 2/3rd Machine Gun Battalion, 2/2nd Pioneer Battalion, 7th Division Cavalry Regiment, and Medical units, Engineers and Base Troops.
		In 1943, the Division was airlifted from Port Moresby to Nadzab in the Markham Valley.
	www.starwon.com.au /~skip/page5.html

	Articles - Australian Army
		The 4th Brigade was joined with the sole New Zealand infantry brigade to form the New Zealand and Australian Division.
		By the end of September, the Australian divisions were severely depleted, with only the 3rd and the (rebuilt) 5th deemed to be fit for action.
		In all, 16,175 Australians, with 16,314 horses, served in the Boer War; 251 were killed in action, 267 died of other causes and 43 went missing in action.
	www.free-biz.org /articles/Australian_Army

	Le Hemel Offensive
		Launched on 4th July it was carried out by the Australian 4th Division and four companies of the United States Army.
		It was to him, and to his acute brain and quick decision, that we owed the surprise attack by the Australians at Villers Bretonneux which saved Amiens, and perhaps the Channel ports, after the retreat of 1918, when disaster was very near and but little stood in the enemy's way that night.
		The offensive at Le Hamel was planned by John Monash, commander of the Australian Imperial Force (AIF) on the Western Front.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /FWWhemel.htm

	Australian War Memorial Photograph Database
		MEMBERS OF 8TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION, EX-PRISONERS OF WAR OF THE JAPANESE ENJOYING THEIR FIRST BOTTLE OF AUSTRALIAN BEER FOR YEARS SOON AFTER THE ARRIVAL OF MEMBERS OF 1ST AUSTRALIAN PARATROOP BATTALION ON THE KALANG AERODROME FROM LABUAN.
		MEMBERS OF 8TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION, EX-PRISONERS OF WAR OF THE JAPANESE, AT KALANG AERODROME WAITING TO GREET MEMBERS OF THE 1ST AUSTRALIAN PARATROOP BATTALION ON THEIR ARRIVAL FROM LABUAN.
		MEMBERS OF 8 AUST DIVISION, EX-PRISONERS OF WAR OF THE JAPANESE, TAKING A KEEN INTEREST IN THE FIRST AUSTRALIAN NEWSPAPER WHICH THEY HAVE SEEN FOR YEARS SOON AFTER THE ARRIVAL OF MEMBERS OF 1 AUST PARATROOP BATTALION FROM LABUAN.
	ourworld.compuserve.com /homepages/C_Czarnik/photos_1945.htm

	Office of Australian War Graves - France Memorials
		The 1st, 3rd, 4th and 5th Divisional Memorials are of a similar design being in the shape of an obelisk with a bronze plaque recording each Division's battle honours.
		There are four Australian Divisional Memorials in France (the 5th Division Memorial is located in Polygon Wood, Zonnebeke in Belgium).
		The 2nd Division relieved the survivors of the 1st Division.
	www.dva.gov.au /commem/oawg/france.htm

	1st Brigade, 5th Infantry Division (Mechanized)
		The advance party of 1st Brigade 5th Infantry Division (Mechanized) included most of A Troop 4th Squadron 12th Cavalry (which consisted of 5 officers and 220 enlisted men).
		1st Brigade, 5th Infantry Division (Mechanized) The 5th Infantry Division was organized in December 1917 to participate in World War I. It arrived in France in May 1918, where the German enemy gave the men of the division their name, Red Devils.
		During World War II, the 5th deployed to Iceland, England and Ireland before taking part in the invasion at Normandy.
	www.vietnamvetcontacts.com /gpage17.html

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