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	Australian and New Zealand Army Corps - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (popularly abbreviated as ANZAC) was originally an army corps of Australian and New Zealand troops who fought in World War I at Gallipoli, in the Middle East and on the Western Front.
		The original formation (the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps), which served at Gallipoli, was commanded by General William Birdwood and comprised the Australian 1st Division and the New Zealand and Australian Division.
		Australian and New Zealand Divisions were involved in a number of engagements during the Battle of the Somme (1916) while components of British corps but it was only during the Battle of Pozieres, 23rd July 1916, that an Anzac formation participated as a whole.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Australian_and_New_Zealand_Army_Corps (695 words)

	Australian Corps - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Australian Corps was a World War I army corps that contained all five Australian infantry divisions serving on the Western Front.
		Following the hard fighting of 1917, where the Australian divisions suffered heavily at Bullecourt, Messines and the Third Battle of Ypres, the Australian Imperial Force was facing a manpower crisis.
		General William Birdwood, commander of the AIF, suggested that, in forming the Australian Corps, the weakest division could serve as a depot, providing reserves for the fighting divisions.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Australian_Corps (476 words)

	Encyclopedia: Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		A corps (a word that immigrated from the French language, pronounced like English core, but originating in the Latin corpus, corporis meaning body; plural same as singular) is either a large military unit or formation, a administrative grouping of troops within an army with a common function (such as artillery...
		The New Zealand and Australian Division was formed at the start of the Battle of Gallipoli as a composite division under the command of New Zealand general Alexander Godley.
		The I Anzac Corps was an Australian and New Zealand World War I army corps formed in Egypt in February 1916 as part of the reorganization of the Australian Imperial Force following the evacuation of Gallipoli in November 1915.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Australian-and-New-Zealand-Army-Corps (2362 words)

	Australian Corps -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		It was the largest corps fielded by the (The people of Great Britain) British army in (A republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe) France.
		The Australian nature of the corps was enhanced by the attachment of No. 3 Squadron AFC plus Australian siege artillery batteries.
		In January 1918, the division was returned to the front line south of (Battle in World War I (1914); heavy but indecisive fighting as the Allies and the Germans both tried to break through the lines of the others) Ypres as Haig acquiesed to French demands to take over more of the front.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/a/au/australian_corps.htm (548 words)

	Short history of the Australian corps of signals pigeon service from 1942 [Australian War Memorial]
		As the Australian Corps of Signals had the responsibility of supplying communications to the Army it was decided to incorporate the Pigeon Service with this Corps, so this new Service was adopted by the Corps of Signals and was known as the Australian Corps of Signals Pigeon Service.
		In this important work 2nd Australian Pigeon Section and 6th Australian Pigeon Section, which was previously located at Thursday Island, performed a valuable role and as a result of their enthusiasm, the confidence of the fighting soldier in the use of pigeons increased a hundredfold.
		On 1st Australian Pigeon Section being freed of its responsibility in New Guinea it moved to Bougainville in October 1944 for duty with 1st Australian Water Transport Group operating in that area.
	www.awm.gov.au /encyclopedia/dickin/doc.htm (4081 words)

	The ANZAC Acronym [Australian War Memorial]
		ANZAC is the acronym formed from the initial letters of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps, the formation into which Australian and New Zealand soldiers were grouped in Egypt prior to the landing at Gallipoli in April 1915.
		Following the allied withdrawal from Gallipoli and the expansion of Australian and New Zealand forces in Egypt early in 1916, the ANZAC was split into two new formations called I ANZAC Corps and II ANZAC Corps – despite the repetition of the word Corps in their name.
		These formations, I ANZAC Corps comprising three Australian divisions and II ANZAC Corps made up of the 4th and 5th Australian divisions and the New Zealand Division, were transferred to France and fought on the Western Front until 1917, when the five Australian formations were grouped into a single Australian Corps.
	www.awm.gov.au /encyclopedia/anzac/acronym (401 words)

	Stay Army - Australian Army - Department of Defence (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Corps personnel are employed in specialist intelligence units that provide support to the Defence Force in peace or in war in fields such as:
		The Australian Intelligence Corps (Aust Int) is a small, highly professional Corps dedicated to the provision of intelligence support at the strategic, operational and tactical level.
		The present badge of the Australian Intelligence Corps, which was modelled on the British Army Intelligence Corps badge and accepted in 1953, has the motif of a white and red Tudor rose flanked by laurel leaves and resting on a scroll inscribed "Australian Intelligence Corps".
	www.defence.gov.au /army/stayarmy/AustInt_files/AUSTINT.html (312 words)

	First World War.com - Feature Articles - The Australian Flying Corps
		The first role the Australian Flying Corps was to play in the Great War as part of the Australian Military Forces was in the invasion of German New Guinea on September 11th of 1914 by the Australian and Naval Military Expeditionary Forces.
		The fourth squadron was raised in Australia as 4 Sqn Australian Flying Corps and arrived in England in March of 1917.
		The Australian Government put pressure on the British administration to get their bookkeeping of Australian Forces in line with the Australian nomenclature, and in January of 1918, the British updated their bookkeeping to recognize the Australian squadrons for their rightful AFC names.
	www.firstworldwar.com /features/afc.htm (4017 words)

	Australian Army Engineer Musuem and Heritage Park
		The earliest of the forerunners of the Royal Australian Engineers was the Corps of Engineers founded in the colony of Victoria by Captain (later Major-General Sir) Peter Scratchley, on the evening of Thursday, 15 November 1860, at a meeting held at the Duke of Rothesay Hotel in Melbourne.
		The other Australian colonies soon followed suit, and by 1876 five of the six had raised their own engineer units, embracing field, fortress, telegraph, electric and submarine mining companies.
		Sappers in support of the initial Australian led mission and subsequent UN operations contributed from all areas of RAE capability; combat support to the infantry forces, construction of roads, bridges and other infrastructure, the provision of mapping and topographic support and engineer planning advice.
	www.aamme.com.au /histRAE.htm (1281 words)

	History of RASigs
		This Corps remained as a self contained unit, until the introduction of universal training in 1911, when it was merged with Australian Engineers.
		The present Corps Badge, approved in 1946, is described as: "The figure of Mercury on a globe, the latter supported above by a scroll bearing the motto 'Certa Cito', and a boomerang below bearing the inscription 'Australia'.
		Mercury and the globe are in sliver; the remainder gilt.
	www.au104.org /RASIGS.html (537 words)

	Brief History of Corps Name
		The Corps was not maintained as an "active" Corps of the Australian Army during the post war period of 1920 to 1938.
		In time of war there shall be an Australian Army Provost Corp which shall constitute a corps of the Permanent Forces and shall consist of officers and soldiers appointed to or enlisted in that Corps, or transferred to, or seconded for duty with, that Corps from other portions of the Military Forces.
		The Corps was given a new title to reflect changes in the modern employment and use of Military Police in the Australian Army and is still known as RACMP today.
	home.iprimus.com.au /buckomp/HistoryofCorpsName.htm (1074 words)

	Australian Military History: The Australian Flying Corps
		Those who knew they would face danger as long as they were in the AIF preferred to face it in a corps which offered the promise of independence and glamour, as well as a degree of comfort unknown to the men in the trenches.
		As the Australian historian, F.M. Cutlack, wrote "the star airmen of the opposing armies regarded each other with a curious mixture of personal esteem and deadly hostility." Many toasts were drunk to Richthofen by men who would have gladly killed him given the chance.
		The AFC was a pioneering corps, laying the groundwork for the Royal Australian Air Force and making a significant contribution, through the efforts of men such as Hudson Fysh and the Smith brothers, from No. 1 Squadron, to Australian civil aviation.
	www.awm.gov.au /atwar/ww1_flying.htm (3407 words)

	ANZAC Day - Stories from Australia's Culture and Recreation Portal
		The ANZACs comprised the 1st Australian Division and the composite New Zealand and Australian Division.
		Australians were fighting for their Commonwealth, but they were also fighting for their Empire.
		The Australian War Memorial website has a section dedicated to the tradition of Anzac Day which explains its cultural importance to Australians and the rituals which surround commemoration services such as wreath laying, sounding of the Last Post and the observance of one minute's silence.
	www.acn.net.au /articles/anzac (1834 words)

	Australian Corps of Signals Pigeon Service, Australian Army - In Australia during WW2
		A number of serving members of the Australian Corps of Signals who had been pigeon fanciers before the war were selected to establish the Pigeon Service.
		In 1943 the 1st Australian Pigeon Section moved from Queensland to Port Moresby to meet the increased demand for the use of the pigeons.
		The 8th Australian Pigeon Section returned to Australia in May 1944 and was attached to the 7th Australian Division Signals.
	www.ozatwar.com /ausarmy/acosps.htm (579 words)

	Corps Memorandum No 5
		The Representative Colonel Commandant, being appointed to assist the Head of Corps in the co-ordination of the functions of the Colonels Commandant of the Corps, shall act as Chairman of the Corps Committee.
		Corps property held at the School of Signals is to be recorded in the Q Account ledger as Corps property.
		Corps funds are not to be used to pay for the entertainment of serving members of RA Sigs or other members of the Army unless special circumstances exist.
	home.vicnet.net.au /~rasigsau/mem_chap_5.HTM (3861 words)

	Royal Australian Corps of Military Police (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		It was during this period that the Corps title was changed to "Anzac Provost Corps" AIF Order 496 dated 23 Feb 1917 approved the use of a navy blue coloured hat band and metal shoulder badges by the Corps.
		In war the Corps charter is achieved by providing specialist Military Police support for units deployed throughout the theartre from the forward area of the combat zone to the support areas.
		March 1975, members of the RACMP wore the standard issue Australian Army "slouch hat" with the RACMP badge on the left side, and for general duty wear the option of the standard dark blue beret with the RACMP badge on front was worn as well.
	home.mweb.co.za /re/redcap/australia.htm (2147 words)

	Le Hamel, Australian Corps Memorial
		It was on the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Hamel that the French Government donated this particular piece of French soil as the construction of an Australian Corps Memorial Park.
		This memorial consists of a large sandblasted image on Australian granite of the Rising Sun badge, which was worn proudly by the Australian soldiers throughout the war.
		It was taken as all five divisions of the Australian Corps lined up to take part in the major Allied attack on the German lines the first time the five Australian divisions had fought together as the Australian Corps.
	www.diggerhistory.info /pages-memorials/le_hamel.htm (448 words)

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		Australian Imperial Force was facing a manpower crisis.
		Australian 4th Division, numerically the weakest, but this was strongly resisted by the members of the AIF.
		The Australian nature of the corps was enhanced by the attachment of
	en-cyclopedia.com /wiki/Australian_Corps (406 words)

	T. Leigh Simpson, Australian Flying Corps
		The Anzac Mounted Division was formed in Egypt in March 1916 from the four Australian and New Zealand mounted brigades assigned to ANZAC.
		The Australian Mounted Division was formed in Egypt as the Imperial Mounted Division in February 1917 from the 3rd Light Horse Brigade of the Anzac Mounted Division, the 4th Light Horse Brigade, and two british mounted brigades.
		An epic tale of the Australian Light Horse and their campaign in the deserts of Sinai during World War I. The Aussie 'digger' was immortalised in this film by Chips Rafferty, who brought to his performance a characteristic irreverence and a laconic sense of humour.
	www.ctie.monash.edu.au /hargrave/duigan_simpson.html (1109 words)

	Australian Intelligence Corps Association
		This website is a resource for the public, the members and friends of the Australian Intelligence Corps Association and members of the "Corps".
		Whilst visiting we hope you gain a sense of the Association's pride in the Corps, its achievements and contributions to Australia, during peace and conflict.
		Maintain and foster camaraderie and esprit de corps within the Australian Intelligence Corps, by providing a vehicle for all ranks who have at any time served in the Corps to take pride in its achievements.
	www.austintcorps.asn.au (478 words)

	The Australian Flying Corps, 1916-1918
		With the formation of the Royal Australian Air Force on March 31, 1921, the backbone of the newly formed branch of the Australian Forces was, in the main, ex-members of the Australian Flying Corps.
		In this role it scouted for the Australian Divisions, fought strafing and bombing enemy aircraft, and flew close-observation or contact patrols during the AIF's 1918 battles.
		All the Australian squadrons were made up of courageous and colorful men who risked there lives in their flimsy machines every moment they were in the air.
	www.ctie.monash.edu.au /hargrave/duigan_3squadron_03.html (1929 words)

	Australian Imperial Force
		The Australian Cavalry were transferred to Palestine and served under General Sir Edmund Allenby.
		The Australian Flying Corps (AFC) was founded in 1914 and contributed pilots and aircraft to the Mesopotamian Front, Palestine and the Western Front.
		In May 1918 General John Monash and the Australian Corps led the important counter-offensives at Le Hamel.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /FWWaustralia.htm (3809 words)

	History of Australian Army Corps Badges 5
		The Australian Special Air Service Squadrons (before SAS became a Regiment in it's own right) wore the General Service badge (Rising Sun) and later the "Skippy" badge of the RAR.
		In 1966 the approval was given to adopt the famous "Winged Dagger" of the British SAS.
		This badge, with the inscription "Australian Army Air Corps" was approved by Garter Principal King of Arms in his capacity as Inspector of Regimental Colours (and Badges) on 10 October, 1963.
	www.diggerhistory.info /pages-badges/history05.htm (260 words)

	Corps of Royal Australian Engineers
		Soldiers at sea Mk II : an unofficial history of the maritime units of the Australian Army.
		Corps of the Royal Australian Engineers in the Second World War 1939-1945.
		Soldiers at sea : an unofficial history of the Australian Water Transport Units of the Royal Australian Engineers, 2nd A.I.F., with anecdotes written by men who were part of that history.
	www.regiments.org /regiments/australia/art-eng-sig/RAE.htm (552 words)

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