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	First Australian Imperial Force - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The 1st AIF was a purely volunteer force for the duration of the war.
		Close to 20% of those who served in the 1st AIF had been born in the United Kingdom but all enlistments had to occur in Australia (there were a few exceptions).
		The 1st AIF officially ceased to exist on April 21, 1921 and on July 1, 1921 the military hospitals in Australia passed into civilian hands.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/First_Australian_Imperial_Force (987 words)

	The Militia (AMF or CMF); what it was and how it operated.
		Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) was a volunteer force (initially of four infantry divisions, and later an armoured division) whose troops enlisted for overseas duty.
		The 6th Australian Infantry Division was reflective in miniature of the population of Australia in its recruitment.
		This was the 1st Australian Armoured Division formed on 1 July 1941 and consisting initially of 1st and 2nd Australian Armoured Brigades.
	au.geocities.com /thefortysecondinww2/level1/line5/the_militia.htm (2694 words)

	Brigadier General - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		In the Australian Imperial Force during World War I, the rank of Brigadier-General was always temporary and held only while the officer was posted to a particular task, typically the command of a brigade.
		In the Royal Air Force and other Commonwealth air forces that use similar ranks, the equivalent rank is Air Commodore.
		In the Israeli Defense Forces, the rank of Brigadier General is called and is the third highest rank, below (Major General) and (Lieutenant General or General).
	www.americancanyon.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Brigadier_General (380 words)

	Australian Military Units
		The 1st Light Horse Regiment was raised, from recruits from New South Wales, at Rosebury Park in Sydney in August 1914.
		The 1st Light Horse Regiment rejoined the Allied advance across the Sinai in November 1916 and was subsequently involved in the fighting to secure the Turkish outposts on the Palestine frontier - Maghdaba on 23 December 1916 and Rafa on 9 January 1917.
		The 1st Light Horse Regiment participated in the advance to Jaffa that followed, and was then committed to operations to clear and occupy the west bank of the Jordan River.
	www.awm.gov.au /units/unit_10549.asp (555 words)

	Second Australian Imperial Force
		The Second Australian Imperial Force (2nd AIF) was the name given to the volunteer units of the Australian Army in World War II.
		In 1941, the 1st Armoured Division began to be raised as part of the AIF.
		Australian prisoners of war, like other Allied prisoners of the Japanese, were often held in extremely inhumane conditions, such as Changi prison, or in Japan itself.
	www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/second_australian_imperial_force (757 words)

	The World at War
		In 1929 a cadre of tank-trained officers and men was raised, the First Australian Tank Section was formed at Randwick in the State of New South Wales and the Second Australian Tank Section was raised in the State of Victoria.
		The project for an Australian made tank was also exacerbated by the Army attempting to lay the specifications on the design perimeters on a turret type tank capable of fighting German AFV’s.
		The Australian cruiser tank, or Sentinel with its cast hull, for a tank of this size, had preceded the American M48 by ten years and was acknowledged as a real contribution, at the time.
	worldatwar.net /article/australiantank/tank41.html (1008 words)

	Battle of Hamel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Battle of Hamel (4 July 1918) was a planned attack launched by the Australian Corps of the Australian Imperial Force against German positions in the town of Hamel in western France during World War I.
		The battle was planned and commanded by Lieutenant General John Monash (later knighted).
		It also marked the novel use of a number of tactics such as aerial resupply and advanced cooperation between infantry and armour.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Hamel (211 words)

	First Australian Imperial Force -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The 1st AIF was a purely (A person who performs voluntary work) volunteer force for the duration of the war.
		Close to 20% of those who served in the 1st AIF had been born in the (A monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland) United Kingdom but all enlistments had to occur in Australia (there were a few exceptions).
		Likewise the Australian Mounted Division was originally named the Imperial Mounted Division because it contained the British 5th Mounted ((A British volunteer cavalry force organized in 1761 for home defense later incorporated into the Territorial Army) Yeomanry) Brigade.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/F/Fi/First_Australian_Imperial_Force.htm (1390 words)

	Rupert Vance Moon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Rupert Vance Moon was an Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
		He was 24 years old, and a Lieutenant in the 58th Battalion (Victoria), Australian Imperial Force during the First World War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC.
		On 12 May 1917 near Bullecourt, France, Lieutenant Moon's immediate objective was a position in advance of a hostile trench, and then against the trench itself, after the capture of which it was intended that his men should co-operate in a further assault.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rupert_Vance_Moon (245 words)

	5th Battalion Australian Imperial Force Reenactors Homepage (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		When the war broke out in 1914, the Australian Government pledged an initial contingent of one Infantry Division and a Mounted (Light Horse) Brigade to the aid of the mother country.
		The division was officered by a large percentage of the Australian regulars, and the Infantry Battalions were cadred by volunteers from the various Militia Battalions.
		Australian Division, Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC).
	members.cox.net /anzac1914/history.html (488 words)

	Second Australian Imperial Force Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The 6th and 7th Divisions, with elements of the 1st Armoured, formed a large part of the Allied forces which destroyed the major Japanese beachhead in New Guinea, at the Battle of Buna-Gona.
		General Douglas MacArthur, Supreme Allied Commander in the South West Pacific, was criticised for his use of Australian forces.
		Although he had initially depended on the Australian Army for all of his ground forces, MacArthur deployed them in secondary assignments during 1943-45, where they often fought what many considered to be pointless battles.
	www.karr.net /search/encyclopedia/Second_Australian_Imperial_Force (968 words)

	Australian 1st Armoured Division - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Three regiments from the division saw combat against the Imperial Japanese Army, in the South West Pacific theatre of the Pacific War.
		During 1944-45 the 2/4th Armoured Regiment saw action in the Bougainville campaign and then in the Aitape-Wewak campaign in New Guinea, equipped with Matilda tanks.
		The 2/9th Armoured Regiment, also using Matildas, served in the Borneo campaign (1945), including the Australian amphibious landings at Tarakan, Sarawak, Brunei, Labuan and British Borneo in 1945.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Australian_1st_Armoured_Division (221 words)

	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 (747 words)

	RNSWR Battalions off ORBAT
		The Second Australian Imperial Force, raised as in the Great War, saw the advent of the 2/3rd Battalion, at Ingleburn, in October 1939, as part of 16th Brigade, 6th Division.
		The 19th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force was formed at Liverpool on 27April 1915 as part of 5th Brigade, 2nd Division, of the now‑enlarged expeditionary force for Great War service overseas.
		The 41st Battalion, Australian Imperial Force, came into existence in the Enoggera area on 1 January 1916, as part of the raising of additional expeditionary force divisions following the evacuation of the 1 stand 2nd Divisions from the Gallipoli Peninsular.
	diggerhistory.info /pages-army-today/state-regts/rnswr-off-orbat.htm (2772 words)

	Trenches on the Web - Special: ANZAC Memories
		The Australian Imperial Force, the AIF, was raised for service overseas in the war against Germany.
		The 1st Infantry Division and the 1st Light Horse Brigade were to be enlisted, readied and dispatched overseas in approximately six weeks from the time war was declared.
		Soldiers came from the full range of social, religious and economic backgrounds represented in the wider Australian population, but the original intention that half the force be drawn from men with militia training and half without does not appear to have been realised even in the early contingents.
	www.worldwar1.com /sfanzac.htm (1115 words)

	1st/15th Royal NSW Lancers Band
		The 2nd Australian Light Horse Brigade were present and the ceremony concluded with a march past of the Brigade, the Salute being taken by the Governor-General Lord Denman.
		The Australian part time forces were recruited for Home Defence, and on the outbreak of WWI large numbers of the NSWL joined the Australian Light Horse Regiments of the 1st Australian Imperial Force.
		The NSWL reverted to the 1st ALH and in 1921, the NSWL Band became the 4th Cavalry Brigade Band, although it remained at Lancer Barracks and was administered by the 1st ALH.
	www.lighthorse.org.au /military/RNSWL_Band.htm (3369 words)

	Australian Imperial Force Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Australian Imperial Force (AIF) was the name given to two all-volunteer Australian Army forces dispatched to fight overseas during World War I and World War II.
		During World War I, the Australian Flying Corps, the precursor of the Royal Australian Air Force, was part of the 1st AIF.
		The modern Australian Army was established in 1947 and its soldiers can be (and are) deployed anywhere in the world.
	www.karr.net /search/encyclopedia/Australian_Imperial_Force (352 words)

	Australian Imperial Force Badge - Fovant Badges Society
		Major General Sir Edward Hutton, the newly appointed first Commander-in-Chief of the Australian Forces used this trophy as his inspiration when he requested a General Service Badge to be worn by the Australian soldiers in South Africa.
		Proudly worn in two world wars, the rising sun, officially known as the General Service Badge of the Imperial Forces, became one of the best recognised and honoured insignia of the allied armies.
		An integral part of the digger tradition, its distinctive shape, worn on the upturned brim of a slouch hat is readily identified with the spirit of ANZAC.
	www.fovantbadges.com /bad_au.htm (205 words)

	Brigadier General (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		In the Australian Imperial Force (1st)Australian Imperial Force during World War I/, the rank of Brigadier General was always temporary and held only while the officer was posted to a particular task, typically the command of a brigade.
		In the Royal Air Force and many other airforces that do not use ranks based on those of the army, the equivalent rank is an Air Commodore.
		In the Israeli Defense Forces a Brigadier General is called Tat Aluf''' and it is the third highest rank.
	www.infothis.com /find/Brigadier_General (721 words)

	Statistics - military [Australian War Memorial]
		Twenty-two thousand Australians were captured defending Malaya, Singapore, and the Netherlands East Indies.
		Massacres of Australians occurred at Tol Plantation on New Britain (160 Australians); Parit Sulong in Malaya (110); and at Laha on Ambon (over 200).
		Twenty-one Australian nurses were executed on Banka Island, and an unknown number of Australians elsewhere in Malaya and in Singapore, especially at the Alexandra Hospital.
	www.awm.gov.au /encyclopedia/statistics_table.htm (389 words)

	WWI Foreign Recipients of the Distinguished Service Cross - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to John R. Padgett, Lance-Corporal, Australian Imperial Force, for extraordinary heroism in action in the attack on the Hindenburg Line, September 29, 1918.
		While Major Chanoine's group was advancing to attack with the 1st Brigade of American Tanks his leading tank became stalled, and this officer left his post of command and went forward to direct its repair.
		In an encounter with a superior force of the enemy on September 24 he fearlessly attacked the group, and in the unequal combat which followed he persisted in the attack and succeeded in shooting down an enemy plane within our lines.
	www.homeofheroes.com /verify/1_Citations/dsc_05wwi_Foreign.html (12668 words)

	Gallipoli
		Australian soldiers from the 3rd Brigade landing at Gallipoli.
		In the 1st Infantry Brigade, the 2nd Battalion experienced the heaviest casualties.
		Nearly 9000 Australians died on that dreadful beach, but Ted Matthews, who was an 18-year-old carpenter when he enlisted, is the only soldier still alive who landed on that first fateful day.
	www.mindspring.com /~johnaust/www/Gallipoli.htm (2331 words)

	AFC Imperial Force Army Badge - The Heraldry of the Australian Flying Corps
		The colour and shape of the patches were authorised in a consistent pattern during World War I, but during World War II the consistency was lost to an extent.
		The current Australian Army Aviation (AAVN) Badges, which are a part of the Army Standing Orders for Dress, show homage to their Australian Flying Corps roots.
		The Royal Australian Air Force have also maintained a link to the Australian FLying Corps Army Badge with the Chief of Air Force's Flag.
	www.australianflyingcorps.org /2004_2002/heraldry/afcarmybadge.html (387 words)

	RNSWR Battalions off ORBAT
		The lineage of 4 RNSWR descends in two strands from the Newtown Volunteer Rifle Corps (1862) and the Ashfield Volunteer Reserve Corps (1885), through many re-designations, culminating in the raising of 4th Infantry Battalion in 1921 from 2nd Battalion, 36th Infantry Regiment (Newtown strand) and 5th Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment (Ashfield strand).
		From this, and through the 1stRegiment, New South Wales Volunteer Infantry and, from 1903 the 1st Australian Infantry Regiment, the 17th Battalion traces its lineage, and from these predecessors it derives the Battle Honours "Suakin, 1885 and "South Africa, 1899-1902".
		In 1860 the South Sydney Volunteer Corps, a sub‑unit of 1st Regiment, New South Wales Rifle Volunteers, was raised.
	www.diggerhistory.info /pages-army-today/state-regts/rnswr-off-orbat.htm (2772 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		General Orders No. 68, W.D., 1920 Resident of England Hill, John H. Lieutenant, Australian Imperial Force 50th Battalion, 13th Infantry Date of Action: September 29, 1918 Citation: The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to John H. Hill, Lieutenant, Australian Imperial Force, for extraordinary heroism in action northwest of Bony, France, September 29, 1918.
		General Orders No. 60, W.D., 1920 Resident of England Parkes, Thomas Private, Australian Imperial Force 55th Battalion, 14th Infantry Date of Action: September 30, 1918 Citation: The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Thomas Parkes, Private, Australian Imperial Force, for extraordinary heroism in action north of Bellicourt, France, September 30, 1918.
		While on duty with the 37th Infantry as interpreter, Marechal de Logis Simonet rendered exceptional service to our forces by assuming command until the second in command could be notified, when the adjutant and commanding officer of the battalion to which he was attached were wounded.
	www.homeofheroes.com /verify/books/02_DSC-WWI-Foreign.doc (13942 words)

	History of the 5th Light Horse Regiment, AIF 1914 - 1919
		It was soon apparent that the forces which had already landed were not sufficient to force the Dardanelles, and the matter of reinforcements came up for serious consideration.
		On the 1st August Colonel Harris was buried on Shell Green at 9.15 p.m., the ceremony being conducted by the Dean of Sydney and the Reverend Robertson.
		From the 18th July, when the Turkish force was reported until the subsequent advance after the defeat of the Turks at Romani, this Regiment was engaged in sending out strong patrols to Dhaba on the East and Aras on the South, by day.
	www.anzacs.org /5lhr/pages/5lhr_history_full_a.html (19951 words)

	General Birdwood
		Lieutenant General Sir William Birdwood, a senior officer in Britain’s pre-1914 Indian Army, was appointed in December 1914 to the command of the Australian and New Zealand forces then assembling in Egypt.
		These units were soon formed into a corps, the ‘A and NZ Army Corps’, of two divisions – the 1st Australian Division AIF (Australian Imperial Force) commanded by Major General Sir William Throsby Bridges and the New Zealand and Australian Division commanded by Major General Sir Alexander Godley.
		On Gallipoli, it was Birdwood who requested that the position held by the Australians and New Zealanders be known as Anzac and that the place where most of them had landed on 25 April be known as Anzac Cove.
	anzacsite.gov.au /1landing/s_birdwood.html (1064 words)

	THE ANATOMY OF A RAID. Australia at Celtic Wood 9 Oct. 1917 - SPAGNOLY, TONY (SMITH, TED ED.) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		From the Prologue: ~On the 8th October 1917 the staff of the 3rd Australian Brigade, in their shelters around Anzac Ridge near Polygon Wood, must have been surprised to receive orders to mount what would be a second raid within two days on an enemy position named Celtic Wood.
		Now the 1st Australian Division required something more ambitious to support a general corps attack due to start slightly to the north around Gravenstafel and the Abraham Heights.
		The aim would be to convince the Germans that an offensive would develop on the 1st Australian Division front and make them spread their counter-battery fire all along the line and retain reserves in the southern sector.
	antiqbook.com /boox/dmd/23631.shtml (594 words)

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