If Australia is good enough to live in, it is good enough to fight for.
I hope to live in it again after the war
Benjamin Moy Ling 19945
I hope to live in it again after the war
Benjamin Moy Ling 19945
Enlistments by Year -
1914 52, 561
1915 165,912
1916 124, 352
1917 45,101
1918 28, 883
Total 416,809
Enlistments by State
Queensland 57,705
New South Wales 164,030
Victoria 112,399
South Australia 34,959
Western Australia 32,231
Tasmania 15, 485
Minimum Requirements
August 1914
19 - 38 years, Height 5ft 6in, chest measurement 34inches
June 1915
18 - 45 years, 5ft 2ins
1917
18 - 45 years, Height 5ft
During the first year of the war approximately 33 percent of all volunteers were rejected. However, with relaxation of physical standards of age and height, as well as dental and ophthalmic fitness, previously ineligible men were now eligible for enlistment.
At the End of the War
Died before discharge from the A.I.F. 60, 284
Wounded in Action (includes gassing & shell shock) 155,133
Prisoners of War 4,044
Suffered from sickness or non-battle injuries 431,448
1914 52, 561
1915 165,912
1916 124, 352
1917 45,101
1918 28, 883
Total 416,809
Enlistments by State
Queensland 57,705
New South Wales 164,030
Victoria 112,399
South Australia 34,959
Western Australia 32,231
Tasmania 15, 485
Minimum Requirements
August 1914
19 - 38 years, Height 5ft 6in, chest measurement 34inches
June 1915
18 - 45 years, 5ft 2ins
1917
18 - 45 years, Height 5ft
During the first year of the war approximately 33 percent of all volunteers were rejected. However, with relaxation of physical standards of age and height, as well as dental and ophthalmic fitness, previously ineligible men were now eligible for enlistment.
At the End of the War
Died before discharge from the A.I.F. 60, 284
Wounded in Action (includes gassing & shell shock) 155,133
Prisoners of War 4,044
Suffered from sickness or non-battle injuries 431,448
Chinese Anzacs
Chinese Anzacs explores the challenges of being an Australian soldier of Chinese ancestry in the First World War
This booklet has been produced by The Department of Veteran Affairs |
Enlistment of Soldiers of Chinese Descent New South Wales 50 Queensland 35 South Australia 11 Tasmania 16 Victoria 107 West Australia 2 Photo: Trooper William Edward (Billy) Sing, World War I sniper of Gallipoli, 5th Light Horse, 31st Battalion AIF
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Victoria Cross Recipients
AXFORD Thomas Leslie - Vaire and Hamel Woods, France
BEATHAM Robert Matthew - Rosieres near Villers-Bretonneux
BIRKS Frederick - Glencorse Wood, near Leper, Belgium
BLACKBURN Arthur Seaforth - Pozieres, France
BORELLA Albert Charles - Villers-Bretonneux, France
BROWN Walter Ernest - Villers Bretonneux, France
BUCKLEY - Alexander Henry - Peronne, France
BUCKLEY Maurice Vincent (alias Gerald SEXTON) - Le Verguier, near St Quentin, France
BUGDEN Patrick Joseph - Polygon Wood, Leper, Belgium
BURTON Alexander Stewart - Lone Pine Trenches, Gallipoli
CARROLL John - Messines, Belgium
CARTWRIGHT George - Rood Wood near Peronne, France
CASTLETON Claud Charles - Pozieres, France
CHERRY Percy Herbert - Lagnicourt, France
COOKE Thomas - Pozieres, France
CURREY William Matthew - Mont St. Quentin, Peronne, France
DALZIEL Henry - Hamel Wood, France
DARTNELL William Thomas (alias Wilbur Taylor Dartnell)
DAVEY Phillip - Merris France
DUNSTAN William - Lone Pine Trenches, Gallipoli
DWYER John James - Zonnebeke, Belgium
GABY Alfred Edward - Near Villers Bretonneux, France
GORDON Bernard Sidney - Fargny Wood near Bray, France
GRIEVE Robert Cuthbert - Messines, Belgium
HALL Arthur Charles - Peronne, France
HAMILTON John (Patrick) - Lone Pine Trenches, Gallipoli
HOWELL George Julian - Bullecourt, France
INGRAM George Mawby (Morby) - Montbrehain near Peronne, France
INWOOD Reginald Roy - Polygon Wood near Leper, France
JACKA Albert - Courtney's Post, Gallipoli Peninsula
JACKSON John William Alexander - Bois Grenier near Armentieres, France
JEFFRIES Clarence Smith - Passchendaele, Belgium
JENSEN Joergen Christian - Noreuil, France
JOYNT William Donovan - Herleville Wood near Chuignes, France
KENT Thomas James Bede - Hermies, France
KEYSOR Leonard Maurice - Lone Pine Trenches, Gallipoli
LEAK John - Pozieres, France
LOWERSON Albert David - Mont St Quentin near Peronne, France
MACTIER Robert - Mont St. Quentin near Peronne, France
MAXWELL Joseph - Beaurevoir near Estrees, France
McCARTHY Lawrence (Laurence) Dominic - Madame Wood near Vermandovillers, France
McDOUGALL Stanley Robert - Dernancourt, France
McGEE Lewis - Near Leper, Belgium
McNAMARA Frank Hubert - Raid on Tel el Hesi, Palestine, Israel
MOON Rupert Vance - Near Bullecourt, France
MURRAY Henry William - Gueudecourt, France
NEWLAND James Ernest - Boursies and Lagincourt, France
O'MEARA Martin - Pozierres, France
PEELER Walter - Broodseinde near Leper, Belgium
POPE Charles - Louverval, France
RUTHVEN William - Ville-sur-Ancre, France
RYAN (Edward) John (Frances) - Near Bellicourt, France
SADLIER Clifford William King - Villers-Bretonneux, France
SHOUT Alfred John - Lone Pine Trenches, Gallipoli
STATTON Percy Clyde - Proyart, France
STORKEY Percy Valentine - Hangard Wood, France
SYMONS William John - Lone Pine Trenches - Gallipoli
THROSSELL Hugo Vivian Hope - Kaiakij Aghala (Hill 60), Gallipoli Peninsula
TOWNER Edgar Thomas - Mont St. Quentin, Peronne, France
TUBB Frederick Harold - Lone Pine Trenches, Gallipoli
WARK Blair Anderson - Bellicourt to Joncourt, France
WEATHERS Lawrence Carthage - Peronne, France
WHITTLE John Woods - Boursies and Lagincourt, France
WOODS James Park - Le Verguier near St Quentin, France
AXFORD Thomas Leslie - Vaire and Hamel Woods, France
BEATHAM Robert Matthew - Rosieres near Villers-Bretonneux
BIRKS Frederick - Glencorse Wood, near Leper, Belgium
BLACKBURN Arthur Seaforth - Pozieres, France
BORELLA Albert Charles - Villers-Bretonneux, France
BROWN Walter Ernest - Villers Bretonneux, France
BUCKLEY - Alexander Henry - Peronne, France
BUCKLEY Maurice Vincent (alias Gerald SEXTON) - Le Verguier, near St Quentin, France
BUGDEN Patrick Joseph - Polygon Wood, Leper, Belgium
BURTON Alexander Stewart - Lone Pine Trenches, Gallipoli
CARROLL John - Messines, Belgium
CARTWRIGHT George - Rood Wood near Peronne, France
CASTLETON Claud Charles - Pozieres, France
CHERRY Percy Herbert - Lagnicourt, France
COOKE Thomas - Pozieres, France
CURREY William Matthew - Mont St. Quentin, Peronne, France
DALZIEL Henry - Hamel Wood, France
DARTNELL William Thomas (alias Wilbur Taylor Dartnell)
DAVEY Phillip - Merris France
DUNSTAN William - Lone Pine Trenches, Gallipoli
DWYER John James - Zonnebeke, Belgium
GABY Alfred Edward - Near Villers Bretonneux, France
GORDON Bernard Sidney - Fargny Wood near Bray, France
GRIEVE Robert Cuthbert - Messines, Belgium
HALL Arthur Charles - Peronne, France
HAMILTON John (Patrick) - Lone Pine Trenches, Gallipoli
HOWELL George Julian - Bullecourt, France
INGRAM George Mawby (Morby) - Montbrehain near Peronne, France
INWOOD Reginald Roy - Polygon Wood near Leper, France
JACKA Albert - Courtney's Post, Gallipoli Peninsula
JACKSON John William Alexander - Bois Grenier near Armentieres, France
JEFFRIES Clarence Smith - Passchendaele, Belgium
JENSEN Joergen Christian - Noreuil, France
JOYNT William Donovan - Herleville Wood near Chuignes, France
KENT Thomas James Bede - Hermies, France
KEYSOR Leonard Maurice - Lone Pine Trenches, Gallipoli
LEAK John - Pozieres, France
LOWERSON Albert David - Mont St Quentin near Peronne, France
MACTIER Robert - Mont St. Quentin near Peronne, France
MAXWELL Joseph - Beaurevoir near Estrees, France
McCARTHY Lawrence (Laurence) Dominic - Madame Wood near Vermandovillers, France
McDOUGALL Stanley Robert - Dernancourt, France
McGEE Lewis - Near Leper, Belgium
McNAMARA Frank Hubert - Raid on Tel el Hesi, Palestine, Israel
MOON Rupert Vance - Near Bullecourt, France
MURRAY Henry William - Gueudecourt, France
NEWLAND James Ernest - Boursies and Lagincourt, France
O'MEARA Martin - Pozierres, France
PEELER Walter - Broodseinde near Leper, Belgium
POPE Charles - Louverval, France
RUTHVEN William - Ville-sur-Ancre, France
RYAN (Edward) John (Frances) - Near Bellicourt, France
SADLIER Clifford William King - Villers-Bretonneux, France
SHOUT Alfred John - Lone Pine Trenches, Gallipoli
STATTON Percy Clyde - Proyart, France
STORKEY Percy Valentine - Hangard Wood, France
SYMONS William John - Lone Pine Trenches - Gallipoli
THROSSELL Hugo Vivian Hope - Kaiakij Aghala (Hill 60), Gallipoli Peninsula
TOWNER Edgar Thomas - Mont St. Quentin, Peronne, France
TUBB Frederick Harold - Lone Pine Trenches, Gallipoli
WARK Blair Anderson - Bellicourt to Joncourt, France
WEATHERS Lawrence Carthage - Peronne, France
WHITTLE John Woods - Boursies and Lagincourt, France
WOODS James Park - Le Verguier near St Quentin, France