The Australian Army in World War I

An Australian historian working at the National Army Museum, London, Robert Fleming has spent many years researching the ANZAC involvement in World War I.The importance of the Australian contribution to the Allied war effort during World War I should never be underestimated. Some 400,000 Australians volunteered for active duty, an astonishing 13 per cent of the entire (white) male population, a number so great that the Australian government was never forced to rely on conscription. Cas