Australia's Involvment in WWI

By tmatijoang

  • Britan declares war on Germany

    Australia quickly pledged its support for Britan. As Andrew Fisher said "Australian's will stand beside our own to help and defend"

  • Australian's land at ANZAC cove

    British, Australian, New Zealand and French troops land on or near the Gallipoli peninsula

  • Evacuation of Gallipoli

    The evacuation of all British, New Zealand and Australian troops from ANZAC cove was completed with a single casualty

  • Battle of Fromelles

    Alongside the British 61st division, the Australian 5th division attack the German positions, this was to demonstrate that the German army would be prevented from transfering reserves

  • Battle of Pozières

    I ANZAC was assigned the task of capturing Pozières village and moving the line northwards towards mouquet Farm. On 23 July the 1st Division attacked and captured the German-occupied village.

  • Battle of Romani

    After several months of long-range patrolling east of the Suez Canal, the ANZAC Mounted division fought its major action at Romani

  • Battle of Flers

    After returning to the somme, I ANZAC conducted some smaller operations against the village of Flers.

  • The battle of Somme ends

    The battle of Somme came to an end before the onset of winter. Many objectives set for the British for the first day of the campaign remained in the hands of the enemy