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(3) How many soldiers whose names appear on the monument lost their lives
during the First World War?
How many others had died by 1920 from the effects of war?
Assuming these figures were reflected throughout Australia, how many
Australians might have lost their lives as a result of the effects of war by
1920. To assist in your calculations 60,000 Australians lost their lives
during the Great War.
29 died during the war and 5 due to the effects of war.
5/29 X 60,000 = Approx 10,335 would have potentially died by the end of 1920 due
to the effects of war if these figures represented a national trend.
(4) How many surnames appear more than once on the Magill Soldiers
Memorial? List these names. Note the initials of the family with the
surname starting with K. These will be used for further research when you
return to the classroom.
The four family names that appear twice are CRABB, JURY, KENNEDY and MAIN.
The Kennedy’s initials are S.C. and R.
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(5) Both the Australian and British flags appear on the monument. Why would
the flag of another country appear on an Australian war memorial?
Whilst an independent country, Australia was still a part of
the British Empire in the early 20 th century. Given its
colonial history, in 1914 Australia, still had strong political,
social, cultural, military and commercial ties with Great
Britain. A sense of Australian nationalism was still
emerging and many Australians still saw themselves as
British and looked to the mother country for leadership,
recognition and support. The epitaph, chosen by one South
Australian mother after the war, which appears on a grave
marker at Gallipoli, reads, “He died like a Britisher”.
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/war/wwone/australia_02.shtml
(6) List some reasons why so many Australians were willing to enlist to serve in
the First World War?
There were many reasons soldiers enlisted. Some of these include:
Loyalty to the British Empire.
The desire for adventure.
The result of friends or relatives joining up.
The chance of overseas travel.
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