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Concern about a German victory and its impact on Australia.
Chance to show what Australians could do on the battlefield.
Outrage at reported German atrocities in Belgium early in the war.
To visit the motherland (Great Britain) and ancient civilisations.
Chance to play a role on the world stage in the “war to end all wars”.
The impact of recruiting drives and community pressure.
Christian commitment.
(7) Using the information recorded in Q(4) about the family name starting
with the letter K, visit the Australian War Memorial website at
www.awm.gov.au > Biographical Databases > Roll of Honour.
Enter their surname and christian name (R is Reginald and S.C. is Sidney
Clarence), select the First World War, 1914 –1918 and ‘click’ on search. Open
the Circular Information and find out what three things were especially tragic
about their deaths in respect to their relationship, place and time of death.
Reginald and Sidney Clarence Kennedy were brothers. Both of them lost their lives at
Ypres (Belgium) within a few days of each other on 28/9/17 and 4/10/17 respectively.
(8) The names of M.J.R. and N.B.L. Crabb appear on
the Magill Soldier’s Memorial.
By accessing the Australian War Memorial Roll of
Honour find out if they were related.
By looking at the notes in the Circular Information
what happened to Murray on the 20 - 21
September 1917?
Murray John Rossiter and Norman Benjamin Lyndon Crabb were brothers.
Murray was gassed on 20-21/9/1917.
(9) Poison gas was a horrible weapon that was used during the First World
War. During the period of its use on the Western Front, over 16,000
Australians were gassed, with over 300 being killed by poison gas exposure.
One particularly terrible form of chemical, which was first used in 1917,
was known as “Mustard Gas”. Find out about the effects and problems
with its use.
Mustard Gas
Germany unveiled an enhanced form of gas weaponry, which became known as
mustard gas, an almost odourless chemical which was contained in artillery shells,
against the Russians at Riga in September 1917. The serious blisters it caused, both
internally and externally, brought on several hours after exposure, distinguished
mustard gas from other types of poison gas used during World War One. Protection
against mustard gas proved more difficult than against either chlorine or phosgene gas
which had been used previously in the war. The use of mustard gas - sometimes
proved to have mixed benefits. While inflicting serious injury upon the enemy, the
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