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At the start of the war, Australia's military forces were focused upon the militia and what Regular forces existed were mostly serving in the artillery or engineers and were assigned in most part to the task of coastal defence.
- Military history of Australia
In the early 20th century, as a federated dominion and later...
- Australian Army during World War I
The Australian Army was the largest service in the...
- Military history of Australia
The first campaign that Australians were involved in was in German New Guinea after a hastily raised force known as the Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force was dispatched in September 1914 from Australia and seized and held German possessions in the Pacific.
Some Royal Australian Navy (RAN) ships, including the HMAS Australia, helped New Zealand forces to capture German Samoa on 29 and 30 August 1914. Recruiting offices opened in Army barracks around Australia on 10 August 1914. Thousands of Australian men enlisted in the forces on the first day.
At the outbreak of World War I, Australia possessed only one military aviation base – Point Cook – which had just been commissioned. At Point Cook was established the Central Flying School with two junior officers as flying instructors and but five puny aircraft suitable only for flying training.
10 de mar. de 2011 · With the outbreak of war the new Commonwealth of Australia found itself willingly at war for the empire. Australian leaders were not consulted, but demonstrated their unqualified loyalty.
