Elands

River

When did
the Event
Occur?

Why/ How
was
Australia
involved?

Fatalities

Significance
to Australia
(5 dot
points).

Start: August
the 4th, 1900
Finish:
August the
1th, 1900.

How:

Fatalities:
12
Soldiers
killed

1.

Breaker
Morant
Second
Boer War

Start:
October the
11th 1899.
Finish: May
the 31st, 1902.

Gallipoli

Start: April
the 25th, 1915
Finish:
January the 9th,
1916.

How: Breaker
Morant was
Australian and
in command of
the Carbineers
and he was
ordered by
Kitchener to
kill prisoners
and innocent
Boer Wars.
Why:
Why: What
they had
hoped to
accomplish
was to assist
the British
naval
operation
which aimed
to capture the
Dardanelles
Strait and the
Turkish capital
(Constantinopl
e).
How: The
Australians
were fighting
alongside the
Britains,
French and
New
Zealanders.

Wounded:
36 soldiers
wounded
Fatalities:
500

Fatalities: 1. Gallipoli has

Killed in
action: 5,
482
Died of
Wounds:
2, 012
Died of
Disease:
665
Total
Deaths:
8, 159

become a
symbol of
Australias
identity.

2. When the
ANZACs
landed in
Gallipoli, there
was a sense of
nationhood
that was born.
3. The ANZAC
soldiers
showed
bravery,
endurance,
resourceful and
companionship.
Which we as a
country call
mateship.

They all
departed by
ship to the
Gallipoli
peninsula

Lone Pine

Start: August
the 6th, 1915
Finish:
August the
10th, 1915.

Why: The
Australians
and New
Zealands
were
attempting to
make a
diversion so
that they could
force a
breakout from
the ANZAC
Perimeter on
the Chunuk
Bair and Hill
971.
How: In the
late afternoon
of 6th of August
1915, the
Australian
forces were
pitched
against the
entrenched
Turkish who
were securely
positioned
under pine
logs. The
Australians
had to break
through the
roof to engage
with the
defenders. The
Main Turkish

4. To be able to
endure one of
the hardest
wars Australia
has ever faced.

Fatalities:
2,273
Australians

5. A loss of
lives from
disease,
wounds and
from fighting in
action.
1. Simpson
was a man who
helped
evacuate men
to field
hospitals by
using his
donkey, Duffy.
Simpson was
killed at 22
years old but
many people
are alive
because of his
courage and
bravery (and
Duffy the
donkey).
2. The Victoria
Cross is a
badge which is
awarded to
those for their
acts of bravery
and seven were
earned at the
Lone pine.
3. When the
Turkish were
covering their
trenches, they
left one lonely
Aleppo pine.
The Australian
soldiers called
it Lonesome

trench took 20
minutes to
attack and
resulted in 4
days of intense
hand to hand
combat.

Pine after a
popular song at
the time (by_).
4. The Soldiers
brought back
pine cones
from the ridge
and now
thousands of
pine cone trees
grow in
Australia. One
tree raised
from the pine
cone seed now
grows in the
Lone Pine
Cemetery in
Gallipoli.
5. Loss of lives.

The Nek

Fromelles

Start: August
the 7th, 1915
Finish:
August the 7th,
1915.
Start: July the
19th, 1916.
Finish: July
the 20th, 1916.

How: The
Australians
were to draws
the German
troops away
from the
Somme
Offensive (The
Battle of
Somme). This
was supposed
to ensure that
the Germans
would not
move further
to the south.
Why: this was
supposed to
ensure that
the Germans
would not
move further
to the south.

Fatalities:
60, 000
Wounded
132,000
Captured:
400
Soldiers
with no
known
graves.
11,000

1. The Anzac
soldiers were
legendary for
their bravery
and fighting
skills during
the battle.
2. The Battle of
Fromelles was
an absolute
disaster and is
known as the
worst day in
Australian
history.
3. The
Australian army
nurses had
caught trench
diseases such
as dysentery,
the measles,

typhus,
influenza and
the mumps.
4. A significant
factor of this
war was that
there were
many soldiers
that were
never found
and have no
known grave.

Battle of
Messines

Start: June
the 7th, 1917.
Finish: June
the 14th 1917.

How: British,
Australian and
New Zealand
Infantry
(Military forces
that fight on
foot) carefully
advanced on a
continuous
attack of
bombings and
took
possession of
the area within
the first hours
of battle.
German
counter
attacks failed.
Australian and
New Zealand
forces
remained in
possession of
the captured
areas.
Why: The
Australians
and New
Zealands took
part in this
battle so that
they could
take

Fatalities:
Unknown

5. Dramatic
loss of lives
1. It was the
first time that
the 3rd
Australian
division were of
use on the
western front.
2. Battle plans
used large
models so that
the soldiers
could
familiarise
themselves
with the
environmental
conditions and
their objectives
to complete.
3. The
Australian,
British and
Canadian
miners were
digging a
tunnel system
underneath the
allies front
line.
4. The battle of
Messines was
the first time

possession of
western front
which had
been held by
the Germans
since 1914.

that the
Australians and
New
Zealanders had
fought side by
side since the
Gallipoli
campaign of
1915.
5. There
information of
the loss of lives
in the battle (if
there were
any).

Start:
Battle of
Beersheba October the

Tobruk

Kokoda

31st, 1917.
Finish:
October the
31st 1917.
Start: April
the 10th, 1941.
Finish:
November the
27th, 1941.

Start: July the

How: The
Australians
were involved
by standing
there ground
in Tobruk and
defending
their territory
against the
German and
Italian forces.
They never
surrendered
even through
the survival of
harsh weather
conditions.
Why: The
Australians
fought in the
Siege of
Tobruk
because they
needed to
prevent any
sort of attack
on Tobruk.
How: The

Fatalities:
507
Wounded:
1, 974
Missing:
476

1. The name
Rats of Tobruk
was given to
the Australiana
Because they
were trapped
by the German
and Italian
forces in
Tobruk. Hence
the name.
2. The battle of
Tobruk was
Australias first
major battle of
the second
world war.
3. The
Australians
were able to
prevent attacks
on Egypt.
4.
5. Loss of Lives

Fatalities:

1. The Kokoda

21st, 1942.
Finish:
November the
2nd, 1942.

Australians
were involved
by fighting
against the
Japanese, with
the Papuan
allies.

625
Wounded:
1, 600
Died of
sickness:
4,000

campaign
saved Australia
from possible
invasion or
isolation.

2. The Kokoda
battle is what
lead us to
victory of the
WW2.
3. Improved
Australias
post-war
practices and
military
operations.
4. The amazing
accomplishmen
ts performed
by the
Australian
soldiers which
lead to the
growth of the
Australian
nation.
5. Loss of Lives

Bombing
of Darwin

Start:
February the
19th, 1942.
Finish:
February the
19th, 1942.

Why: Since
the WW2,
Japan and
Australian
have been
having an
ongoing
conflict.
Because of the
Japan chose to
bomb Darwin
because it is
considered a
vital asset in
Australias
defence force.
How:

Fatalities
(both
Aussies
and
allies):
243

1. This was
Australias very
first attack
which cost the
lives of many
representatives
of the country.

Wounded:
300-400

2. Japan chose
to bomb
Darwin
because it was
a vital asset to
Australias
defence force.
3. The
Japanese raids

Japanese
fighters and
bombers
attacked the
pork and
shipping
harbour twice
during the day.
This attack
killed 252
allied people
and civilians.

were the first

and largest out
of almost 100
air raids
against
Australia
during 19421943.
4. First attack
on Australia
which was
caused by a
foreign country.
5. Loss of Live

Bibliography:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Tobruk#Casualties
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombing_of_Darwin
http://breakermorant.com/blog/
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a
http://www.thesaurus.com/

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