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1	Neglected Australians : prisoners of war from the Western Front, 1916-1918 Regan, Patrick Michael, Humanities & Social Sciences, Australian Defence Force Academy, UNSW January 2005 (has links) About 3850 men of the First Australian Imperial Force were captured on the Western Front in France and Belgium between April 1916 and November 1918. They were mentioned only briefly in the volumes of the Official Histories, and have been overlooked in many subsequent works on Australia and the First World War. Material in the Australian War Memorial has been used to address aspects of the experiences of these neglected men, in particular the Statements that some of them completed after their release This thesis will investigate how their experiences ran counter to the narratives of CEW Bean and others, and seeks to give them their place in Australia???s Twentieth Century experience of war. AIF Australian Imperial Force prisoners of war POW First World War WWI World War I World War One 1st World War 1914-1918 treatment Germany Germans capture captured officers NCOs non-commissioned officers soldiers escapes wounded sick international agreements hospitals influenza pandemic internment exchange captivity repatriation illness death Australian War Memorial (AWM) history Western Front France Belgium official histories Australians casualties army armies
2	Neglected Australians : prisoners of war from the Western Front, 1916-1918 Regan, Patrick Michael, Humanities & Social Sciences, Australian Defence Force Academy, UNSW January 2005 (has links) About 3850 men of the First Australian Imperial Force were captured on the Western Front in France and Belgium between April 1916 and November 1918. They were mentioned only briefly in the volumes of the Official Histories, and have been overlooked in many subsequent works on Australia and the First World War. Material in the Australian War Memorial has been used to address aspects of the experiences of these neglected men, in particular the Statements that some of them completed after their release This thesis will investigate how their experiences ran counter to the narratives of CEW Bean and others, and seeks to give them their place in Australia???s Twentieth Century experience of war. AIF Australian Imperial Force prisoners of war POW First World War WWI World War I World War One 1st World War 1914-1918 treatment Germany Germans capture captured officers NCOs non-commissioned officers soldiers escapes wounded sick international agreements hospitals influenza pandemic internment exchange captivity repatriation illness death Australian War Memorial (AWM) history Western Front France Belgium official histories Australians casualties army armies

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Neglected Australians : prisoners of war from the Western Front, 1916-1918

Neglected Australians : prisoners of war from the Western Front, 1916-1918