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For d

iscu

ssio

n:1.

H

ow h

as a

rtis

t N

orm

an L

inds

ay p

ortr

ayed

the

sol

dier

s in

the

re

crui

tmen

t po

ster

, and

why

? (T

hink

abo

ut h

ow A

ustr

alia

ns

mig

ht h

ave

been

feel

ing

abou

t th

e w

ar in

1918

whe

n th

e po

ster

w

as d

esig

ned.

)

2. W

hat

was

the

pur

pose

of t

his

post

er?

Who

was

it m

eant

to

pers

uade

? In

vest

igat

e th

e no

tions

of p

ropa

gand

a, p

ersu

asio

n,

volu

ntee

ring,

and

adv

ertis

ing.

3. W

hy d

o yo

u th

ink

the

post

er is

titl

ed “

Fall-

in!”

?

4.

Wou

ld t

his

post

er h

ave

been

eff

ectiv

e in

mak

ing

mor

e A

ustr

alia

ns jo

in u

p? W

hy o

r w

hy n

ot?

Do

you

thin

k su

ch

post

ers

wer

e lik

ely

to u

nite

or

divi

de s

ocie

ty?

Enlis

ting

in t

he A

ustr

alia

n Im

per

ial F

orce

(A

IF)

For g

ood

or il

l, w

e ar

e en

gage

d w

ith

the

mot

her c

ount

ry in

figh

ting

for l

iber

ty a

nd p

eace

.Sy

dney

Mor

ning

Her

ald,

6 a

ugus

t 191

4

aus

tral

ia in

1914

was

a y

oung

nat

ion,

its

colo

nies

hav

ing

fede

rate

d lit

tle m

ore

than

a d

ecad

e ea

rlier

. its

pop

ulat

ion

of a

lmos

t five

mill

ion

was

de

rived

larg

ely

from

des

cend

ants

of i

mm

igra

nts

from

the

uni

ted

Kin

gdom

, and

was

spr

ead

acro

ss th

e co

untr

y in

the

hand

ful o

f dev

elop

ing

citie

s an

d in

the

bush

. With

a c

ultu

re fi

rmly

root

ed in

the

trad

ition

s of

the

Brit

ish

Empi

re, a

ustr

alia

was

stil

l str

ongl

y tie

d to

the

mot

her c

ount

ry

for t

rade

and

def

ence

.

Man

y a

ustr

alia

ns fo

llow

ed n

ews

from

abr

oad

with

inte

rest

as

rela

tions

bet

wee

n th

e m

ajor

Eur

opea

n po

wer

s w

orse

ned

durin

g m

id-1

914.

Whe

n B

ritai

n de

clar

ed w

ar o

n G

erm

any

on 4

aug

ust,

aus

tral

ia q

uick

ly p

ledg

ed it

s su

ppor

t for

Brit

ain.

as

and

rew

Fis

her s

aid

shor

tly b

efor

e he

was

el

ecte

d pr

ime

min

iste

r, “a

ustr

alia

ns w

ill s

tand

bes

ide

our o

wn

to h

elp

and

defe

nd [

the

empi

re]

to o

ur la

st m

an a

nd o

ur la

st s

hilli

ng.”

in a

ustr

alia

, rec

ruiti

ng fo

r the

aiF

beg

an fi

ve d

ays

afte

r war

was

dec

lare

d. t

his

was

a fo

rce

rais

ed fo

r ove

rsea

s se

rvic

e fo

r the

dur

atio

n of

the

war

, and

its

mem

bers

all

volu

ntee

red

to jo

in u

p. M

en h

ad to

be

betw

een

the

ages

of 2

1 (or

18 w

ith p

aren

tal p

erm

issi

on)

and

45, w

ith a

hig

h le

vel o

f hea

lth a

nd fi

tnes

s.

Man

y a

ustr

alia

ns e

nlis

ted

out o

f a s

ense

of d

uty

to th

e B

ritis

h Em

pire

, whi

ch th

ey s

aw a

s st

andi

ng a

gain

st G

erm

an m

ilita

rism

. aus

tral

ia w

as

expe

rienc

ing

a pe

riod

of h

igh

unem

ploy

men

t, an

d th

e so

ldie

rs’ p

ay o

f a m

inim

um o

f six

shi

lling

s a

day

was

an

ince

ntiv

e to

enl

ist.

this

was

m

ore

than

thre

e tim

es th

e w

age

of a

Brit

ish

sold

ier,

and

led

to a

ustr

alia

ns b

eing

nic

k na

med

“si

x-bo

b–a-

day

tour

ists

”. o

ther

s en

liste

d ea

rly

from

a s

ense

of a

dven

ture

. Man

y be

lieve

d th

at th

e w

ar w

ould

be

over

by

chr

istm

as, a

nd th

at it

pro

vide

d a

good

opp

ortu

nity

to s

ee th

e w

orld

.

Whi

le th

e m

ajor

ity o

f tho

se w

ho e

nlis

ted

wer

e of

Brit

ish

herit

age,

sm

alle

r num

bers

wer

e bo

rn e

lsew

here

. Man

y w

ho h

ad m

igra

ted

to a

ustr

alia

in

the

late

19th

cen

tury

dur

ing

the

Gol

d r

ush

and

subs

eque

nt in

dust

rial d

evel

opm

ents

sig

ned

up a

s a

way

of s

how

ing

loya

lty to

a n

ew

aus

tral

ian

hom

elan

d.

indi

geno

us a

ustr

alia

ns w

ere

not a

llow

ed to

join

up,

but

man

y st

ill tr

ied

to v

olun

teer

, des

pite

not

bei

ng re

cogn

ised

as

citiz

ens

in th

eir o

wn

land

. M

any

trav

elle

d hu

ndre

ds o

f kilo

met

res

to e

nlis

t aft

er b

eing

den

ied

the

chan

ce a

t rec

ruiti

ng c

entr

es c

lose

r to

thei

r com

mun

ities

. it i

s es

timat

ed

that

at l

east

1,0

00

indi

geno

us a

ustr

alia

ns fo

ught

in th

e Fi

rst W

orld

War

.

Wom

en a

lso

wan

ted

to “d

o th

eir b

it”, a

nd a

roun

d 3,

00

0 n

urse

s jo

ined

the

aiF

as

part

of t

he a

ustr

alia

n a

rmy

nur

sing

Ser

vice

.

as

the

war

wen

t on,

cas

ualty

rate

s in

crea

sed

and

the

num

ber o

f vol

unte

ers

decl

ined

, so

that

by

the

mid

dle

of 19

16 th

e a

iF fa

ced

a sh

orta

ge

of m

en. d

espi

te o

ppos

ition

from

his

ow

n pa

rty,

Lab

or P

rime

Min

iste

r Bill

y H

ughe

s to

ok th

e is

sue

to th

e pe

ople

in a

refe

rend

um. a

ustr

alia

ns

wer

e as

ked

to v

ote

“yes

” or

“no

” to

gra

ntin

g th

e go

vern

men

t the

pow

er to

con

scrip

t citi

zens

to s

erve

ove

rsea

s du

ring

the

curr

ent w

ar. t

he

refe

rend

um p

rovo

ked

heat

ed d

ebat

e w

ithin

com

mun

ities

. it w

as h

eld

on 2

8 o

ctob

er 19

16, a

nd th

e pr

opos

al fo

r con

scrip

tion

was

nar

row

ly

defe

ated

. Enl

istm

ent f

or th

e w

ar c

ontin

ued

to fa

ll, a

nd in

1917

Hug

hes

calle

d fo

r ano

ther

refe

rend

um o

n th

e co

nscr

iptio

n is

sue.

div

isio

ns in

a

ustr

alia

n so

ciet

y al

ong

relig

ious

, soc

ial,

and

econ

omic

line

s de

epen

ed e

ven

furt

her d

urin

g th

is s

econ

d de

bate

, but

on

20 d

ecem

ber 1

917

the

natio

n ag

ain

vote

d “n

o” to

con

scrip

tion,

this

tim

e w

ith a

slig

htly

larg

er m

ajor

ity.

By

the

end

of th

e w

ar in

1918

, aro

und

420,

00

0 a

ustr

alia

ns h

ad e

nlis

ted;

alm

ost 3

9 pe

r cen

t of t

he to

tal a

dult

mal

e po

pula

tion.

app

roxi

mat

ely

330,

00

0 s

erve

d ov

erse

as. W

hile

aus

tral

ia’s

con

trib

utio

n w

as re

lativ

ely

smal

l as

a pe

rcen

tage

of t

hose

wor

ldw

ide

who

ser

ved

in th

e w

ar, t

he

deat

h to

ll in

the

aus

tral

ian

forc

es w

as h

ighe

r tha

n m

ost o

ther

nat

ions

of t

he E

mpi

re: 6

1,514

peo

ple

died

, or a

lmos

t one

in fi

ve. M

any

mor

e re

turn

ed h

ome

wou

nded

in b

ody

and

min

d; m

ost w

ould

nev

er fu

lly re

cove

r.

Troo

per A

lber

t “Ti

bby”

Cot

ter

Bor

n in

Syd

ney

in 18

83, a

lber

t “ti

bby”

cot

ter d

evel

oped

his

cric

ketin

g sk

ills

whi

le a

t sch

ool.

at 1

8 he

was

pla

ying

for n

ew S

outh

Wal

es, a

nd

two

year

s la

ter h

e w

as s

elec

ted

as a

fast

bow

ler i

n th

e a

ustr

alia

n te

am. i

n a

nine

-yea

r int

erna

tiona

l car

eer h

e pl

ayed

in 2

1 tes

t mat

ches

.

Whe

n ti

bby

join

ed th

e a

iF in

apr

il 19

15 h

e w

as 3

1 yea

rs o

ld. t

he e

nlis

tmen

t of a

form

er s

port

ing

cham

pion

was

see

n as

pow

erfu

l pub

licity

for

the

aiF

recr

uitin

g ca

mpa

ign.

des

pite

hav

ing

limite

d ex

perie

nce

ridin

g ho

rses

, tib

by w

as a

ccep

ted

into

the

1st a

ustr

alia

n Li

ght H

orse

reg

imen

t. B

eing

tall

and

stro

ng, h

e w

as a

ssig

ned

as

a st

retc

her-

bear

er, r

idin

g ju

st b

ehin

d th

e fr

ont l

ine

of tr

oope

rs a

nd d

ism

ount

ing

to a

ssis

t wou

nded

hor

sem

en. H

e se

rved

brie

fly o

n G

allip

oli b

efor

e tr

ansf

errin

g to

the

12th

Lig

ht H

orse

reg

imen

t in

the

Mid

dle

East

. the

re h

e w

as c

omm

ende

d fo

r his

“fin

e w

ork

unde

r hea

vy fi

re”

durin

g th

e se

cond

bat

tle o

f Gaz

a. t

he o

ffici

al

hist

ory

reco

rds

stat

e th

at “

he b

ehav

ed in

act

ion

as a

man

with

out f

ear”

.

on

31 o

ctob

er 19

17 th

e 4t

h Li

ght H

orse

Brig

ade,

of w

hich

the

12th

reg

imen

t was

pa

rt, c

aptu

red

Bee

rshe

ba a

fter

a c

aval

ry c

harg

e. t

ibby

was

ther

e as

a s

tret

cher

-be

arer

. at t

he e

nd o

f the

cha

rge,

as

troo

ps d

ism

ount

ed to

eng

age

the

enem

y,

tibb

y w

as s

hot a

t clo

se ra

nge

by a

tur

kish

sol

dier

. He

died

sho

rtly

aft

er.

troo

per a

lber

t cot

ter w

as b

urie

d in

Bee

rshe

ba W

ar c

emet

ery.

His

hea

dsto

ne

read

s: “

in m

emor

y of

our

dea

rly lo

ved

son

and

brot

her.”

tib

by’s

old

er b

roth

er

John

had

bee

n ki

lled

in F

ranc

e ju

st th

ree

wee

ks e

arlie

r. th

eir n

ames

are

list

ed

on th

e r

oll o

f Hon

our a

t the

aus

tral

ian

War

Mem

oria

l in

can

berr

a.

The

McG

illiv

ray

fam

ilyd

onal

d an

d c

arol

ine

McG

illiv

ray,

of B

runs

wic

k, v

icto

ria, s

ent s

ix s

ons

to w

ar. F

ive

serv

ed w

ith th

e a

iF a

nd o

ne w

ith th

e n

ew Z

eala

nd

Expe

ditio

nary

For

ce.

the

brot

hers

enl

iste

d ov

er th

e co

urse

of t

hree

yea

rs fr

om 19

14 to

1917

. Jam

es, a

ged

22, w

as th

e fir

st to

leav

e. a

s a

mem

ber o

f the

7th

Bat

talio

n he

was

am

ong

thos

e w

ho la

nded

on

Gal

lipol

i on

25 a

pril

1915

, but

by

the

end

of th

at d

ay h

e w

as li

sted

as

mis

sing

in a

ctio

n. it

took

alm

ost t

wo

mor

e m

onth

s be

fore

his

fam

ily w

as o

ffici

ally

not

ified

that

he

had

been

kill

ed in

act

ion.

Elde

st s

on W

illia

m, a

ged

24, e

nlis

ted

just

a fe

w w

eeks

aft

er J

ames

. as

part

of t

he 8

th L

ight

Hor

se r

egim

ent,

he a

lso

serv

ed o

n G

allip

oli b

efor

e tr

ansf

errin

g to

the

5th

Fiel

d B

aker

y c

ompa

ny. J

ohn,

age

d 18

, and

arc

hiba

ld, a

ged

19, j

oine

d up

in 19

15 a

nd b

oth

ende

d up

in th

e 5t

h Fi

eld

Bak

ery

com

pany

with

thei

r old

er b

roth

er u

ntil

the

end

of th

e w

ar.

and

rew

enl

iste

d in

the

new

Zea

land

arm

y an

d sa

w s

ervi

ce o

n th

e W

este

rn F

ront

w

here

he

was

wou

nded

. He

retu

rned

hom

e a

wee

k be

fore

chr

istm

as in

1918

aft

er

bein

g cl

asse

d as

med

ical

ly u

nfit f

rom

his

wou

nds

and

the

effe

cts

of g

as.

Youn

gest

son

alfr

ed jo

ined

up

in 19

17, s

hort

ly a

fter

his

18th

birt

hday

. a

fter

initi

ally

ser

ving

in th

e 4t

h Li

ght H

orse

reg

imen

t he

tran

sfer

red

to

3rd

div

isio

nal a

rtill

ery

col

umn

tow

ards

the

end

of th

e w

ar.

Mrs

McG

illiv

ray

died

of i

nflue

nza

in F

ebru

ary

1919

. She

did

not

liv

e to

see

her

four

sur

vivi

ng s

ons

retu

rn h

ome

from

war

.

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h yo

ur s

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nts’

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cord

you

r bo

okin

g re

fere

nce

num

ber.

(A r

isk

asse

ssm

ent

guid

e is

ava

ilabl

e fr

om t

he N

CET

P w

ebsi

te,

ww

w.n

cetp

.org

.au.

)

Ensu

re t

hat

ther

e w

ill b

e ad

equa

te s

uper

visi

on b

y te

ache

rs a

nd o

ther

acc

ompa

nyin

g ad

ults

: one

sup

ervi

sing

adu

lt is

to a

ccom

pany

eac

h gr

oup

of 15

stu

dent

s. S

tude

nts

are

to re

mai

n w

ith s

uper

viso

rs a

t al

l tim

es w

hen

in t

he M

emor

ial.

Bef

ore

your

vis

it, t

alk

to y

our

grou

p ab

out

appr

opria

te b

ehav

iour

for

a sp

ecia

l nat

iona

l pla

ce o

f rem

embr

ance

and

com

mem

orat

ion.

Link

you

r cl

assr

oom

act

iviti

es to

you

r im

pend

ing

visi

t. (S

ee w

ww

.aw

m.g

ov.a

u/ed

ucat

ion

for

som

e id

eas

and

reso

urce

s.)

Brin

g yo

ur P

AC

ER p

aper

wor

k fo

r va

lidat

ion

and

stam

ping

. (V

isit

ww

w.b

usya

twor

k.co

m.a

u/pa

ge/c

omm

unit

y-se

rvic

es/

for

elig

ibili

ty)

If yo

ur g

roup

num

bers

cha

nge,

ple

ase

emai

l the

var

iatio

n to

sch

ool.b

ooki

ngs@

awm

.gov

.au,

quo

ting

your

boo

king

refe

renc

e nu

mbe

r. C

ance

llatio

ns s

houl

d be

mad

e no

less

than

five

wor

king

day

s be

fore

you

r sc

hedu

led

visi

t.

On

arriv

al a

t th

e M

emor

ial,

plea

se e

nter

via

the

sch

ools

’ ent

ranc

e, w

hich

can

be

foun

d on

the

map

on

the

Mem

oria

l’s w

ebsi

te.

Bot

tled

wat

er a

nd c

amer

as a

re p

erm

itted

in t

he g

alle

ries

but

plea

se r

emem

ber t

o le

ave

all s

choo

l bag

s on

the

bus.

Exam

ine

the

artw

ork

and

phot

ogra

ph

on th

e fr

ont o

f the

pos

ter.

5. D

esig

n yo

ur o

wn

recr

uitm

ent

post

er. T

hink

abo

ut w

hat

mes

sage

yo

u w

ant

to p

ortr

ay, a

nd t

he b

est

way

to g

et t

hat

mes

sage

acr

oss.

6. T

he m

en in

the

pho

togr

aph

are

queu

ing

outs

ide

a re

crui

tmen

t of

fice

in S

ydne

y, w

aitin

g to

enl

ist.

How

are

the

y dr

esse

d? H

ow

do y

ou t

hink

the

y m

ight

hav

e be

en fe

elin

g ab

out

volu

ntee

ring?

7. I

mag

ine

that

a s

oldi

er, p

erha

ps o

ne o

f the

se m

en, w

as c

omin

g to

yo

ur c

lass

room

to t

alk

abou

t hi

s ex

perie

nces

aft

er t

he F

irst

Wor

ld

War

. Wha

t qu

estio

ns w

ould

you

ask

him

?

8. N

o A

ustr

alia

n so

ldie

rs w

ho s

erve

d in

the

Firs

t W

orld

War

are

aliv

e to

tal

k w

ith u

s no

w. W

hat

othe

r w

ays

can

you

find

out

abou

t th

em

and

thei

r se

rvic

e?

Vis

it w

ww

.aw

m.g

ov.a

u/ed

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ion/

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urce

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e st

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oom

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iviti

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late

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the

me

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th

at w

hile

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enj

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recr

eati

onal

act

ivit

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men

are

st

ill s

ervi

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the

tre

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Fem

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Rel

ativ

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Bad

ge b

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to M

rs C

arol

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McG

illiv

ray.

The

se b

adge

s w

ere

issu

ed t

o th

e w

ife, m

othe

r, or

nea

rest

fe

mal

e re

lati

ve o

f sol

dier

s an

d nu

rses

who

se

rved

in A

ustr

alia

n un

its

over

seas

dur

ing

the

Firs

t W

orld

War

. Bar

s w

ere

susp

ende

d be

low

the

bad

ge fo

r ea

ch a

ddit

iona

l se

rvin

g fa

mily

mem

ber.

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1

Priv

ate

John

McG

illiv

ray

was

the

sec

ond

youn

gest

of t

he

six

McG

illiv

ray

boys

to

enlis

t. H

e se

rved

on

Gal

lipol

i wit

h th

e 23

rd B

atta

lion

and

then

the

8th

Lig

ht H

orse

Reg

imen

t.

Aft

er G

allip

oli h

e tr

ansf

erre

d to

5th

Fie

ld B

aker

y C

ompa

ny.

He

retu

rned

hom

e to

Vic

tori

a in

191

9. a

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For d

iscu

ssio

n:1.

If

you

wer

e el

igib

le in

Aus

tral

ia d

urin

g 19

14-1

918,

wha

t w

ould

in

fluen

ce y

our

deci

sion

to v

olun

teer

, or

not,

to g

o to

war

?

(Thi

nk a

bout

the

pol

itica

l eve

nts

that

led

to t

he d

ecla

ratio

n

of w

ar, p

erso

nal v

alue

s an

d be

liefs

, pat

riotis

m, m

ates

hip,

du

ty, s

ham

e, p

ublic

pre

ssur

e et

c.)

2. N

ot e

very

Aus

tral

ian

who

cou

ld h

ave

enlis

ted

volu

ntee

red

to d

o so

. For

wha

t re

ason

s m

ight

an

elig

ible

man

hav

e de

cide

d no

t to

go

to w

ar?

How

do

you

thin

k th

ose

who

sup

port

ed e

nlis

tmen

t m

ay h

ave

felt

abou

t th

ose

who

did

not

vol

unte

er?

Wer

e m

en

who

did

not

wan

t to

go

to w

ar u

npat

riotic

?

3. W

hat

impa

ct w

ould

the

recr

uitm

ent

driv

e ha

ve h

ad o

n w

omen

an

d fa

mili

es in

Aus

tral

ia?

4.

Aft

er t

he te

rrib

le lo

sses

sus

tain

ed b

y th

e A

IF in

Fra

nce

durin

g th

e fig

htin

g in

1916

, the

Prim

e M

inis

ter

belie

ved

that

vol

unta

ry

enlis

tmen

t w

ould

be

insu

ffici

ent

to m

eet

the

dem

and

for

rein

forc

emen

ts in

the

forc

e. D

espi

te a

rgui

ng t

hat

cons

crip

tion

was

ess

entia

l to

win

ning

the

war

, the

vot

e w

as d

efea

ted

twic

e by

the

Aus

tral

ian

peop

le. W

hy d

o yo

u th

ink

the

notio

n of

co

nscr

iptio

n ca

used

suc

h a

bitt

er p

ublic

deb

ate

in A

ustr

alia

? (L

ook

up t

his

link

to re

cord

s he

ld b

y th

e N

atio

nal A

rchi

ve o

f A

ustr

alia

ww

w.n

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u/co

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ion/

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px.)

5. A

ustr

alia

and

Sou

th A

fric

a w

ere

the

only

par

ticip

atin

g co

untr

ies

not

to in

trod

uce

cons

crip

tion

durin

g th

e Fi

rst

Wor

ld

War

. Res

earc

h ho

w c

onsc

riptio

n in

to N

atio

nal S

ervi

ce w

as

impl

emen

ted

in A

ustr

alia

bef

ore

and

durin

g th

e ye

ars

of t

he

Vie

tnam

War

. Wha

t ef

fect

did

it h

ave

on A

ustr

alia

n so

ciet

y th

en?

For d

iscu

ssio

n:1.

W

hy w

ould

the

recr

uitm

ent

of h

igh-

profi

le s

port

smen

like

Tib

by

Cot

ter

be w

idel

y pu

blic

ized

by

the

AIF

? (T

hink

abo

ut t

he n

otio

ns

of s

port

sman

ship

, fai

r pl

ay, l

eade

rshi

p, p

hysi

cal p

row

ess

etc.

)

2. W

hat

effe

ct d

o yo

u th

ink

Tibb

y’s

deat

h w

ould

hav

e ha

d on

re

crui

tmen

t ba

ck in

Aus

tral

ia in

1917

?

3. R

esea

rch

the

follo

win

g sp

orts

men

and

the

ir co

ntrib

utio

n to

A

ustr

alia

’s w

artim

e ef

fort

:

• Se

cond

Lie

uten

ant

Cec

il H

ealy

• Se

cond

Lie

uten

ant

Thom

as J

ames

“R

usty

” R

icha

rds

MC

• C

orpo

ral W

illia

m A

lber

t St

anle

y “B

ert”

Old

field

• M

ajor

Bla

ir In

skip

Sw

anne

ll

(Y

ou c

an u

se t

he A

ustr

alia

n W

ar M

emor

ial’s

web

site

, w

ww

.aw

m.g

ov.a

u; c

lick

on C

olle

ctio

n or

Rol

l of H

onou

r. A

ltern

ativ

ely,

use

the

Nat

iona

l Arc

hive

s w

ebsi

te,

ww

w.n

aa.g

ov.a

u; c

lick

on N

ame

Sear

ch fo

r se

rvic

e re

cord

s.)

This

191

7 re

crui

tmen

t po

ster

was

des

igne

d to

tar

get

foot

balle

rs. O

ther

pos

ters

in t

he s

erie

s fe

atur

ed t

he

spor

ts o

f ten

nis,

gol

f, an

d ro

win

g.

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For d

iscu

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n:1.

M

ilita

ry s

ervi

ce b

y m

ultip

le fa

mily

mem

bers

was

not

unc

omm

on d

urin

g th

e w

ar.

Wha

t em

otio

nal,

soci

al, a

nd e

cono

mic

eff

ects

wou

ld t

his

have

had

on

fam

ilies

and

th

e w

ider

com

mun

ity?

2. I

nves

tigat

e th

e se

rvic

e re

cord

s of

one

or

mor

e of

the

se fi

ve b

roth

ers.

Writ

e a

shor

t st

ory

abou

t on

e, in

clud

ing:

full

nam

e, s

ervi

ce n

umbe

r, da

te o

f birt

h, o

ccup

atio

n pr

ior

to e

nlis

tmen

t, ne

xt o

f kin

etc

. (G

o to

ww

w.n

aa.g

ov.a

u; c

lick

on N

ame

Sear

ch fo

r se

rvic

e re

cord

s.)

3. W

hy d

o yo

u th

ink

thre

e of

the

McG

illiv

ray

brot

hers

end

ed u

p in

the

5th

Fie

ld B

aker

y un

it?

Wou

ld t

his

have

bee

n m

ore

or le

ss d

ange

rous

wor

k th

an t

hat

done

by

othe

r un

its?

H

ow im

port

ant

was

the

ir jo

b?

4.

Cre

ate

an im

agin

ary

diar

y th

at M

rs M

cGill

ivra

y m

ight

hav

e ke

pt w

hile

her

son

s w

ere

away

. Pe

rhap

s in

clud

e a

serie

s of

lett

ers

that

she

may

hav

e re

ceiv

ed fr

om t

he b

oys

durin

g th

eir

tim

e ov

erse

as.

Nor

man

Lin

dsay

, Fal

l in!

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