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From: Anne Chambers <>
Subject: [WW1] Re: conscription
Date: Sat, 20 Dec 2003 07:44:21 +1030
References: <200312191000.hBJA0kSn003565@lists2.rootsweb.com>
In-Reply-To: <200312191000.hBJA0kSn003565@lists2.rootsweb.com>


Many thanks to all those who replied to my question about the statement
in "Gallipoli: our last man standing" that Australia was the only
country to "field an all-volunteer army" in WW1. I was wrong about
Canada and New Zealand, but South Africa, Ireland and India, as well as
Australia, had no conscription.
I suppose inaccurate generalisations like that are bound to occur when a
book is hastily written to take advantage of the political and media
hype surrounding the death of the last survivor of Gallipoli.

Anne
South Australia


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