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Includes bibliographical references on pages [294]-311.
Includes index.
Contents: Introduction -- 1. Edwardian dream-time -- 2. Kommt es zum Weltkrieg? -- 3. Fires of hate : the Bryce report -- 4. What's in a name? -- 5. 1914-15 : six-bob-a-day tourists -- 6. 1916 : the first 'fair dinkums' -- 7. Brothers-in-arms -- 8. Walter Schwarz : patriot, deserter, war-hero -- 9. 1917 -- 10. From 'Tumba' to Bullecourt -- 11. Ein Bloke aus Sydney -- 12. 1918 : on the defensive -- 13. 1918 : Monash's charge -- 14. Prisoners of the Reich -- 15. Fred Klingner's odyssey -- Epilogue.
By 1914, Australia's German immigrants were well-regarded in their communities and made up (after Irish and Scots) the fourth-largest white ethnic community in Australia. This history traces the experience of the immigrants who enlisted for service in World War I and the difficulties they faced. [Variant title:German Anzacs & the First World War] [Variant title:German Anzacs and the 1st World War] [Variant title:German Anzacs and World War One] [Variant title:German Anzacs and World War 1] [Variant title:German Anzacs and WW1]
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