Impacts

Soldiers on the western front also experienced both short term and long term affects that affected them physically and mentally. Some of these effects included serious injuries, trench foot and shell shock.

juries - Injuries came in many forms, ccording to the Australian war memorial any soldiers suffered serious wounds the ost common injuries were caused by rtillery, machine-guns as well as many oldiers being hit by shell fragments.

Trench Foot - Trench foot was the result of long exposure of the feet to cold wet and unsanitary conditions. The long exposure to unhygienic conditions led to infections and gangrene. Gangrene is the death of body tissue which led for many soldiers needing to amputate their infected foot

Shell Shock - Shell shock was a term used to identify the type of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) that many Australian soldiers had to face. This long-term affect was caused due to the stressful situations that soldiers where put through, it led some soldiers to have mental break downs Symptoms included fatigue, struggle to sleep, and the induce of panic and terror which led many soldiers to become helpless and nonresponsive. This was a long-term affect that a high percentage of soldiers on the western front had to face.

Australian soldiers suffered from painful wounds and psychological trauma, these affected some in short term and many others in the longterm. These effects show the impacts that had been generated in the Western Front.

Australian Sodiers On The Western Front