Australia's involvement

THERE WERE MANY REASONS FOR THE MEN WANTING TO ENLIST SUCH AS, THE NEED FOR REGULAR PAY, THEIR LOYALTY TO BRITAIN, TO PURSUE COMBAT, ADVENTURE, AND GLORY, AND SOME SAW IT AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THE WORLD. DURING WW1 416,809 MEN ENLISTED FOR SERVICE, WHICH WAS 38.7% OF THE WHOLE MALE POPULATION AGED BETWEEN 18-44 YEARS OLD THESE AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS SERVED IN THREE THEATRES OF CONFLICT. THOSE THREE WERE, THE GALLIPOLI PENINSULA, THE WESTERN FRONT, AND THE MIDDLE EAST. OUT ALL THE MEN THAT SERVED IN THE GREAT WAR, IT WAS ESTIMATED THAT ABOUT 58,961 MEN DIED DURING WAR, 166,811 MEN WERE WOUNDED, 87,865 MEN SUFFERED FROM A SICKNESS, AND 4098 WENT MISSING OR WERE MADE PRISONERS OF WAR.