South Australia - World War I
- Anzac and Armistice Day
- The Build Up
- Comment on the War
- Community Involvement
- The Conflict
- Conscription
- Domestic Economy
- Germans in Australia
- Industrial Affairs
- Memorials to the Fallen
- Religion
- Repatriation
-
Sport
- Women and the War
The Conflict
"A History of the War - A Brief Diary" is in the Register,
8 August 1914, page 18h,
31 October 1914, page 10f,
27 November 1914, page 6d,
17 March 1915, page 8e,
11 May 1915, page 6d,
17 November 1915, page 10a,
11 January 1916, page 6f,
3 June 1916, page 12c,
30 December 1916, page 10e,
4 August 1917, page 11b.
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Australians, we hear the call,
For we are Britons - Britons all -
And so we answer back and say -
"We'll fight for England - all the way.
Our blood is just what England made,
And never may her glory fade.
Shoulder to shoulder now we go
To fight against our homeland's foe.
(Register, 10 August 1914, page 13b.)
"Our Own Contingent" is in the Register,
22, 24 and 29 August 1914, pages 9g. 7h and 11g,
4, 7, 8, 9, 12, 17, 18, 19, 22 and 28 September 1914, pages 5h, 7h, 5g, 9e, 9g, 7g, 5h, 9e, 9c and 9f,
1, 21, 23 and 28 October 1914, pages 7h, 4c, 8b and 7g,
10, 19 and 21 November 1914, pages 6g, 4c-5g and 9g,
8 and 21 December 1914, pages 5h and 8c.
Photographs are in the Observer,
28 November 1914, pages 26-27.
Photographs of soldiers at Morphettville are in the Observer,
5 and 12 September 1914, page 28.
"The Gallipoli Postman [Cpl Frank Reynolds]" is in the Observer,
8 January 1916, page 46d.
"Joining the Colours - Process of Recruiting at Keswick" is in the Register,
9 February 1915, page 5e.
Photographs of recruiting in Adelaide are in the Chronicle,
14 August 1915, page 27,
12 May 1917, page 28.
For the attitude of an employer towards volunteers see essay under South Australia - Banking & Finance - Savings Bank of SA and Allied Matters.
"Returned and Wounded Soldiers" is in the Register,
24 June 1915, pages 6c-7a; also see
29 July 1915, page 5a,
3 August 1915, page 6b,
"The Public and Our Wounded Boys" on
30 June 1915, page 6d,
21 and 27 August 1915, pages 11a and 8d.
Photographs are in the Observer,
4 September 1915, page 27,
30 November 1918, page 23,
22 February 1919, page 23.
"Off to the Front" is in the Register,
20 July 1915, page 7a,
"Why Some Young Men do Not Enlist" on
22 July 1915, page 5f,
"Enlist" on
3, 9, 10, 14, 17 and 19 August 1915, pages 6c, 7a, 8a, 13b, 8f and 5d.
"To a Shirker" is in the Register, 24 July 1915, page 13f:
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Come! Stir yourself and play a manly part!
See things that look so plain to earnest eyes -
Those weapons pointed at the Nation's heart.
Come! do your little bit before we mobilize
They will not come on bended knee to you;
Man! If you're man in anything but name,
Better yourself, and do your service due.
Your country calls, for God's sake PLAY THE GAME.
"Fallen Heroes and Violet Day" is in the Register,
2 and 3 July 1915, pages 4f and 10d.
Photographs of Violet Day in Adelaide are in The Critic,
7 March 1915, page 15.
A civic reception to returned soldiers is reported in the Register, on
19 January 1916, page 6a,
"Killed in Action" appears on
10 July 1915, page 9b.
"A Visit to Keswick - Where the Wounded Are Cared For" is in the Advertiser,
17 August 1915, page 6h.
Also see Place Names - Keswick.
Photographs of soldiers at Morphettville are in the Observer,
5 and 12 September 1914, page 28.
"The Graves of Gallipoli" is in the Register,
22 January 1916, page 8d.
Married Men and Enlistment" is in the Observer,
19 February 1916, page 31b.
"At the Mitcham Camp - What the Men are Doing" is in the Register,
14 February 1916, page 6c; also see
26 May 1916, page 6c,
1 June 1916, page 5a,
7 April 1917, page 6h.
"The Recruiting Train - A Patriotic Tour" is in the Register,
29 and 31 March 1916, pages 6a and 6a,
1 May 1916, page 6f.
Photographs are inThe Critic,
5 April 1916, page 24,
Chronicle,
8 April 1916, page 25,
of the SA Recruiting Committee in The Critic,
20 February 1918, page 22.
"Returning Warriors" is in the Register,
8 April 1916, page 7g.
A camp for returned soldiers at Cheltenham is discussed in the Register
on 20 April 1916, page 4e.
"Memorial and Intercession - For Fallen Anzacs" is in the Register,
1 May 1916, page 4g.
"Returned Soldiers" is in the Register,
29 April 1916, page 8c,
29 June 1916, page 4b,
22 July 1916, page 10e,
"Helping Returned Soldiers" on
8 July 1916, page 8d; also see
9 November 1917, page 4b.
A photograph is in the Observer,
5 July 1919, page 28.
"The Anzacs in France" is in the Register on 10 May 1916, page 6e:
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Australia will await with confidence and pride the news of the first clash of her sons with the Germans and meanwhile she must strain every nerve to send more of the Anzac breed to the firing line.
The farewell to the 43rd Battalion is reported in the Register,
26 May 1916, page 6c,
1 June 1916, pages 5a-6e; also see
29 August 1919, page 9g.
A photograph of a reunion dinner is in the Observer,
21 June 1919, page 26.
"Courage or Fear - A Supreme Call" is in the Register,
25 October 1916, page 8b.
"Returned Soldiers' Association - A New Clubhouse" is in the Register,
18 December 1916, page 6c.
The opening of No 1 Red Cross Hospital (formerly Mareeba) at Woodville is reported in the Register,
7 August 1916, page 9b; also see
21 December 1916, page 7a. Also See Place Names - Woodville.
"1916 - A Year of Carnage" is in the Register,
30 December 1916, page 8c,
"1917 - A Year of Gloom" on
31 December 1917, page 4b.
The opening of a Veterans' Club is reported in the Register,
10 July 1916, page 6e and a new clubhouse for the Returned Soldiers' Association on 18 December 1916, page 6c;
also see 13 and 24 August 1917, pages 3a and 4b,
15 and 16 April 1918, pages 4d and 7a,
5 and 23 August 1922, pages 5c and 8b,
21 September 1922, page 8f,
15 and 28 April 1924, pages 10f and 10f.
A controversy between the Returned Soldiers' Association and the trustees of the Soldiers' Fund is traversed on 9, 10 and 11 July 1918, pages 4c-h, 7b and 7c.
The opening of the "Diggers' Club" is reported in the Observer,
3 May 1924, page 60a.
"Australia's Call to Arms" is in the Register,
26 January 1917, page 4c,
"The Nation's Call - New Recruiting Programme" on
7 February 1917, page 8b,
"A Farewell to Soldiers" on
5 April 1917, page 8a,
"The Call for Men" on 16 and
29 June 1917, pages 8g and 5i.
The opening of a home for wounded soldiers at Fullarton is reported in the Register,
26 March 1917, page 8e.
"A Farewell to Soldiers" is in the Register,
5 April 1917, page 8a,
"An Adelaide Poet at War [Leon Gellert]" is in the Register,
19 May 1917, page 4d
(biographical details of Mr Gellert are in the Register,
8 August 1918, page 6g):
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Yes, I have slain and taken moving life
From bodies. Yes, and laughed upon the taking
And, having slain, have whetted still the knife
For more and more, and heeded not the making
Of things that I have killed...
"Returning Soldiers and Licensed Premises" is in the Register,
6, 8 and 22 September 1917, pages 4c, 10d and 6c.
"A Welcome [Home] in a Small Street" is in the Register,
22 September 1917, page 6e.
"Returned Soldiers" is in the Register,
9 November 1917, page 4b-h.
"Soldiers' Nerves" is in the Register,
13 October 1917, page 6b,
"Reinforcements and Alternatives" on
28 and 30 November 1917, pages 6b and 4d,
4, 8, 13 and 18 December 1917, pages 5g, 4e and 6c and 5g.
"Marvels of War Surgery" is in the Register,
11 January 1918, page 6b,
"Returned Warriors" on
8 March 1918, page 6b,
"Follow the Drum" on
10 May 1918, page 5c; also see
17 May 1918, page 4b.
"Marrying in Haste" is in the Register,
2 February 1918, page 6c.
"SA Manhood - Physical Deficiencies Analysed" is in the Register,
5 March 1918, page 5f.
"Australian Homing Pigeons for the Front" is in the Register,
8 March 1918, page 6f.
"Returned Warriors" is in the Register,
8 March 1918, page 6b.
"Follow the Drum" is in the Register,
10 May 1918, page 5c;
also see 17 May 1918, page 4b.
"Four Years of War" is in the Register,
3 and 5 August 1918, pages 6c-7a and 7b.
"Old Originals - Anzacs Leaving France" is in the Register,
30 September 1918, page 5f,
11 October 1918, page 4e.
"Songs of the Firing Line" is in the Register,
22 October 1918, page 6f,
"The Songs the Soldiers Used to Sing" in The News,
11 November 1932, page 6e.
"Quarantine Colony at Jubilee Oval" is in the Register,
26 and 28 February 1919, pages 7c and 5g.
"Bolshevism in the Services" is in the Advertiser,
10 June 1919, page 6f.
"Aboriginal Soldiers - How They are Welcomed Home" is in the Register,
2 August 1919, page 10d.
"Honour to an Aborigine [Pte Miller Mack] on 26 January 1920, page 6g.
"Military Hospitals - Local Work During the War" is in the Register,
1 September 1919, page 6f.
The invention of the war tank is attributed to Corporal De Mole, "a native of South Australia", who "submitted to the War Office the model of an armoured car, which had most of the features of the subsequent tank..." -
see Register,
12 February 1920, page 7b,
18 March 1921, page 4f.
"Our Gallant Dead - Unhonoured West Terrace Graves" is in The Mail,
14 February 1920, page 2d; also see
22 May 1920, page 2e,
26 February 1921, page 2d.
Photographs of the Cross of Sacrifice are in the Observer,
18 October 1924, page 31.
"Shunned Like Lepers - Consumptive Soldiers at Myrtle Bank" is in The Mail,
20 November 1920, page 2d; also see
27 November 1920, page 2d.
"The Art of War - H.S. Power Interviewed" is in the Observer,
9 April 1921, page 19c.
"The Official War Artist - Chat With Mr Septimus Power" is in the Observer,
5 May 1923, page 24b.
"What Has Become of South Australia's War Heroes?" is in The Mail,
31 October 1925, page 17.
"A Soldier Poet - The Late W.J. Davey" is in the Register,
1 May 1926, page 5a.
"Victoria Cross - This State's Heroes" is in The Mail,
22 May 1926, page 11e,
"Epics of Courage - South Australian Victoria Cross Winners" in the Observer,
9 November 1929, page 48a; also see
16 November 1929, page 44.
also see 16 November 1929, page 44.
"VC's to Attend Governor's Dinner" is in the Register,
2 November 1929, page 5a.
"How the Great War Ended" is in the Advertiser,
7 November 1931, page 6g,
"Memories of Gallipoli Recalled" on
25 April 1932, page 9b.
"War Declaration Anniversary" is in the Advertiser,
4 August 1933, page 20h.
"Looking Back to 1914" is contained in a series of weekly articles commencing in the Advertiser
on 7 July 1934, page 20h.
