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Breed, Florence

 
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Synopsis

It was 80,000 men of the lst Anzac corps who landed at Marseilles in March 1916 on their way to the Somme. After the arrival of the 2nd Anzac corps in June 1916, the two corps fought in France and Belgium until the end of the war. The number of recruits in Australia reached a total of 417,000 out of a population of 4,875,000 in 1914 - and 331,000 served overseas. The final total of casualties reached 215,000, including 59,000 dead.

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À propos de l'auteur

Florence Breed lives in Donald, Victoria. An active local historian, she hails from Cornish stock and is the author of A Devonshire lad: from Mullacott to Jeffcott, Woodbine wives from World War I, Forgotten heroes of the South African war 1899-1902, From Gallipoli with Love and Old Cornish Tales.

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