Photograph from Paul Thompson 



A WARM WELCOME FOR A YOUTHFUL VETERAN 



The Australian people are naturally proud of their heroes on their return from the firing j 

 line. This photograph shows a wounded Anzac being attended by auxiliary nurses on arrival 

 at the base hospital at Randwick, Sydney. 



loyally assumed. Universal military serv- 

 ice was inaugurated for the first time by 

 an English-speaking community. Fac- 

 tories were turned over to the govern- 

 ment, seventy steamers were requisitioned 

 and rebuilt for transport service, war 

 loans were offered and quickly accepted. 

 On November i, 1914, 20,000 men. the 

 entire Australian army at the declaration 



of war, left Australia for Egypt ; at the 

 end of the first year of the conflict 76,000 

 were in the field, and by July, 1916, 

 "nearly 300.000 volunteers had crossed 

 the seas." The creation, equipment, and 

 supplying of this army, involving enor- 

 mous cost and personal sacrifice, consti- 

 tutes a thrilling chapter in the history of 

 loyalty. 



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