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First troops leaving Townsville, Queensland, bound for Thursday Island, 1914. In 1914, war was declared between Great Britain and Germany. Queensland independently claimed war against Germany, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire, uncertain if the Australian Constitution enabled a declaration of war by the Commonwealth of Australia.
The Queensland War Council and subsequent Local War Council Committees were established in 1915 principally to help recruit and provide support for returned soldiers and for the families of those who were disabled or killed in war. The Queensland War Council Chairperson was the Premier of Queensland.
Several cities and places in Northern Queensland were bombed by the Japanese during their air attacks on Australia. These included Horn Island , Townsville and Mossman . There was a massive buildup of Australian and United States forces in the state, and the Allied Supreme Commander in the South West Pacific Area , General Douglas MacArthur ...
During the outbreak of the Cold War, Scotland's secret bunker at Anstruther were largely kept a closed and guarded secret. Initially used by the Royal Air Force (RAF) after World War II as one of a number of radar stations, it became a secret bunker to be used in the event of a nuclear attack . [ 299 ]
Do it now! - military recruitment poster issued by the Queensland Recruiting Committee, circa 1914-1915. During World War I, extensive military recruitment took place in Queensland. Although many enlisted voluntarily, there was considerable pressure for the unwilling to enlist, including two unsuccessful attempts to introduce conscription in ...
The Colony of Queensland was a colony of the British Empire from 1859 to 1901, when it became a State in the federal Commonwealth of Australia on 1 January 1901. At its greatest extent, the colony included the present-day State of Queensland , the Territory of Papua and the Coral Sea Islands Territory .
Rumours spread that Russian troops, landed on the east coast of Scotland, have passed on trains through Britain en route to the Western Front. 5 September – World War I: Scout cruiser HMS Pathfinder (1904) is sunk by German submarine U-21 in the Firth of Forth with loss of all but nine of her crew, [ 8 ] the first ship ever to be sunk by a ...
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