The First World War impacted Australia like nothing else, before or since.
From a population of under five million; 417,000 enlisted; 332,000 served overseas; 152,000 were wounded; and 61,000 never came home.
Of men aged 18 to 42, almost one in two served in uniform
Of those who served overseas, almost one in five died on active service.
Of the 270,000 who returned, more than half had been wounded – and others had mental scars that never healed.
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The City of Stirling commemorated the 100 year anniversary of the Great War 1914-1918 with a research project drawing on the community to donate photos and information about their ancestors who had served, with displays across the libraries and museum. If you have some information on a family member who served that you would like to share, please be in touch with us.
Simultaneously the Mt Lawley Society launched a project known as the Mount Lawley Anzacs to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the Anzac landing at Gallipoli.
The small but dedicated group of people who manage the society’s History and Archiving subcommittee took on the mammoth task of finding out how many soldiers enlisted for World War I, at the time they or their next-of-kin were living in what was, or is now known as, Mount Lawley in the years 1914-1918.
