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Duntroon Military College founded
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Franz Ferninand and his wife assassinated at Sarajevo
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Britain declares war on germany
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World War 1
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Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force lands in New Guinea
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AIF sails from Australia to Europe
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HMAS Sydney sinks the German cruiser SMS Emden
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Britain commences bombardment of Turkish forts in Dardanelles
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Allied tropps including Australians, land on Gallipoli peninsula
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Allies begin evacuation of Gallipoli
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Battle of Fromelles starts
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Battle of Fromelles ends
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Australians begin attack on Poziers ridge
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First conscription referendum in Australia is defeated
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Battle of Magdhaba
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First Battle of Bullecourt
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Second Battle of Bullecourt begins
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Start of the Third Battle of Ypres
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Second conscription referendum in Australia is defeated
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Australian troops recapture Villers-Bretonneux
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John Monash takes command of the Australian Corps
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Australians capture the town of Hamel
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German army suffers significant defeat at the Somme
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Mont St Quentin is captured
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Australian Light Horse enters Damascus
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Armistice with Germany
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Paris Peace Conference
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The Treaty of Versailles signed with Germany