Key Dates in Australia's Military History: World War One – 1914
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Men of the Australian Imperial Force (AIF) march through Melbourne, 1914-1918.
(AWM J00351)
4 August
Great Britain declares war on Germany. Australia pledges a force of 20,000 to be placed at Britain’s disposal.
10 August
Voluntary recruitment of the Australian Imperial Force (AIF) commences.
13 August
Australian Red Cross is established to raise funds to purchase supplies for Australian service personnel overseas.
Volunteers wait to enlist in the first Australian Imperial Force (AIF), Melbourne Town Hall, 1914-1918.
(AWM A03406)
August–September
Variously named ‘patriotic funds’ are formed in all States to raise money to send extra food and clothing to service personnel overseas.
11 September – 9 December
The Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force (ANMEF) seizes German New Guinea and nearby German-ruled island territories.
Red Cross workers at Government House, Melbourne, pack parcels for sending to soldiers overseas, 1914-1918.
(AWM J00346)
October
CEW Bean appointed as Australia’s official war correspondent.
1 November
The 1st Division of the AIF sails from Albany Western Australia, for Egypt.
9 November
HMAS Sydney sinks the German cruiser Emden at the Cocos Islands, Indian Ocean.
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