User:Kerry Raymond/Queensland in World War I (1915)
To cover events in Queensland in 1915 that are related to World War I
- 25 April : Gallipoli landings - public awareness, reactions
The Queensland Recruiting Committee was formed on 28 May 1915 to encourage able-bodied men to enlist in the Australian Imperial Force to fight in World War I. Initially it was also known as the Parliamentary Recruiting Committee.[1]
- July? - peak recruitment
In September 1915 the Queensland War Council was established. The Queensland Recruiting Committee become a sub-committee of the Queensland War Council.[1]
The March of the Dungarees was a snowball march in November 1915 in South-East Queensland, Australia, to recruit men into the Australian military during World War I at a time when enthusiasm to enlist had waned after the loss of life in the Gallipoli campaign. The march began at Warwick with 28 men and followed the Southern railway line through Toowoomba, Laidley, and Ipswich to its destination in Brisbane, gathering 125 recruits along the way.
Category:Queensland in World War I
- ^ a b "Machinery of recruiting". The Canon Garland Memorial Society. Retrieved 2016-03-09.