| Description |
270 pages : illustrations, portraits, 1 map, facsimiles ; 24 cm |
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regular print |
| Contents |
Pt.1. School cadets in the nineteenth century -- Formation of military units in the Australian colonies -- School cadets - some European precedents -- School cadets in the Australian colonies -- New Zealand School Cadet Corps -- Pt. 2. Early twentieth century developments -- The relevance of Empire Day -- Early calls for military conscription in Europe -- Calls for military conscription in Australia and New Zealand -- The Defence Act of 1903 and the establishment of the Australian Commonwealth Cadet Corps -- The 1909 Defence Act incorporating compulsory military training -- Compulsory school cadets - regulations -- Officer training for teachers -- New Zealand's Defence Act of 1909 and the subsequent Defence Amendment Act of 1910 -- Reactions to the introduction of compulsory military training -- Reactions to compulsory training in New Zealand -- Pt. 3. The World War I period -- Initial responses of the schools to the outbreak of WWI -- Ex-cadets and trainees among the AIF -- Early reactions in New Zealand -- Military propaganda in the schools -- Pressure on teachers in WWI -- War casulties among the ex-cadets -- Discrimination of German-Australians and their schools in WWI -- Boy soldiers in the AIF -- The war effort in Australian schools |
| Summary |
While 'voluntary' cadet training was a feature of Australian and New Zealand schools during the mid-nineteenth century, a form of 'compulsory' cadet training becam the norm from 1910 through to the 1920s, in both government and non-government schools. In this respect, Australia was 'more British than the British,' as there was no compulsory military training in the schools of Great Britain, or in any British Empire countries during this period. A large proportion of the over half a million Anzacs who served in the Great War did so willingly, because they had been trained for war in the schools of both countries. They soon found themselves serving as cannon fodder in the fields of Gallipoli and on the Western Front. Many of these former cadets were survivors who wrestled with their personal demons for the rest of their lives. This research shows how our schools were used by the respective governments to help prepare a ready-made army of well-trained, disciplined and patriotic young lads, glad to risk their lives in the terrifying, bloody and mindless conflict that was World War 1 |
| Analysis |
Australia |
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Australian |
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New Zealand |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
In English |
| Subject |
Military education -- Australia -- History.
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Military education -- New Zealand -- History.
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Participation, Australian.
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Participation, Juvenile.
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Participation, New Zealand
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Australia.
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World War, 1914-1918 -- New Zealand.
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| Author |
Waugh, Maxwell N
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| ISBN |
9781922129451 |
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