After the landing on Gallipoli, Australians were eager to do whatever they could for the "war effort". Many women joined organizations and knited socks, vests, mittens and even sewed pyjamas and shirts. One young women, Rita Duffy, decided she would write personal letters to the 70 Australians taken prisoner on Gallipoli. Incredibly, her first arriver at the prisoner-of-camp in Turkey after just eight weeks. She dutifully exchanged letters with the prisoners until the war ended. With so many men away fighting, women had to manage children, family and finances alone, bit thousands actively joined organisations like Red Cross, The Country Women's Association and the Women's National League.
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ANZAC DAY (100 Years) {Completed}
Fiksi Sejarah"These heroes that shed their blood and lost their lives.... You are now lying in the soil of a friendly country. Therefore REST IN PEACE... ....You. The mothers, who sent their sons from faraway countries wipe away your tears.... After having l...
