Neglected Australians : prisoners of war from the Western Front, 1916-1918

About 3850 men of the First Australian Imperial Force were captured on the Western Front in France and Belgium between April 1916 and November 1918. They were mentioned only briefly in the volumes of the Official Histories, and have been overlooked in many subsequent works on Australia and the First World War. Material in the Australian War Memorial has been used to address aspects of the experiences of these neglected men, in particular the Statements that some of them completed after their release. This thesis will investigate how their experiences ran counter to the narratives of CEW Bean a... Mehr ...