Talk:History of the Australian Army

Bouganville
I couldnt find any mention of peacekeeping in Bouganville, did i miss it? if it definatley isnt there could someone who knows about it write about it? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 202.4.74.65 (talk) 19:15, 27 February 2007 (UTC). I walked with my 8 year old son in Newcastle's Civic park this afternoon and looked at a war memorial commemorating the sacrifies made by our servicemen in the Malay, Malay pennisula, Borneo and Korea conflicts. All of which I know very little. I looked here as my first reference point and I find very little other than headings?? Surely there must be Historians with an interest for this period. Regards Gary Jenness (Newie resident I'm in the book) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 61.68.123.252 (talk) 12:03, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

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Suggested Sectioning
I think the first section should be broken up into pre-federation 'colonial forces section' and a section up to WWII. Also the post WWII section could be broken up into a SEA section (Malaya Emergency, Vietnam War) and a Modern period eg. Gulf War 1, East Timor onwards. I haven't thought through the exact names but I think this would provide additional structure to the article. Comments and suggestion welcomed. --TinTin (talk) 23:37, 23 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Jeff Grey in the Centenary history of the Australian Army has eight chapters: Federation to 1914, 1914-1918, 1919-1939, 1939-1941, 1942-1945, 1945-1959, 1960-1975 and 1976-2000. We can add since 2001. The focus should not be on operations but on the structure of the Australian Army in peacetime and on support for operations in wartime. Anthony Staunton (talk) 04:56, 16 October 2012 (UTC)

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1919-1939
The first sentence in this section 'After the end of the First World War, the Australian Army dramatically cut back on its standing forces. There was still a large pool of volunteers to choose from, and due to the Great Depression vacancies were quickly filled, as they were steady, relatively well paying jobs' needs a rewrite. The Australian Army did not dramatically cut back on its standing forces. What is did do in 1920 was disband the wartime special force, the Australian Imperial Force, and rebuild and reorganise the full time Australian Permanent Force and the part time Citizen Military Force (aka Militia) which contained all the infantry and light horse units. The Depression saw the Australian Army reduced with the end of conscription and the reduction of both Permanent and Citizen force personnel. I am not sure but I assume that service wages were cut during the depression. Because the standing army did not have either infantry of light horse, soldiers enlisted for the 1937 Coronation Contingent were all members of the Royal Australian Artillery. Anthony Staunton (talk) 14:00, 21 January 2019 (UTC)
 * G'day, Anthony, agreed. Unfortunately I don't have much energy for Wikipedia at the moment (new posting, and general malaise), but I have tried to rework it a little. If you think it needs further work, please feel free to tweak it. Additionally, do you have a ref for the 1937 contingent information? I had only had a quick look, but couldn't find anything at this stage. Sorry. Regards, AustralianRupert (talk) 09:15, 22 January 2019 (UTC)