This article examines records and correspondence generated by patriotic societies such as the Bri... more This article examines records and correspondence generated by patriotic societies such as the British Society of the Red Cross, the Victoria League, and the South Australian Soldiers' Fund, to understand how volunteers expressed their identity through wartime contributions. Local chapters of voluntary societies were supervised by regional, national, and even international offices, but these hierarchies were by no means rigid. Examining how the members of individual societies negotiated with directives to centralise and collectivise their efforts provides new insights into the relationship between individuals on the home front and the war overseas.
The Allied expedition to Salonika was a controversial campaign of the First World War that divert... more The Allied expedition to Salonika was a controversial campaign of the First World War that diverted French and British resources away from the Western Front. To sustain this expedition without depleting existing forces, the Colonial Office approached the High Commissioners of Australia, Canada, and New Zealand and requested that each dominion consider raising a Serbian military contingent for service in Salonika. In the decades preceding the outbreak of war, South Slavs had settled in each of the dominions and the War Office hoped to exploit nationalist aspirations for a pan-Slavic state and mobilise South Slavs in the dominions. In raising these contingents, dominion governments weighed between fulfilling a demand of the Imperial war effort and jeopardising domestic stability by empowering a culturally-distinct minority that was the object of public paranoia. This article will examine how the legal status of South Slavs changed in the three dominions as a result of these recruiting efforts along with the conditions under which South Slavs were able to volunteer for service in Salonika. A comparative approach reveals how Southern Slavs were defined and how they defined themselves as they navigated the categories of enemy aliens, friendly allies, and subjects of the British Empire.
The impact of the First World War on Canadian identity has been understood in terms of victories ... more The impact of the First World War on Canadian identity has been understood in terms of victories won by soldiers on the battlefield such as Ypres and Vimy Ridge or the gains made by statesmen in the Imperial War Cabinet or at the Paris Peace Conference. This article explores the relationship between the war and identity through an examination of patriotic work performed on the Canadian home front.
Both space and scale influenced the way English Canadians chose to coordinate their voluntary efforts for the war overseas and thus how they constructed the spatial boundaries of their imagined communities.
The First World War introduced many new challenges for medical
practitioners. Prominent among the... more The First World War introduced many new challenges for medical practitioners. Prominent among these were psychiatric conditions, commonly termed as shell shock. This paper will investigate the Royal Army Medical Corps' (RAMC) treatment of shell shock by incorporating public advocacy as a significant factor for consideration. It will be shown that public activism for shell shock patients was as important to the RAMC as pressure from the British military in implementing a course of action for treating psychiatric casualties on the western front. This paper will examine the RAMC's status within the British Army and the effect this status had on its submission to a military system. The psychiatric expertise within the RAMC will be assessed as a factor in its ability to generate a workable solution to the problem of shell shock. The British public's awareness of shell shock will be discussed, as well as their level of activism on the matter. Lastly, the effects of public opinion and advocacy will be assessed as a consideration in the RAMC's implementation of treatment methods for psychiatric casualties.
Australian scholars are now familiar with the tropes of the Anzac legend. This narrative describe... more Australian scholars are now familiar with the tropes of the Anzac legend. This narrative describes the realisation of an Australian masculine identity, whose characteristics were forged on the Australian frontier and validated through the ordeal of battle. Though many writers contributed to this narrative, C.E.W. Bean, the official historian of the Australian Imperial Force during the First World War, is most closely associated with the popularisation of this myth, which fused frontier and martial masculinity into a national archetype.
This article will examine the role of the slouch hat as a material and visual device that helped communicate the Anzac legend. While most of the scholarship that examines the construction of this narrative focuses on its articulation in prose, this narrative was also popularised through other media. Artists drew symbols of the frontier into their paintings while museum directors arranged their artefacts to support this narrative. This article will argue that the slouch hat provided an essential visual device to connect the narratives of frontier and martial masculinity through the image of the Australian soldier.
This article examines records and correspondence generated by patriotic societies such as the Bri... more This article examines records and correspondence generated by patriotic societies such as the British Society of the Red Cross, the Victoria League, and the South Australian Soldiers' Fund, to understand how volunteers expressed their identity through wartime contributions. Local chapters of voluntary societies were supervised by regional, national, and even international offices, but these hierarchies were by no means rigid. Examining how the members of individual societies negotiated with directives to centralise and collectivise their efforts provides new insights into the relationship between individuals on the home front and the war overseas.
The Allied expedition to Salonika was a controversial campaign of the First World War that divert... more The Allied expedition to Salonika was a controversial campaign of the First World War that diverted French and British resources away from the Western Front. To sustain this expedition without depleting existing forces, the Colonial Office approached the High Commissioners of Australia, Canada, and New Zealand and requested that each dominion consider raising a Serbian military contingent for service in Salonika. In the decades preceding the outbreak of war, South Slavs had settled in each of the dominions and the War Office hoped to exploit nationalist aspirations for a pan-Slavic state and mobilise South Slavs in the dominions. In raising these contingents, dominion governments weighed between fulfilling a demand of the Imperial war effort and jeopardising domestic stability by empowering a culturally-distinct minority that was the object of public paranoia. This article will examine how the legal status of South Slavs changed in the three dominions as a result of these recruiting efforts along with the conditions under which South Slavs were able to volunteer for service in Salonika. A comparative approach reveals how Southern Slavs were defined and how they defined themselves as they navigated the categories of enemy aliens, friendly allies, and subjects of the British Empire.
The impact of the First World War on Canadian identity has been understood in terms of victories ... more The impact of the First World War on Canadian identity has been understood in terms of victories won by soldiers on the battlefield such as Ypres and Vimy Ridge or the gains made by statesmen in the Imperial War Cabinet or at the Paris Peace Conference. This article explores the relationship between the war and identity through an examination of patriotic work performed on the Canadian home front.
Both space and scale influenced the way English Canadians chose to coordinate their voluntary efforts for the war overseas and thus how they constructed the spatial boundaries of their imagined communities.
The First World War introduced many new challenges for medical
practitioners. Prominent among the... more The First World War introduced many new challenges for medical practitioners. Prominent among these were psychiatric conditions, commonly termed as shell shock. This paper will investigate the Royal Army Medical Corps' (RAMC) treatment of shell shock by incorporating public advocacy as a significant factor for consideration. It will be shown that public activism for shell shock patients was as important to the RAMC as pressure from the British military in implementing a course of action for treating psychiatric casualties on the western front. This paper will examine the RAMC's status within the British Army and the effect this status had on its submission to a military system. The psychiatric expertise within the RAMC will be assessed as a factor in its ability to generate a workable solution to the problem of shell shock. The British public's awareness of shell shock will be discussed, as well as their level of activism on the matter. Lastly, the effects of public opinion and advocacy will be assessed as a consideration in the RAMC's implementation of treatment methods for psychiatric casualties.
Australian scholars are now familiar with the tropes of the Anzac legend. This narrative describe... more Australian scholars are now familiar with the tropes of the Anzac legend. This narrative describes the realisation of an Australian masculine identity, whose characteristics were forged on the Australian frontier and validated through the ordeal of battle. Though many writers contributed to this narrative, C.E.W. Bean, the official historian of the Australian Imperial Force during the First World War, is most closely associated with the popularisation of this myth, which fused frontier and martial masculinity into a national archetype.
This article will examine the role of the slouch hat as a material and visual device that helped communicate the Anzac legend. While most of the scholarship that examines the construction of this narrative focuses on its articulation in prose, this narrative was also popularised through other media. Artists drew symbols of the frontier into their paintings while museum directors arranged their artefacts to support this narrative. This article will argue that the slouch hat provided an essential visual device to connect the narratives of frontier and martial masculinity through the image of the Australian soldier.
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Both space and scale influenced the way English Canadians chose to coordinate their voluntary efforts for the war overseas and thus how they constructed the spatial boundaries of their imagined communities.
practitioners. Prominent among these were psychiatric conditions, commonly termed as shell shock. This paper will investigate the Royal Army Medical Corps' (RAMC) treatment of shell shock by incorporating public advocacy as a significant factor for consideration. It will be shown that public activism for shell shock patients was as important to the RAMC as pressure from the British military in implementing a course of action for treating psychiatric casualties on the western
front. This paper will examine the RAMC's status within the British Army and the effect this status had on its submission to a military system. The psychiatric expertise within the RAMC will be assessed as a factor in its ability to generate a workable solution to the problem of shell shock. The British public's awareness of shell shock will be discussed, as well as their level of activism on the matter.
Lastly, the effects of public opinion and advocacy will be assessed as a
consideration in the RAMC's implementation of treatment methods for psychiatric
casualties.
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This article will examine the role of the slouch hat as a material and visual device that helped communicate the Anzac legend. While most of the scholarship that examines the construction of this narrative focuses on its articulation in prose, this narrative was also popularised through other media. Artists drew symbols of the frontier into their paintings while museum directors arranged their artefacts to support this narrative. This article will argue that the slouch hat provided an essential visual device to connect the narratives of frontier and martial masculinity through the image of the Australian soldier.
Both space and scale influenced the way English Canadians chose to coordinate their voluntary efforts for the war overseas and thus how they constructed the spatial boundaries of their imagined communities.
practitioners. Prominent among these were psychiatric conditions, commonly termed as shell shock. This paper will investigate the Royal Army Medical Corps' (RAMC) treatment of shell shock by incorporating public advocacy as a significant factor for consideration. It will be shown that public activism for shell shock patients was as important to the RAMC as pressure from the British military in implementing a course of action for treating psychiatric casualties on the western
front. This paper will examine the RAMC's status within the British Army and the effect this status had on its submission to a military system. The psychiatric expertise within the RAMC will be assessed as a factor in its ability to generate a workable solution to the problem of shell shock. The British public's awareness of shell shock will be discussed, as well as their level of activism on the matter.
Lastly, the effects of public opinion and advocacy will be assessed as a
consideration in the RAMC's implementation of treatment methods for psychiatric
casualties.
This article will examine the role of the slouch hat as a material and visual device that helped communicate the Anzac legend. While most of the scholarship that examines the construction of this narrative focuses on its articulation in prose, this narrative was also popularised through other media. Artists drew symbols of the frontier into their paintings while museum directors arranged their artefacts to support this narrative. This article will argue that the slouch hat provided an essential visual device to connect the narratives of frontier and martial masculinity through the image of the Australian soldier.