From Frontier to Frontline by Author Dr Norman S Cramp.

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Hardback Book: From Frontier to Frontline by Author DR Norman S Cramp. Northern Territorian's in the Great War 1914-1918, Over 400,000 Australians served in the military during the First World War. Of these, over 60,000 men lost their lives and another 137,000 were wounded. This had a massive impact on the young Australian nation with a population of just a few million. In each Australian state battalions were formed which became closely associated with men of that state or region. In this way the military history of most parts of Australia can be readily traced. The Northern Territory, however, was too small to have its own unit. Indeed there was not even a recruiting centre in the N.T. Men left to enlist in other states. For these reasons the WWI history of Territiorians has remained obscure. There were less than 1,000 European adults in the N.T. at the time war broke out, and as many as 300 enlisted