AIF

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The AIF, or Australian Imperial Force, was the main expeditionary military force of Australia during World War I, composed of volunteer soldiers who served overseas.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
AIF canonical 2

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf expeditionary military force ⓘ
field army ⓘ
alliance Allies of World War I ⓘ
alsoKnownAs First AIF ⓘ
casualties over 156000 wounded, gassed, or taken prisoner ⓘ
over 60000 killed ⓘ
component 1st Australian Division ⓘ
2nd Australian Division ⓘ
3rd Australian Division ⓘ
4th Australian Division ⓘ
5th Australian Division ⓘ
Australian Army Medical Corps ⓘ
Australian Army Service Corps ⓘ
Australian Flying Corps ⓘ
Australian Light Horse units ⓘ
conflict World War I ⓘ
conscription no conscription for overseas service ⓘ
country Australia ⓘ
demobilisation began 1919 ⓘ
disbanded 1921 ⓘ
distinctFrom Second Australian Imperial Force ⓘ
endTime 1921 ⓘ
formedBy Government of Australia ⓘ
headquartersLocation Melbourne ⓘ
inception August 1914 ⓘ
languageOfCommand English ⓘ
militaryBranch Australian Army ⓘ
notableBattle Battle of Amiens (1918) ⓘ
Battle of Bullecourt ⓘ
Battle of Fromelles ⓘ
Battle of Hamel ⓘ
Battle of Lone Pine ⓘ
Battle of Messines (1917) ⓘ
Battle of Pozières ⓘ
Gallipoli landings ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Gallipoli

Hindenburg Line offensive ⓘ
Third Battle of Ypres ⓘ
notableCommander John Monash ⓘ
linked to: Sir John Monash

William Birdwood ⓘ
partOf Australian Army ⓘ
primaryTheatreOfWar Western Front ⓘ
recruitmentBasis volunteer force ⓘ
shortName AIF ⓘ
size over 416000 enlisted personnel ⓘ
startTime 1914 ⓘ
theatreOfWar Gallipoli campaign ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Gallipoli

German New Guinea ⓘ
Mesopotamian campaign ⓘ
Sinai and Palestine campaign ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Australian Imperial Force → shortName → AIF ⓘ
subject linked to: AIF