It is recognition of the distinctly Australian qualities, bravery, mateship, disrespect for authority and physical prowess, that was epitomised in the Gallipoli, and at select other events in Australian history since. ... Bean, official Australian Historian, for WW1, states that one of the most, if not the most prominent reason why the recruits enlisted was for a trip overseas, rather than more patriotic motives. ... This is a common example, of the extraordinary bravery, shown by the diggers, during WW1. ... Ashmead-Bartlett, a ww1 correspondent described the Australians as, 'A race of a...

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