Reasons why Australians went to war

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Part of the British empire
Believed war was exciting and to prove themselves as worthy
Pay was well for soldiers
To protect relatives in Britain (red line of kinship)
Young men wanted sense of adventure and to travel.
Sense of duty
To prevent being downcasted for unenlistment - white feather (coward)
Recruitment - various posters & handing out of drinks to enlist