11th Battalion AIF - Multi Media

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RSL Sunset Services - Video tributes

The RSL WA held a series of Sunset Services for soldiers who served in the 1914-1918 war.

The videos below are about or include members of the 11th Battalion, and are featured in the WAGS 11th Battalion project.

Videos courtesy Channel 7 Perth via The West Australian, used with permission.

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100 years ago today - November 9, 1914

The German raider Emden was creating havoc in the oceans, and a watch was out for her whereabouts.

News came in whilst the AIF convoy was en-route that the Emden was close by, HMAS Sydney steamed away from the convoy to tackle the menace. HMAS Sydney did battle with SMS Emden near Cocos Keeling Islands in the Indian Ocean, the sea battle ended in favour of the Sydney.

Check out the details of the ships, the Captains and the battle on this page below, thanks to the RAN...

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Fleet sails to destination unknown

On this day November 1st 1914, 100 years ago today, the Soldiers of the ANZAC force sailed in convoy from the Western Australian port of Albany.

They travelled up the coast of WA and on November 3 picked up the two troopships, HMAT Ascanius (A11) and HMAT Medic (A7), which had embarked from Fremantle with the 11th Battalion on the 31st October.

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HTAWA Video

1st Convoy leaves Albany - awm ART00190 2 This video clip, from the History Teachers Association of Western Australia, gives a sense of the occasion of the departure of the 11th Battalion from Fremantle and their voyage into history.

Includes the now famous 11th Battalion Cheops photo opportunity and the Gallipoli Campaign.

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WAGS 11th Battalion Project - Video

Some of the men in this 8 minute video are known to be in the WW1 Cheops Pyramid photo of the 11th Battalion, others are possibly there and not yet identified.

Some of the men shown are known not to be in the photo and joined the 11th Battalion after the photo was taken. Many of these men paid the supreme sacrifice at Gallipoli, and at the Western Front.

Lest we forget.