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Australian Imperial Force

Volunteer military force formed at the outbreak of World War I, the major Australian contribution to the war. It was organized into infantry divisions (eventually five), five light horse divisions, the Australian Flying Corps and the Australian Army Nursing Service.

The second AIF was formed 1939–40, with its divisions numbered 6th to 9th to follow those of the first force.

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Australia			Jack Ross, who joined the Australian Imperial Force in the last months of World War I 91 years ago, died in his sleep in a nursing home in the southern country town of Bendigo, the Golden Oaks Nursing Home said. Australia's oldest man, last WWI veteran dies by AFP / AFP Global Edition Some 5,553 Australian and 1,547 British soldiers died, the worst loss of life for the Australian Imperial Force in a 24-hour period, more than the bloodiest day of fighting in Gallipoli in 1915. Australian, UK WWI dead to get military funeral by AFP / AFP European Edition Some 5,553 Australian and 1,547 British soldiers died, the worst loss of life for the Australian Imperial Force in a 24-hour period. Australian, British war dead exhumed 94 years on by AFP / AFP Asian Edition			Austin, John Austin, Larry Austin, Mary Austin, Moses Austin, Stephen Fuller Austintown Austral Islands Australasia and Oceania Australasian and Oceanian fauna Australasian and Oceanian flora Australasian and Oceanian geology Australia Australia Day Australia Felix Australia First Movement Australia Prize Australia Telescope Australia: history to 1901 Australian Aboriginal religions Australian Aborigine Australian Alps Australian architecture Australian art Australian Capital Territory Australian cattle dog Australian Imperial Force Australian literature Australian magpie Australian Open, the Australian sheepdog Australian terrier Australopithecus Austria Austria: history to 1920 Austrian School Austrian Succession, War of the Austro-Hungarian Empire Austronesian languages autarky Auteuil, Daniel auteur theory authentic cadence authentication authenticity authoring authoring tool authoritarianism authority authorization authorized capital Autio, Rudy			Australian Horror Writers Association Australian Horse Industry Council Australian Horticultural Export Council Australian Horticultural Exporters Association Australian Horticulture Corporation Australian Hospital Design Group Australian Hotels & Hospitality Association, Inc. Australian Hotels Association Australian Hotels Association, South Australia Australian House and Garden Annual Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute Australian Human Resources Institute Australian Human Rights Equal Opportunity Commission Australian Human Rights Information Centre Australian Humanist of the Year Australian Huntington's Disease Association Australian Hydroponic and Greenhouse Association Australian Ice Hockey Federation Australian Ice Hockey League Australian Identified Mineral Resources Australian Illawarra cattle Australian Illawarra cattle Australian Illawarra Shorthorn Australian Illawarra Shorthorn Australian Illicit Drug Report Australian Imagery Organisation Australian Imperial Force Australian Imperial Forces Australian Incident Monitoring Study in Intensive Care Australian Incident Reporting System Australian Independant Dirt Kart Association Australian Independent Artists Network Australian Independent Superannuation Fund Australian Indigenous Art Trade Association Australian Indigenous Communication Association Australian Indigenous Cultural Network Australian Indigenous Doctors Association Australian Indigenous Education Conference Australian Indigenous Geographic Classification Australian Indigenous Health Promotion Knowledge Network Australian Indigenous Health Promotion Network Australian Indigenous Languages Framework Australian Indigenous Law Reporter Australian Indigenous Leadership Centre Australian Indigenous Medical Electives Database Australian Indigenous Tourism Conference Australian Indigenous Training Advisory Council Australian indigo Australian indigo Australian Industrial Law Review Australian Industrial Relations Commission Australian Industrial Tempest Program

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