A u s t r a l i a n A r my C o m b at S u p p o r t S e r i e s
Gallipoli
GALLIPOLI
a n Au s t r a l i a n M e d i ca l Pe r s pec t i v e
A N AUS T R A LI A N M ED I C A L PER S PEC T I V E
A U S T R A L I A N A R MY C O M B AT S U P P O R T S E R I E S – 1
To be successful, a modern army needs logistical support to survive - to
arm, feed, transport, and care for its soldiers. As history shows us the
maintenance of health in any army , is a key factor in warfare.
When Australia entered the First World War in 1914, the Army Medical
Services (AMS) had only recently been brought together after the federation
of the Australian colonies in 1901. Like the rest of the 1st Australian
Imperial Force (AIF), the AMS was largely an untested organisation of
volunteers based on a small cadre of professionals. The prime function
of the AMS was to maintain fit and healthy troops at the front or during
operations, and to return the sick and injured to duty as soon as possible.
In many respects the Gallipoli campaign was a doomed undertaking. The
seeds of ultimate defeat in December 1915 were the risks that attended
a hugely ambitious, complex, and large-scale amphibious operation - the
landings on well-defended shores on the Gallipoli peninsula, under cover
of darkness. Communications at the time were primitive, while general
staff officers had little understanding of their own army’s medical assets
or the needs of a largee medical organisation.
Our allies, who shared many of the same privations, came from the British,
New Zealand, Indian, and French armies. The Australian Army Medical
Corps (AAMC) received aid from, and gave support to, all five forces at
various times during 1915. This aspect of what we would now recognise
as coalition support worked well for most of the campaign.
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Underlying the execution of the Dardanelles campaign were factors
wholly outside the control of the Australian AMS. Undoubtedly tragic,
and sometimes avoidable, errors were made at the highest level of
command, with subsequent pressures on the AMS. An amphibious
operation of this type and scale, however, was without parallel in
modern military history, and mistakes were inevitable, as they are with
any campaign of such complexity.
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Gallipoli An Australian Medical Perspective explores these complexities
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About the Author
Dr Michael Tyquin is a consulting historian based in Canberra. He has
published extensively in the areas of Australian social, medical and military
history. He is a serving member of the Australian Army Reserve which he
joined as a medical assistant with the 4/19th Prince of Wales Light Horse.
He is the official historian of the Royal Australian Army Medical Corps
and is an Adjunct Professor at the University of Queensland’s Centre for
Military and Veterans’ Health.
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