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Were the medical staff equipped to deal with such terrible wounds? 

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Were the medical staff equipped to deal with such terrible wounds? 

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The patient is likely to have received first medical attention at aid posts situated in or close behind the front line position. Units in the trenches provided such posts and generally had a Medical Officer, orderlies and men trained as stretcher bearers who would provide this support. The Field Ambulance would provide relays of stretcher bearers and men skilled in first aid, at a series of “bearer posts” along the route of evacuation from the trenches. All involved were well within the zone where they could be under fire.

World War I was the first conflict to see the use of deadly gases as a weapon. Gas burned skin and irritated noses, throats, and lungs. It could cause death or paralysis within minutes. As soon as troops learned that gas was in their area, they had to put on masks. Even having the fumes in their clothing could cause blisters, sores, and other health problems. Bathing and changing clothes immediately helped but was not always possible. Many thousands of gas victims suffered the painful effects of damaged lungs throughout their lives. The use of these gases was banned after the end of World War I.

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How were the soldiers affected mentally, physically and socially?

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How were the soldiers affected mentally, physically and socially?

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The war affected the soldiers physically through severe injuries and often left them traumatized with shell shock by the things that they had seen. Shell shock is an emotional shock brought about by the many horrors that men heard and saw while in the trenches. The trauma resulted from the soldiers experience of the screams of others in pain and agony  and the thought of their own death. Some men just fell to pieces other men did recover from shell shock but continued to have nightmares about their experiences.

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How did the soldiers endure the filth, sickness, disease and death for so long?

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How did the soldiers endure the filth, sickness, disease and death for so long?

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Well they had no choice but to move on and hope that it wasn't them next.  Our ANZAC soldiers were capable of a lot of things but when disease and sickness struck that turned the game around. They went from having heaps of energy to dying from the  smallest of wounds. Having rats running through the trenches 24/7 didn't help with the diseases as rats are full of  germs and diseases.  The only way the could have a space to walk is if they threw the dead and decaying bodies out if the trenches. Each soldier had to throw out at least 6 bodies each day, so they eventually fell back into the trenches so they had to keep repeating the cycle. The bottom of the trench wasn't even dirt. From all the blood and the rain it turned the ground into a muddy, bloody pool that the soldiers had to stand in all the time.

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Why did NZ men and women volunteer to participate in war?

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Why did NZ men and women volunteer to participate in war?

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When Germany declared war on England, England asked multiple countries to help, and as New Zealanders consider themselves as Brits they automatically signed up to fight for their own home country and many others freedom. Usually a group of mates signed up at the same time to hopefully be able to train together.  Men and women travelled the length of the country to sign up.

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What was life for our soldiers on the front line at Gallipoli?

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What was life for our soldiers on the front line at Gallipoli?

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The constant noise, filth and flies made the Gallipoli Battlefield unbearable for ALL soldiers. The grief and loss of their mates, brothers and generals was overwhelming, everyday someone else they knew and loved died.

The food there was disgusting and stale. There is no denying that the rations issued to the Anzacs provided very poor nutrition due to the unvarying diet of processed foods: canned meat, hard biscuits and watery jam. The diet was varied sometimes by sugar, condensed milk, rice and cocoa, but there was a distinct lack of fresh fruit or vegetables for the Anzacs.

The poor nutritional content of the British rations contributed to the physical decline of the Anzac and British troops at Gallipoli. The unappetising and unvaried diet affected the soldiers’ morale and psychological well-being. It also increased their susceptibility to disease, which spread rapidly during the summer months of the campaign.Soldiers in front-line positions were issued only small amounts of water per day and the water quality was poor. Thirst and dehydration were common amongst the men. Often their only drink was extremely strong black tea

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One woman who lost her husband at the battle Somme in 1916,  whilst she was pregnant said as though she had served the war as well because of her loss. While financially she was fine but many other women who had lost husbands and  boyfriends were not, as they had lost their main source of income for their family. Some widows who had children under the age of 16, were usually granted an allowance to help pay for things like school, food and clothing. Some people thought the pension was to generous because it meant that women that had been very poor were now earning 18 shillings a week and with no husband they could spend it on whatever they wanted and end up not supporting themselves.

As most men had gone off to war, all their jobs had been left and needed doing. So the women had to step up and do all the ‘manly’ jobs which left a lot of pressure on the older children to look after their mothers,  younger siblings and household chores. Many of the men who came back from war suffered from serious injuries, trauma, Mustard gas and or shell shock. The men were to tormented to talk about war or anything else and it usually took along time for them to recover from their experiences in war. Some children were very confused when their Fathers came home, because they didn’t know how to talk to them.

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This term we have been focusing on Gallipoli, our task has been to write an inquiry on Gallipoli. Our big question was to find out if the Battle of Gallipoli was a success or a fail. Personally I feel like it was a complete utter fail. Those deaths might have been prevented if the ANZACs had been landed on the right beach.

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Were the medical staff equipped to deal with such terrible wounds? 

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Were the medical staff equipped to deal with such terrible wounds? 

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The patient is likely to have received first medical attention at aid posts situated in or close behind the front line position. Units in the trenches provided such posts and generally had a Medical Officer, orderlies and men trained as stretcher bearers who would provide this support. The Field Ambulance would provide relays of stretcher bearers and men skilled in first aid, at a series of “bearer posts” along the route of evacuation from the trenches. All involved were well within the zone where they could be under fire.

World War I was the first conflict to see the use of deadly gases as a weapon. Gas burned skin and irritated noses, throats, and lungs. It could cause death or paralysis within minutes. As soon as troops learned that gas was in their area, they had to put on masks. Even having the fumes in their clothing could cause blisters, sores, and other health problems. Bathing and changing clothes immediately helped but was not always possible. Many thousands of gas victims suffered the painful effects of damaged lungs throughout their lives. The use of these gases was banned after the end of World War I.