why Australians enlisted in world war 1
Australian population 1914â18: approximately 4.9 million 1. Around 420,000 Australians enlisted for service in the First World War, representing 38.7 per cent of the male population aged between 18 and 44. 2.he Roll of Honour records the number of Australian deaths during the First World War as 61,514 2. This includes deaths until the formal disbandment of the AIF on 31 March 1921. During the period 4 August 1914 to 11 November 1918 there were 59,357 deaths 2.