tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65529199479500423.post2590514489611012255..comments2024-02-02T00:36:31.232-08:00Comments on The Road to War and Back: Landscape of Loss: Olive Street StatisticsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65529199479500423.post-67972831835750745172020-06-26T12:25:06.094-07:002020-06-26T12:25:06.094-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Greg Prosmushkinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06469085569109130005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65529199479500423.post-573025723870679442015-11-19T23:33:48.001-08:002015-11-19T23:33:48.001-08:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04220138468476365458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65529199479500423.post-28676729811573992772015-04-17T06:50:05.783-07:002015-04-17T06:50:05.783-07:00No worries! Thanks for the thoughtful comments :)No worries! Thanks for the thoughtful comments :)Claire Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15286952159573145712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65529199479500423.post-41668304848804438222015-04-17T06:31:28.071-07:002015-04-17T06:31:28.071-07:00Lots of factors, indeed. Thanks for the additional...Lots of factors, indeed. Thanks for the additional details!Deniz Bevanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17134553551048836979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65529199479500423.post-54126652230142654192015-04-17T06:07:03.243-07:002015-04-17T06:07:03.243-07:00Hi Deniz- not quite as interesting as all that, I&...Hi Deniz- not quite as interesting as all that, I'm afraid :) One worked in administration for the Australian High Commissioner, receiving and responding to correspondence etc; the other was attached to the Commonwealth Bank of Australia, assisting with processing soldiers' money. Absolutely no hint of espionage to either of them :)<br /><br />The age average is pulled upward by the comparatively high number of men who enlisted over the age of 40- and, their connections were the reason they went rather than a reason to stay. Most were following younger relatives across. Of the rest, many were still single at that average age- some of whom had spent most of their adult lives working in very remote mining areas with few eligible women around.<br /><br />And, lastly- very few of these people were associated with farms, though a couple were. This is very much an inner-city suburb of the capital city of the state. Those who stayed behind were in many cases rejected for service (for reasons of flat feet, poor eyesight, existing health issues such as hernia etc), were at the very bottom or top end of the age requirements (and some were probably unfit as a result- the physical testing was quite intense!), and others were still required to keep businesses running in the city- looking at the range of occupations shows the range of businesses that depended on manpower. It wasn't until the Second World War that women were more easily able to take on some of those roles. In an area like this with a high concentration of working class labourers, the only people considered suitable to keep the foundries and the mills operating were men of enlistment age.<br /><br />Lots of factors behind the patterns! :)Claire Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15286952159573145712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65529199479500423.post-78775619482986863452015-04-17T05:15:49.355-07:002015-04-17T05:15:49.355-07:00I agree!
Also, some of the numbers are fascinating...I agree!<br />Also, some of the numbers are fascinating. If only close to 40% of eligible men enlisted, that goes to show how many were needed on the farms back home. And the average was 27? That seems old - old enough to have connections that were difficult to leave behind and old enough not to be as naive about where they were headed as boys of 18 might have been, and therefore their stories are all the more poignant.<br />Each individual is interesting - what of those two seconded to work in London, does that mean they might have done espionage work?Deniz Bevanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17134553551048836979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65529199479500423.post-12448221911347345802015-04-08T04:07:56.557-07:002015-04-08T04:07:56.557-07:00Thanks, Zan Marie :)Thanks, Zan Marie :)Claire Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15286952159573145712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65529199479500423.post-50727538363595974252015-04-07T10:55:48.719-07:002015-04-07T10:55:48.719-07:00You're research is amazing and extremely impor...You're research is amazing and extremely important to understanding the effects of war. Claire, you're an excellent historian!Zan Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13403563510118660546noreply@blogger.com