Australasia's 1912 Olympians and the Great War.

In 1912, two women and 26 men comprised the Australasian team at the 1912 Olympic Games in Stockholm, Sweden. Over the following years during World War I, 77% of the male members of the team volunteered to serve the British Empire. Four made the supreme sacrifice, one of whom was the great, highly respected swimmer Cecil Healy. Many were wounded and a sizeable number were highly decorated for their war service. This article examines the contribution of the 1912 Australasian Olympians to the Great War, and the participation of a number in the post-hostilities Inter-Allied sporting competitions. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

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