How Did Hines Change Australia's Life During Ww1

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Between 1914 and 1918, Australia’s involvement in the war changed many lives of people from all different ranks, on the battle grounds and the family’s back home in Australia. It had a great impact on Australia as a country, soldiers, family’s, nurses or other personnel’s, however when the guns fell silent in 1918 it did not end there, instead it continued on for years. When soldiers returned to their homes they suffered from their mental or physical problems as a result of the war. For example, soldiers affected with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD often deal with trauma as a result of the combat, they often suffer with nightmares, flashbacks, difficulty with sleeping which can impact their daily life. The war also had a great

He was “A soldier who achieved fame through the publication of his photograph during the war. It showed a wild-eyed Hines surrounded by his souvenirs of the fighting at Ypres.” Hines was born in 1873 in Liverpool, England and past away on the 28th of January 1958 in a Sydney hospital aged 84-85. Hines joined the Australian Imperial Force (AIF) on the 24th August 1915. Hines was wounded when the Germans were throwing hand grenades into their pillbox’s. Hines was known as an aggressive soldier and been claimed that he killed more Germans than any other member of the AIF. This had changed his and gave him hope. Hines enthusiasm for collecting German military equipment and soldiers personal possessions became well known to others. He later became the “Souvenir King”. (En.wikipedia.org, 2018). The photograph of Hines at the battle of Polygon was published in the late 1917s. The photograph was later used as Propaganda. Hines was in trial for several occasions, for drunkenness, forging entries in his pay book, being absent with out leave and have was caught robbing the strong room of a bank in Amiens these mistakes affected him very much. Hines lost several promotions he had earned for his acts of bravery. Hines was discharged in mid- 1918 due to hemorrhoid problems which was a disease and was later claimed to be wounded 5 times. Hines was traumatized from his experiences during World War 1. In his later years his humpy was surrounded by a fence which he hung German soldier’s helmets on. An article in the “Returned Sailors and Soldiers Imperial League of Australia’s magazine Reveille in 1934 (En.wikipedia.org, 2018) highlighted Hines' desperate living conditions and stated that he had been unemployed for four years. Former soldiers sent money to him in response to this article. Hines' pension was also doubled, though this income made him