Dave: If you were born after World War I, you probably don't remember citizens of the dominions as being British subjects, period. Indeed, none of the self-governing dominions (Canada, Newfoundland, Australia, New Zealand or the Union of South Africa) formally declared war in 1914. They considered themselves at war by virtue of a decision taken by HMG's government. LGS

Thanks, LGS for the succinct posting. Had I done my homework, and not relied on my memory, I would have found out that Australian citizenship was only created in Jan. 1949, 2 years after Canada (thanks, Peter Gower). As an aside, according to the Australian War Memorial site Australia and South Africa were the only two participants in WW2 who did not have conscription. LShurtleff@aol.com wrote: > Dave: > > If you were born after World War I, you probably don't remember citizens of > the dominions as being British subjects, period. Indeed, none of the > self-governing dominions (Canada, Newfoundland, Australia, New Zealand or the Union > of South Africa) formally declared war in 1914. They considered themselves at > war by virtue of a decision taken by HMG's government. > > LGS > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GREATWAR-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >