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Virtual Visit #17 - Allied Occupation Forces in Germany, 1919 No 4 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps

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Part of a series of Virtual Visit posts relating to the Australian Army Museum of Western Australia entitled “Allied Occupation Forces in Germany, 1919, No 4 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps".

Historical information

Prime Minister Billy Hughes insisted that Australian troops be repatriated after the Armistice was signed on 11 November 1918. Thus other than No 4 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps and No 3 Australian Casualty Clearing Station (3 ACCS), the Australian Imperial Force (AIF) did not serve as part of the occupation force in Germany.
As part of the Armistice and later the Treaty of Versailles, Allied forces occupied three major bridgeheads across the Rhine River at Cologne, Coblenz and Mainz to ensure German compliance with the Armistice provisions.
No 4 Squadron was stationed in Bickendorf, one of Germany’s home defence aerodromes. Bickendorf is a municipality in the district of Bitburg-Prüm, in Rhineland-Palatinate, near Cologne, Germany.

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The Australian Army Museum of Western Australia was closed to volunteers and the public for extended periods during the COVID-19 pandemic beginning in March 2020. One outcome was the creation of an expanded on-line presence through a weekly Virtual Visit post. The initial response encouraged the Museum over the following three tears, to continue the series. Virtual Visits normally focused on an object or theme from the collection. The general format was to link the story of the object and its significance. with web links and related materials to facilitate a continuing journey of self-discovery.

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