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 Although relating to Canada, this video portrays the aftermath of conscription. Thousands of men in Canada were forced to fight in the war. Both Australia and Canada supported the British Empire. Australian politicians undertook similar campaigns, Prime Minister William Morris Hughes being a particular supporter of conscription in Australia.

In 1916 Hughes needed the Australian public's vote to allow conscripted men to fight overseas. He was defeated. 1n 1917, he didn't need the Australian people's support to pass his act but he asked them anyway. Again he was defeated. Canada used conscription in World War One. Australia did not.