Where did former PM Howard denigrate or minimize 1915 losses? I did not see that in the article. OTOH, the Battle of Beersheba was a key victory in wrenching most of the ME from the Ottoman Empire. Why minimize its significance?
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Howard's quoted words were:
"In October 1917, more Australians died on the battlefield than in any other war, before or since."
Respectfully, Beersheba was a triviality, dwarfed by the titanic struggles on the Somme, Tannenberg
and Verdun, among several.