Mateship In World War 1 Essay

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How has mateship evolved since World War 1?

The concept of mateship as we know today, was largely shaped during Australia’s involvement in World War 1. Since then the concept of mateship has not evolved, mateship is always a great thing for the group of mates and is usually seen as a negative thing from those outside of the group. This can be observed through aspects such as; pack mentality and the first rule of mateship “No man left behind”. These aspects of mateship are clearly conveyed through the 1981 film, Gallipoli, directed by Peter Weir which involves a group of four mates and their experiences in Gallipoli in World War 1. The playwright A Property of the Clan written by Nick Enright (1994), A Property of the Clan involves a young woman who was murdered by a group of boys “mates”. The mates must rely on each other to keep everyone in the group of mate’s safe and out of trouble. And thirdly the advertisement poster from the documentary The Bra Boys (2007). All three of these texts display mateship in extremely similarly ways, reassuring the idea that mateship has not evolved since World War 1. …show more content…
Weir successfully captured the essence of mateship within his film Gallipoli explaining to the viewer how each man relied on his mates to be there for each-other and the mentality that no man/mate is left behind this was exhibited through the use of his film techniques such as; dialogue, costuming and positioning and most importantly the use of pack mentality within the group. During the film a scene takes place within the Egyptian markets, the men have been ripped off and are going to get their money back right or wrong. The use of pack mentality in this scene is most prominent when one of the men finds a store simply says to his mates “That one I think”. Without any questioning such as “are you sure?” the group of mates blindly ran into the store and proceeded to destroy it in order to get their money
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