An exact re-enactment of the first shot fired at the beginning of World War I at 12.45pm on August 5, 1914 occurred precisely 100 years later today at Point Nepean in southern Victoria. Hundreds of relatives of those who fought attended the special centenary ceremony held at the Point Nepean barracks which lays claim to firing the first shot of all the British allied forces during World War I. It was the first incident involving Australian troops with the first shot taking place just three hours and 45 minutes after the war was declared in Australia an entire century ago.
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An exact re-enactment of the first shot fired at the beginning of World War I at 12.45pm on August 5, 1914 occurred precisely 100 years later today
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Point Nepean lays claim to firing the first shot of all British allied forces
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It was the first incident involving Australian troops
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First shot took place three hours and 45 minutes after the war was declared
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Yesterday marks 100 years since the start of the First World War
Hundreds attended the ceremony on Tuesday to pay tribute to those who lost their lives in @placeholder