The War Dead of Australia
The total number of Australian war dead of the two world wars is
102,742. The countries in which the largest number of Australian
war dead are commemorated are France (33,838), Belgium (12,952),
Australia (12,181), Papua New Guinea (8,018) and Turkey
(7,260).
Apart from Remembrance Day on 11 November, Australia also
remembers her war dead on ANZAC Day, 25 April.
Sites of National Remembrance are the Sydney Cenotaph, the
Australian War Memorial in Canberra and the Shrine of Remembrance
in Melbourne.
Office of Australian War Graves
The Office of Australian War Graves (OAWG) is a branch within the
Australian Department of Veterans' Affairs. The OAWG acts as
Australian agent for the CWGC. It is responsible for the
maintenance of more than 20,000 graves of Commonwealth war dead in
76 war cemeteries & plots and in numerous civil cemeteries, as
well as Memorials to the Missing listing over 3,000 names
throughout Australia, Norfolk Island, Papua New Guinea and the
Solomon Islands.
Useful Links
The Commission is not responsible for the content of external
Internet sites.
Australian
Defence Force
Department of
Veterans' Affairs
Australian War
Memorial
Returned and Services
League
Office of Australian War
Graves
Shrine of Remembrance
Australia's Membership of the CWGC