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Group    From 1914  To 1945

Australian service men and women - WW1, WW2

Countries: Australia

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1.5 million Australian service men and women fought in the two World Wars; of which 101,000 were killed.

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This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Australian service men and women - WW1, WW2

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Australian War Memorial

Green Western Australian granite, with polished slabs forming a curved wall c...

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Lieutenant Charles Pope, VC

Lieutenant Charles Pope, VC

Lieutenant Charles Pope, Australian Imperial Force (Western Australia), 15th April 1917. From East London Advertiser: "Pope, a one-time London bobby, was born in Mile End in March, 1883. He emigra...

Person, Armed Forces, Australia

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Nicholas John

Nicholas John

United Kingdom citizen who died in the terrorist attacks in America on 11 September 2001. Nicholas John was born on 2 July 1959 in Swansea, Wales. He was a son of Glyn and Enfys John and was educa...

Person, Tragedy, Australia, USA, Wales

1 memorial
David Ayres

David Ayres

Australian victim of the Marchioness tragedy, aged 29.

Person, Tragedy, Australia

1 memorial
transportation to Australia

transportation to Australia

One of the (many) supposed origins of the word 'pom' for an Englishman, is that convicts were branded with the initials of 'Prisoner of Millbank'.

Event, Law, Transport, Australia

5 memorials
Anzac Cove landing

Anzac Cove landing

Part of the Gallipoli campaign of WW1.  Opposed by the Ottoman Turkish defenders, troops from the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps landed on the Gallipoli peninsula.  The assault did not go as...

Event, Australia, Turkey

1 memorial