Statistics

The statistics on Australian casualties vary somewhat, depending on the source..

Statistics of the Military Effort of the British Empire During the Great War, 1914 - 1920, London, The War Office. ISBN 0 948130 14 8 pps 759 - 770 refer to the Australian Involvement in this War. World War I - 4 Aug 1914 to 11 Nov 1918 with 416,809 Personnel enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (including the Australian Flying Corps) 331,781 of these people served overseas. (RAN figures are not available)

At least 400 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people served in World War I and 3000 or more in World War II. Indigenous people also served in all the other wars this century - from the Boer right through to Vietnam,' says Bill Fogarty, a senior curator at the Australian War Memorial. Five of Milton Ulladulla's Aboriginals who served in the war.