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The Australians had advanced the line almost 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) across a front of 6.5 kilometres (4.0 mi) and in the process taken roughly 1,600 German prisoners as well as over 200 machine guns, trench mortars and anti-tank weapons. [164] Against this the Australians suffered 1,062 casualties. [Note 2] [164]
The military casualties of the UK, France, Germany, Belgium and Portugal include Africans who served with their armed forces, the details are noted above in the list of the various colonies. Fallen British and Australian soldiers in a mass grave, dug by German soldiers, 1916 or 1917 ^ b Australia. The Australian War Memorial puts their war dead ...
According to the historians at the Australian War Memorial, [2] it is generally accepted that the total number of Australian casualties, killed and wounded at Anzac Cove, on 25 April 1915 is something of the order of 2,000 men; and, although no-one can be certain of the precise number, it is generally accepted that something like 650 Australian ...
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Pages in category "Australian military personnel killed in World War I" The following 185 pages are in this category, out of 185 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The 31st Australian Battalion had 544 casualties and the 32nd Australian Battalion lost 718 men killed and wounded. [44] The 61st (2nd South Midland) Division was understrength before the battle and contributed only half as many men as the 5th Australian Division and suffered 1,547 casualties.
The memorial lists 10,773 names of soldiers of the Australian Imperial Force with no known grave who were killed between 1916, when Australian forces arrived in France and Belgium, and the end of the war. The location was chosen to commemorate the role played by Australian soldiers in the Second Battle of Villers-Bretonneux (24–27 April 1918).
Australian casualties were 1,400 while German casualties were 2,000 along with 1,600 captured. [17] [18] Austro-Hungarian submarine SM U-20 was torpedoed and sunk in the Adriatic Sea by an Italian submarine with the loss of all 18 crew. [19] The Bristol fighter aircraft was first flown. [20]