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The Adelaide River War Cemetery is one of the largest in Australia with 436 graves, including 435 of WWII and 1 of the Vietnam War. The Sydney War Cemetery is the largest war cemetery in Australia (734 graves); Springvale, Victoria has 611, Cowra (Japanese) War Cemetery in Victoria has 523, and Perth has 493 graves.
Adelaide River has a small primary school, Adelaide River School, with 42 enrolments (as of August 2010). [35] The school was established in 1950 and moved to is current site, 100 m from the Adelaide River itself, in 1956. A building housing the administration office and library was added along with a canteen for students in 1994.
World War II: Port Philip Bay, Australia: 20 November 1940 lost [14] 21 HMAS Kuttabul: Torpedoed by Japanese submarine World War II: Sydney Harbour: 1 June 1942 lost [15] 14 HMAS Australia: Invasion of Lingayen Gulf - Kamikaze attack World War II: Lingayen Gulf, Philippines: 6 January 1945 damaged [16] 13 HMAS Hobart: torpodoed by Japanese ...
Fifty four Axis surface raiders and submarines (both German and Japanese) carried out these attacks, sinking 53 merchant ships and three warships within the Australia Station, resulting in the deaths of over 1,751 Allied military personnel, sailors and civilians. A further 88 civilians were killed in air raids.
Australia entered World War II on 3 September 1939, following the government's acceptance of the United Kingdom's declaration of war on Nazi Germany. Australia later entered into a state of war with other members of the Axis powers, including the Kingdom of Italy on 11 June 1940, [1] and the Empire of Japan on 9 December 1941. [2]
World War II deaths by country World War II deaths by theater. World War II was the deadliest military conflict in history.An estimated total of 70–85 million deaths were caused by the conflict, representing about 3% of the estimated global population of 2.3 billion in 1940. [1]
As of 2012, three major memorials had been erected to Australian merchant seamen who were killed in Australian waters during World War II. [116] In 1950 BHP established a memorial to the seamen killed on board the ships it operated. This has since been moved to the banks of the Hunter River in central Newcastle. [17]
The river descends 151 metres (495 ft) over its 238-kilometre (148 mi) course. [1] The catchment area of the river is 7,640 square kilometres (2,950 sq mi). [2] The Adelaide River is crossed by both the Stuart Highway, adjacent to the township of Adelaide River, and the Arnhem Highway near Humpty Doo.