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War graves
Australian servicemen and women who have died in conflict have been buried in 78 countries as well as in war cemeteries in Australia. Those who have no known burial place are commemorated on memorials to the missing.
The graves are maintained by the Office of Australian War Graves (Department of Veterans' Affairs), many by arrangement with the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, whose website provides a database which enables the searcher to find details of the grave or other commemoration of a serviceman or woman who died while serving in Commonwealth forces during the First and Second World Wars.
A brochure providing information on visiting war cemeteries and finding the location of individual graves, or how to obtain photographs of graves, is available from:
Office of Australian
War Graves
PO Box 21
Woden ACT 2606
Eligible veterans are entitled to official commemoration: "eligible veterans" are defined as those whose death has been determined to be a result of war service, VC winners, those in receipt of a TPI pension, multiple amputees with proven war service, or ex-prisoners of war. Further information can be obtained from the Office of Australian War Graves.
More About:
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- Permission to use the Service Badge
- Australian war memorials
- Graves and memorials of Australians in the Boer War 1899–1902 (Provides photographs of graves and memorials and a database of names for locating gravesites)
