Statistics, military
Victoria Crosses awarded to Australians at Gallipoli (in chronological order)
| Name | Unit | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| L Cpl Albert JACKA | 14th Battalion | Courtney's Post | 19-20 May 1915 |
| L Cpl Leonard KEYSOR | 1st Battalion | Lone Pine | 7-8 August 1915 |
| Lt John William SYMONS | 7th Battalion | Lone Pine | 8-9 August 1915 |
| Cpl Alexander Stewart BURTON | 7th Battalion | Lone Pine | 9 August 1915 |
| Cpl William DUNSTAN | 7th Battalion | Lone Pine | 9 August 1915 |
| Pte John HAMILTON | 3rd Battalion | Lone Pine | 9 August 1915 |
| Lt Frederick Harold TUBB | 7th Battalion | Lone Pine | 9 August 1915 |
| Capt Alfred John SHOUT | 1st Battalion | Lone Pine | 9 August 1915 |
| 2nd Lt Hugo Vivian Hope THROSSELL | 10th Light Horse Regiment | Hill 60 | 29-30 August 1915 |
Source:
Lionel Wigmore (et al), They dared mightily, Australian War Memorial, Canberra, 1986
Campaign casualty statistics - First World War (Australia)
| Location | Dates | Casualties | Number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gallipoli 1 | 25 April 1915 - 20 December 1915 | total fatalities (This figure includes: 5,582 killed in action 2,012 died of wounds 665 died of disease) |
8, 709 |
| wound casualties (NB not the number of individuals wounded) |
17,924 | ||
| Sinai-Palestine 2 | March 1916 - October 1918 | total battle casualties (This figure includes: 636 killed in action 337 died of wounds 3,351 wounded 126 taken POW 454 died of disease 136 died of other causes) |
4,450 |
| Western Front 3 | March 1916 - November 1918 | total battle casualties (This figure includes: 33,407 killed in action 11,034 died of wounds 112,729 wounded 3,842 taken POW 1,039 died of disease 363 died of other causes) |
179,455 |
| German New Guinea 4 | September 1914 - military government ended 1921 | total battle casualties (This figure includes: 6 killed in action 4 wounded) |
10 |
Sources:
1Statistics of the military effort of the British Empire during the Great War, 1914-1920 (London: HMSO, 1922)
2 A. G. Butler, Special problems and services: the official history of the Australian Army Medical Services 1914-1918, vol. 3, Australian War Memorial, Canberra, 1943
3 A. G. Butler, The Western Front: the official history of the Australian Army Medical Services 1914-1918, vol. 2, Australian War Memorial, Canberra: 1940
4 S. S. Mackenzie, The Australians at Rabaul: the official history of Australia in the war of 1914-1918, vol. 10, Angus and Robertson, Sydney, 1938
Prisoner-of-war numbers and places where Australians were captured by the Japanese - Second World War
Numbers:
Twenty-two thousand Australians were captured defending Malaya, Singapore, and the Netherlands East Indies. Over 21,000 were from the Second AIF (particularly the 8th Division); 354 RAN; 373 RAAF officers; and 71 women from the Australian Army Nursing Service. Of these, 14,792 were captured at Singapore; 2,736 on Java; 1,137 on Timor; 1,075 on Ambon; and 1,049 at Rabaul.
Nearly 36% of Australian prisoners (8,031) died in captivity.
Massacres of Australians occurred at Tol Plantation on New Britain (160 Australians); Parit Sulong in Malaya (110); and at Laha on Ambon (over 200). Twenty-one Australian nurses were executed on Banka Island, and an unknown number of Australians elsewhere in Malaya and in Singapore, especially at the Alexandra Hospital.
Nearly 2650 Australians died on the Burma-Thailand Railway.
"[In September 1945] the largest numbers of Australians were congregated on Singapore Island and Johore (5,549); 4,830 were distributed in several camps and on a number of working parties in Thailand and remote areas of Burma; 265 were in French Indo-China; about 750 were distributed throughout the islands of the Netherlands East Indies, with the largest group (385) in Java, and in Sumatra (243); about 100 were on Ambon; two were at Macassar, seven on Bali; another 150 were at Kuching in British North Borneo. About 2,700 were distributed between Japan, Korea and Manchuria. About 200 remained on Hainan". [Wigmore, p. 633]
Surrenders:
3 February 1942 - Australian forces on Ambon surrender to the Japanese
15 February 1942 - Commonwealth forces (including 8th Australian Division) on Singapore surrender to Japanese
11 March 1942 - Australian forces on Java surrender.
Sources:
Peter Dennis (et al), The Oxford companion to Australian military history, Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 1997
Lionel Wigmore, The Japanese thrust: Australia in the war of 1939-1945, vol. 4, Australian War Memorial, Canberra, 1968
British and foreign awards to Australians - Korean War
Summary of British awards to Australians during the Korean War
| Award | Number |
|---|---|
| GC | 1 |
| CBE | 3 |
| DSO | 11 |
| OBE | 23 |
| MBE | 45 (3 Civil Awards) |
| DSC | 14 (includes 1 second bar and 2 first bars) |
| MC | 27 (includes 1 bar) |
| DFC | 53 (includes 6 bars) |
| AFC | 14 (includes 1 bar) |
| DCM | 5 (includes 1 bar) |
| GM | 1 |
| DSM | 3 |
| MM | 45 (includes 1 bar) |
| DFM | 18 |
| AFM | 1 |
| BEM | 27 |
| ARRC | 4 |
| Commendation for Meritorious Service in the Air | 16 |
| MID | 304 (includes 2 twice mentioned) |
Summary of foreign awards to Australians during the Korean War
| Country | Award | Number |
|---|---|---|
| Republic of Korea | Order of Military Merit Taiguk | 1 |
| United States of America | Silver star | 5 |
| Legion of Merit - Chief Commander | 1 | |
| Legion of Merit - Commander | 2 | |
| Legion of Merit - Officer | 10 | |
| Legion of Merit - Legionnaire | 4 | |
| Bronze Star for Valour | 2 | |
| Bronze Star | 6 | |
| Distinguished Flying Cross | 21 | |
| Air Medal | 120 |
Sources
- Robert O'Neill, Combat operations, Australia in the Korean War 1950-53, vol. 2, Australian War Memorial and the Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra, 1985