Frequently asked questions about Australian military statistics

Please note that discrepancies can occur between figures drawn from various sources. This can occur because different sources were used to compile the statistics and different criteria were sometimes applied to figures collected at various times by various bodies.

• Deaths as a result of service with Australian units, 1860 - the present
• Enlistment standards

First World War

• Enlistment statistics
• Campaign casualty statistics (Australia)
• Gallipoli: Australian fatalities month by month
• Australian honours and awards for the Gallipoli campaign
• Recruiting marches, routes and statistics

Second World War

• Enlistment statistics
• Prisoner-of-war numbers and places where Australians were captured by the Japanese
• Air raids on Australian mainland
• Australian War Memorial Christmas books – production numbers

Korean War

• Types and numbers of British and foreign awards to Australians

Vietnam War

• Australian casualties in the Vietnam War, 1962–72