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Australia's Role in WW 1

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Statistics The Price of Victory As with every nation involved in The Great War, the statistics on Australian casualties vary somewhat, depending on the source. I have chosen to use the statistics as given by the Australian government. Australian Statistics Total population 5 million Total enlisted 300,000 Wounded 159,171 Killed 59,330 Total Casualties 218,501 Percentage of Casualties 72% Sources: C.E.W.Bean, Anzac to Amiens, (Canberra, 1946) Penguin Books Australia, 1993 J.Beaumont, Australia's War 1914-1918, Sydney, 1995 Peter Dennis et al, The Oxford Companion to Australian Military History, Oxford University Press, Australia, Melbourne, 1995.

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