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Over 27,000 Australians were killed and 23,000 wounded in action during World War II. In addition, hundreds more servicemen and women were killed and injured in accidents during the war. An Australian soldier, Private George "Dick" Whittington, is aided by Papuan orderly Raphael Oimbari, near Buna on 25 December 1942.
World War II cost thousands of Australian lives and consumed a large portion of the national income. During the war, 27,073 members of the Australian military were either killed, died of wounds or died while prisoners of war. Of these, 9,572 were killed in the war against Germany and Italy and 17,501 in the war against Japan.
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]
Australia entered World War II on 3 September 1939. On 14 September Prime Minister Robert Menzies announced that 40,000 members of the Militia would be called up for training and a 20,000-strong expeditionary force, designated the Second Australian Imperial Force, would be formed for overseas service. Like its predecessor, the Second AIF was a ...
This list of wars by death toll includes all deaths directly or indirectly caused by war. These numbers encompass the deaths of military personnel resulting directly from battles or other wartime actions, as well as wartime or war-related civilian deaths, often caused by war-induced epidemics , famines , or genocides .
World War II: 18,600 16,500 Siege of Odessa: 1941 World War II: 133,813 [24] 133,813 Battle of Kiev: 1941 World War II: 761,783 [24] 761,783 Second Siege of Sevastopol: 1941–1942 World War II: 236,437 236,437 Third Battle of Changsha: 1942 World War II: 84,862 [25] 84,862 First Battle of Voronezh: 1942 World War II: 662,847 662,847 Battle of ...
Pages in category "Australian military personnel killed in World War II" The following 170 pages are in this category, out of 170 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
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 ...