On Sunday 11 November 2018, Queensland commemorated the 100th anniversary
of the signing of the Armistice—the historic agreement that led to the end of the First World War.
Mateship. Courage. Duty. Resilience. Sacrifice.
These are the qualities we associate with the Anzac tradition and those brave individuals who signed up for the unknown at Gallipoli and beyond. More than 57,700 Queenslanders enlisted in the First World War and many of them made the ultimate sacrifice.
Australians Killed in Wars
|
Conflict |
Dates of conflict |
Number of deaths |
|
New Zealand |
1860–61 |
Nil |
|
Sudan |
1885 |
9 |
|
South Africa |
11 October 1899 to 31 May 1902 |
588 |
|
China |
6 August 1900 to 25 April 1901 |
6 |
|
First World War |
4 August 1914 to 31 March 1921 |
61,566 |
|
Second World War |
3 September 1939 to 30 June 1947 |
39,655 |
|
Australia (North Queensland Coast, bomb and mine clearance) |
1947–50 |
4 |
|
Japan (British Commonwealth Occupation Force) |
1947-52 |
3 |
|
Papua and New Guinea |
1947-75 |
13 |
|
Middle East (UNTSO; Operation Paladin) |
1948 |
1 |
|
Berlin Airlift |
1948-49 |
1 |
|
Malayan Emergency |
16 June 1948 to 31 July 1960 |
39 |
|
Kashmir (United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan) |
1948-85 |
1 |
|
Korean War |
27 June 1950 to 27 July 1953 |
340 |
|
Malta |
1952-55 |
3 |
|
Korean War (Post-Armistice service - ceasefire monitoring) |
1953-57 |
16 |
|
Southeast Asia (SEATO) |
1955-75 |
7 |
|
Indonesian Confrontation |
24 December 1962 to 11 August 1966 |
21 |
|
Malay Peninsula |
19 February 1964 to 11 August 1966 |
2 |
|
Vietnam War |
3 August 1962 to 29 April 1975 |
521 |
|
Thailand |
25 June 1965 to 31 August 1968 |
2 |
|
Irian Jaya Operation Cenderawasih) |
1976-81 |
1 |
|
Western Sahara (MINURSO) |
1991-94 |
1 |
|
Somalia |
20 October 1992 to 30 November 1994 |
1 |
|
Border Protection |
1997 - |
2 |
|
Bougainville |
1997-2003 |
1 |
|
East Timor |
16 September 1999 to 18 August 2003 |
2 |
|
East Timor (Operation Astute) |
1999-2013 |
2 |
|
Afghanistan |
11 October 2001 to present |
4 |
|
Iraq |
16 July 2003 to 31 July 2009 |
3 |
|
Solomon Island (RAMSI - Operation Anode) |
2003-13 |
1 |
|
Indonesia (Operation Sumatra Assist) |
2005 |
9 |
|
Fiji |
2006 |
2 |
|
Total |
|
102,868 |
A Poem for Remembrance Day
"The inquisitive mind of a child."
Why are they selling poppies, Mummy?
Selling poppies in town today.
The poppies, child, are flowers of love,
For the men who marched away.
But why have they chosen a poppy, Mummy?
Why not a beautiful rose?
Because, my child, men fought and died
In the fields where poppies grow.
But why are the poopies so red, Mummy?
Why are the poppies so red?
Red is the colour of blood, my child.
The blood that our soldiers shed.
But the heart if the poppy is black, Mummy.
Why does it have to be black?
Black, my child, is the symbol of grief
For the men who never came back.
But why, Mummy are you crying so?
Your tears are giving you pain.
My tears are my fears for you my child.
For the world is forgetting again.
(Author unknown)
The name Remembrance Day was introduced after the end of the Second World War, when both the Australian and British governments decided that ‘Armistice Day’ was no longer an appropriate title for a day which would commemorate all war dead.
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