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AIF Statistics and Casualties for WWI
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| Population of Australia in 1914 - 1918 : |
approx 4 million* |
| Total Enlistment for 1914 - 1918 : |
416,809 |
| Total Voluntary Enlistment for 1914 - 1918 : |
416,809 |
| Total Conscription Enlistment for 1914 - 1918 : |
0 |
| Percentage of Eligable Population Enlisted : |
approx 50% |
| Percentage of Enlistment who Served Overseas : |
approx 80% |
| Percentage of AIF Enlistment killed in WWI : |
approx 20% |
| Percentage of AIF Enlistment wounded in WWI : |
approx 45% |
| AIF casualties as percentage of forces fielded : |
64.98%** |
| AIF Enlistment killed in WWI : |
58,961 |
| AIF Enlistment missing or POW in WWI : |
4,098 |
| AIF Enlistment casualties in WWI : |
166,811 |
| AIF Enlistment sick in WWI : |
87,865 |
| AIF Enlistment lost to other causes not specified : |
218 |
| AIF members in France at Armistice : |
95,592 |
| AIF members with the Egyptian Expeditionary Force at Armistice : |
17,255 |
| AIF members in England at Armistice : |
58,365 |
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* The figures in this table are taken from, " A Military History of Australia" by Jeffrey Grey, Cambridge University Press, first published 1990, republished 1999.
** By comparison the UK's percentage was 50.71%, Canada's 49.74%, New Zealand's 59.01% and India's12.77%. A costly war for those nations in anyone's language.
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