Wars 1899 - 1945

Boer War

Length of War: 1899-1902

Numbers of Australians involved in the campaign: 16,463 troops

Numbers of Australian troops who died: 600

Numbers taken prisoner: 200 approximately

Prime Minister: Australia became a Federation in 1901 and Edmund Barton was elected the first Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of Australia.

Length of War: 1914-1919

Numbers of Australians involved in the war: 416,809 troops

Numbers of Australian troops who died: 60,000

Numbers taken prisoner: 4,220 approximately

Prime Ministers:

Joseph Cook (Commonwealth Liberal Party) 1913-1914

Andrew Fisher (Labor) 1914–1915

William Hughes (Labor) 1915-1923

Length of War: 1939-1945

Numbers of Australians involved in the war: 993,000

Numbers of Australian troops who died: 39,366

Numbers taken prisoner: 31,404 approximately, Military Nurses 60 and Merchant Navy 238

Prime Ministers:

Robert Menzies (United Australia Party) 1939-1941

Arthur Fadden (Country Party) 1941 (29th August to 7th October)

John Curtin (Labor) 1941-1945