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Selected
WW1 Statistics
Percentage
of Enlistments to Population in the Australian States
Source
The Official History of Australia in the War of 1914-1918 Vol XI
|
State
|
Total Enlistments
|
Percentage of Population
|
Percentage of males aged 18 to 44
|
|
Western Australia
|
32,231
|
9.9
|
37.5
|
|
New South Wales
|
164,030
|
8.8
|
39.8
|
|
Queensland
|
57,705
|
8.5
|
37.7
|
|
South Australia
|
34,959
|
8.0
|
37.6
|
|
Tasmania
|
15,485
|
7.9
|
37.8
|
|
Victoria
|
112,399
|
7.9
|
38.6
|
|
Total
|
416,809
|
|
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Nations
Engaged in the Great War
Source
Australian Campaigns in the Great War - Lt The Hon Stanisforth
Smith
|
Allied Nations
|
Date of Declaration
|
|
1. Serbia
|
July 28 1914
|
|
2. Russia
|
August 1 1914
|
|
3. France
|
August 3 1914
|
|
4. Belgium
|
August 4 1914
|
|
5. Great Britain
|
August 4 1914
|
|
6. Montenegro
|
August 7 1914
|
|
7. Japan
|
August 23 1914
|
|
8. Italy
|
May 23 1915
|
|
9. Portugal
|
March 10 1916
|
|
10. Roumania
|
August 27 1916
|
|
11. United States
|
April 5 1917
|
|
12. Cuba
|
April 8 1917
|
|
13. Panama
|
April 9 1917
|
|
14. Greece
|
July 16 1917
|
|
15. Siam
|
July 22 1917
|
|
16. Liberia
|
August 7 1917
|
|
17. China
|
August 14 1917
|
|
18 Haiti
|
September 23 1917
|
|
19. Brazil
|
October 27 1917
|
|
20. Guatemala
|
April 25 1918
|
|
21. Nicaragua
|
May 17 1918
|
|
22. Costa Rica
|
May 25 1918
|
|
Enemy Nations
|
Date of Declaration
|
|
1. Austria-Hungary
|
July 28 1914
|
|
2. Germany
|
August 1 1914
|
|
3. Turkey
|
November 3 1914
|
|
4. Bulgaria
|
October 4 1915
|
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Occupation
of Members of the A.I.F.
Source
The Official History of Australia in the War of 1914-1918 Vol XI
| Occupation |
Number |
|
Professional
|
15,719
|
|
Clerical
|
24,340
|
|
Tradesmen
|
112,452
|
|
Labourers
|
99,252
|
|
Country callings
|
57,430
|
|
Seafaring
|
6,562
|
|
Miscellaneous
|
14,122
|
|
Nurses
|
2,063
|
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Comparison
of Casualties*
Source
Australian Campaigns in the Great War - Lt The Hon Stanisforth
Smith
|
Country
|
Total Casualties
|
Total Embarkation
|
% Casualties of Embarked
|
|
British Isles
|
2,535,424
|
5,000,000
|
50.71
|
|
Canada
|
210,100
|
422,405
|
49.74
|
|
Australia
|
215,585
|
331,781
|
64.98
|
|
New Zealand
|
58,526
|
98,950
|
59.01
|
|
India (native)
|
140,015
|
1,096,013
|
12.77
|
*Casualty
= captured, missing, wounded or killed
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Total
Troops Mobilized and Casualties
Source
Australian Campaigns in the Great War - Lt The Hon Stanisforth
Smith
Allied
Nations
|
Nation
|
Total Population
|
Troops to Front
|
Total Casualties
|
|
British Empire
|
434,286,650
|
7,052,453
|
3,249,179
|
|
French Republic
|
53,969,337
|
9,000,000
|
4,331,375
|
|
Russia
|
180,000,000
|
10,000,000
|
7,190,000
|
|
Italy
|
35,000,000
|
4,200,000
|
1,600,123
|
|
Japan
|
75,000,000
|
75,000
|
3,314
|
|
Belgium
|
7,500,000
|
260,000
|
196,098
|
|
Serbia, Slovakia & Montenegro
|
5,000,000
|
657,343
|
435,596
|
|
Roumania
|
7,200,000
|
643,000
|
279,540
|
|
Greece
|
5,000,000
|
300,000
|
28,007
|
|
Portugal
|
6,000,000
|
60,000
|
15,280
|
|
U.S.A.
|
92,000,000
|
2,061,000
|
233,954
|
Enemy
Nations
|
Nation
|
Total Population
|
Troops to Front
|
Total Casualties
|
|
Germany
|
70,000,000
|
9,898,000
|
6,116,200
|
|
Austria
|
50,000,000
|
6,500,000
|
2,521,734
|
|
Turkey
|
20,000,000
|
1,500,000
|
883,719
|
|
Bulgaria
|
5,500,000
|
500,000
|
446,000
|
A “Summary Of Australian War
Casualties” can be found on the Australian War Memorial site www.awm.gov.au (Select Australians
at War -- Military Statistics)
Some Australian
Statistics
First World War 4/8/1914 -- 11/11/1918
-
416,809 enlisted AIF (includes AFC) -- 13.43 percent
of the white male population and probably about half the eligible men.
-
331,000 enlisted and served overseas
-
61,720 died (all causes)
-
155,000 wounded (all services)
-
4,044 taken POW, 397 died while captive
Sources: The War Office, Statistics of the
Military Effort of the British Empire During the Great War, 1914-1920,
(London 1922)
AWM133 Nominal Roll of the AIF abroad
AWM144 Roll of Honour Cards, First World War
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