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AV2767 Crusader in 1945
AV2767 Crusader in 1945

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  • ...that Major General John Paton commanded the rear party during the evacuation of Anzac Cove in World War I and was one of the last Australian soldiers to leave the beach?
  • ...that HMAS Biloela was the first ship to be built entirely from Australian materials to an Australian design?

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HMAS AE2
HMAS AE2

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  • ...that the 2/12th Field Ambulance suffered the highest rate of casualties for a non-combatant unit in Australian history?
  • ...that the Office of Australian War Graves is also responsible for the maintenance of some 20,000 graves of Commonwealth war dead in 76 war cemeteries and plots and in numerous civil cemeteries, as well as Memorials to the Missing listing over 3,000 names?

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Australian Fusiliers of the 45th Battalion in Russia, 1919
Australian Fusiliers of the 45th Battalion in Russia, 1919

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Australian troops disembarking from American Landing Ships, Tank (LST), including LST-456, at Red Beach
Australian troops disembarking from American Landing Ships, Tank (LST), including LST-456, at Red Beach

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Avro Ansons, having landed after collision
Avro Ansons, having landed after collision

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Tanks from the 1st Armoured Division
Tanks from the 1st Armoured Division

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  • ... that the Australian 5th Light Horse Brigade contained a French cavalry regiment, a New Zealand machine gun squadron and a British artillery battery?
  • ... that during World War II, about one fifth of the population of the Torres Strait Islands volunteered to serve in the Torres Strait Light Infantry Battalion?

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