Australians at War 1901-2000
1997–2000
3 March 1997
Launch by Minister for Veterans' Affairs, the Hon. Bruce Scott MP, of the 'Their Service - Our Heritage' commemorative program.
30 October 1997
The Governor - General, Sir William Deane, formally declares that 11 November each year shall be known and observed as Remembrance Day.
9 December 1997
Death of Ted Matthews, the last survivor of those Australians who landed at Gallipoli on 25 April 1915.
24 April 1998
Hellfire Pass Memorial Museum, honouring Australian prisoners of war from the Burma-Thailand railway and other Pacific theatres, opened by the Prime Minister, the Hon John Howard.
18 March 1999
Dedication of the Sandakan Memorial, Sandakan Memorial Park, Sandakan, Sabah, Malaysia, by the Hon Bruce Scott MP, Minister for Veterans' Affairs and Minister Assisting the Minister for Defence. The memorial commemorates all those Australian and British POWs who died at the Sandakan Camp, on the marches to Ranau and at Ranau between 1942 and 1945.
20 September 1999
ralian troops land in East Timor as part of the United Nations International Force East Timor (INTERFET).
2 October 1999
Dedication of memorial to Australian Service Nurses on Anzac Parade, Canberra in the presence of the Governor - General, Sir William Deane, and the Prime Minister, the Hon John Howard.
18 April 2000
Dedication of Australian National War Memorial on Anzac Parade, Canberra, in presence of the Governor - General, Sir William Deane, and the Prime Minister, the Hon John Howard.
25 April 2000
New Anzac Commemorative Site at North Beach, Gallipoli, opened by Prime Minister of Australia, the Hon John Howard, and the Prime Minister of New Zealand, the Hon Helen Clark.
Nearly two million Australians have served since 1860 in eleven wars and warlike conflicts, plus numerous peacekeeping operations. Over 102,000 have died.
For more details, go to the Australian War memorial website.
http://www.awm.gov.au/research/infosheets/war_casualties.asp