11-NOVEMBER-1993 to mark the 75th Anniversary of the end of the First World War, Australia would go on to entomb an Unknown Soldier from the battlefield of France in the Hall of Memory of the Australian War Memorial.
Service record
| Date | Event | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Enlisted | Australian Imperial Force |
| Unknown | Died | Western Front |
| Unknown | Buried | Adelaide Cemetery, Villers-Bretonneux, France, after reburial from an unknown first grave |
| 2 November 1993 | Exhumed | Adelaide Cemetery |
| 11 November 1993 | Entombed | Hall of Memory, Australian War Memorial, Canberra |
Honours and awards
- Unknown
Memorials
- Tomb of the Unknown Australian Soldier, Hall of Memory, Australian War Memorial
- Headstone marking his former grave, Adelaide Cemetery, Villers-Bretonneux
Episodes
Sources
- Paul Keating, Eulogy to the Unknown Australian Soldier, 11 November 1993, National Archives of Australia, https://www.naa.gov.au/learn/learning-resources/learning-resource-themes/war/world-war-i/entombment-unknown-australian-soldier-eulogy-prime-minister-paul-keating
- Ross Manuel, "The Unknown Australian Soldier 30th Anniversary Special", I Was Only Doing My Job, 11 November 2023
Cite this entry
Ross Manuel, 'The Unknown Australian Soldier', I Was Only Doing My Job: Nominal Roll, DocNetwork Productions, https://thedocnetwork.net/nominal-roll/unknown-australian-soldier, published online 2026, accessed online 3 November 2026.