The Norfolk Island War Memorial commemorates those who died in service or were killed in action during the First World War ( 1914-1919), the Second World War (1939-1945) and the Korean War (1950-1953).
More men from Norfolk Island, as a proportion of the resident population, enlisted and fought in both World Wars than any other Australian state or territory. Not only that but proportionately, more men from Norfolk Island, who fought in World War I, were killed in action, or injured than from any other Australian state or territory.
From a total island population of less than 700, a staggering 82 men (representing two thirds of the adult male population) and two women enlisted in World War I. This was in fact a higher rate of enlistment per capita than that of any country in the British Empire.
Seventeen of the Norfolk Island men served at Gallipoli, five of whom went ashore on April 25, 1915, of whom two, John Buffett and Edmund Quintal were wounded. A total of 13 Norfolk Islanders were killed in action during the war.
In World War II, (1939-1945) 280 out of a possible 365 men plus 8 women enlisted. A total of 9 Norfolk Islanders were killed in action during the war.
We nawa gwen forget dem
Lest we forget
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