AIF Project - Enlistment Details
Over 330,000 Australian men and women enlisted and served overseas during The First World War. Who were they?
The AIF database provides an insight into who these people were - fragments from hundreds of thousands of lives, each with a personal story and often, a personal tragedy. This page offers a statistical glimpse into the database.
(according to enlistment address)
Single men dominated with around 80% of enlistments:
| Single | 271226 | |
| Married | 58619 | |
| Not Stated | 3574 | |
| Widowed | 2839 | |
| Divorced | 113 | |
| Separated | 59 | * |
* Many more men were separated although technically still married
The most common first names of the enlistees were:
| William | 30550 |
| John | 25937 |
| James | 15674 |
| George | 15441 |
| Thomas | 12712 |
| Charles | 12069 |
| Arthur | 9898 |
| Robert | 8999 |
| Frederick | 8525 |
| Henry | 7699 |
| Albert | 7484 |
| Edward | 6854 |
| Alfred | 6453 |
| Ernest | 6089 |
| Walter | 5586 |
| Joseph | 5485 |
| Herbert | 5167 |
| Harold | 5110 |
| Frank | 5090 |
| Leslie | 4400 |
| Harry | 3902 |
| Francis | 3897 |
| Alexander | 3783 |
| Richard | 3615 |
| David | 3549 |
| Percy | 3073 |
The most common family names were:
| Smith | 4542 |
| Brown | 2119 |
| Williams | 2077 |
| Jones | 2050 |
| Wilson | 1869 |
| Taylor | 1590 |
| Anderson | 1251 |
| Thompson | 1213 |
| Johnson | 1176 |
| White | 1103 |
| Martin | 1076 |
| McDonald | 1076 |
| Thomas | 1017 |
| Campbell | 1016 |
| Scott | 959 |
| Walker | 898 |
| King | 895 |
| Ryan | 891 |
| Moore | 872 |
| Davis | 860 |
| Robinson | 860 |
| Harris | 854 |
| Miller | 838 |
| Roberts | 837 |
| Clarke | 836 |
| Evans | 835 |
Postal Address:
Po Box 7916
Canberra BC 2610, Australia
Street Address:
Northcott Drive,
Campbell, ACT 2600
