Office of Australian War Graves
Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use Australian English The Office of Australian War Graves (OAWG) is a branch within the Australian Government Department of Veterans' Affairs. The branch was initially a stand-alone agency, formed 1 January 1975. In 1980, the War Graves Act 1980 (Cth) formalised the position of Director War Graves within the Department of Veterans' Affairs.[1] The OAWG acts as Australian agent for the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.[1]
Responsibilities
The responsibilities of the OAWG generally fall within the following five areas.[2]
- Processing of new official commemorations
- Maintenance of war cemeteries, plots, individual graves, post-war commemorations and battle exploit memorials
- Management of major projects at overseas locations
- Provision of research services for commemorative information, and
- Issuing permission to use the relevant Service badge.
The OAWG is also responsible for the maintenance of some 20,000 graves of Commonwealth war dead in 76 war cemeteries & plots and in numerous civil cemeteries, as well as Memorials to the Missing listing over 3,000 names throughout Australia, Norfolk Island, Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands.
Directors of War Graves
| Name | Period | Ref. |
|---|---|---|
| K. F. Macdonald | 1978 – 3 May 1981 | |
| Hon. Lance Barnard Template:Post-nominals | 22 June 1981 – 9 April 1984 | [3] |
| Peter Young | 9 April 1984 – 1 October 1985 | [4] |
| Alf Clarke Template:Post-nominals | 1 October 1985 – 19 June 1991 | [5] |
| Air Vice Marshal Alan Heggen Template:Post-nominals | 19 June 1991 – 3 October 1997 | |
| Air Vice Marshal Gary Beck Template:Post-nominals | 3 October 1997 – August 2005 | |
| Major General Paul Stevens Template:Post-nominals | 2005–2010 | |
| Brigadier Chris Appleton Template:Post-nominals | December 2010 – November 2015 | |
| Ken Corke | December 2015 – 10 January 2019 | |
| Brigadier Paul Nothard Template:Post-nominals | 11 January 2019 – present | [6] |
See also
Further reading
- In Remembrance: The Work of the Office of Australian War Graves (2010) Template:ISBN[7]
References
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