Each was presented with the Medal of Honor at the time of interment and the medals, as well as the flags which covered their caskets, are on display inside the Memorial Amphitheater, directly to the rear of the Tomb.
The Tomb contains the remains of unknown American soldiers from World Wars I and II, the Korean Conflict and (until 1998) the Vietnam War. The Tomb of the Unknowns, near the center of the cemetery, is one of Arlington's most popular tourist sites. Our thanks to the Australian War Memorial for the above information.“Here Rests In Honored Glory An American Soldier Known But To God” The Tomb of the Unknown Australian Soldier at the Australian War Memorial is a focus for contemplation and for remembering the 100,000 Australians who died in war, and whose names appear on the nearby Roll of Honour. His tomb is a reminder of what we have lost in war and what we have gained’. In the words of Paul Keating in his Eulogy, ‘The Unknown Soldier honours the memory of all those men and women who laid down their lives for Australia. It bears the simple inscription ‘An Unknown Australian Soldier Killed in the War of 1914-1918’. The tomb is located in the centre of the imposing structure, set almost flush with the floor, surrounded by a sloping marble border, and topped with a red marble cover. Finally, on 11 November 1993 - the 75th anniversary of the Armistice which ended fighting on the Western front - the remains of the Unknown Australian Soldier were interred in the Hall of Memory at the Australian War Memorial. They were then returned to Australia, spending another three days lying in state at Old Parliament House in Canberra. Placed in a simple Tasmanian blackwood coffin, the remains lay in state at Villers-Bretonneux in France and at Menin Gate at Ypres in Belgium. Except for their nationality, they could not be identified, and were buried beneath headstones bearing the words ‘An Australian soldier of the Great War, known unto God. He was one of the 23,000 Australians killed in the war to have no known grave. The story began earlier that month when the remains of an Australian soldier who died in the First World War were exhumed from a military cemetery in France. The powerful words of the Eulogy delivered by then Prime Minister Paul Keating on 11 November 1993 at the entombing of the Unknown Australian Soldier. One of the 100,000 Australians who died in wars this century. one of the 60,000 Australians who died on foreign soil. he was one of the 45,000 Australians who died on the Western Front. We will never know who this Australian was. We do not know where he was born, nor precisely how he died. We do not know this Australian’s name and we never will.
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