2019 $2 100 Years of Repatriation PNC

Following the end of World War I, tens of thousands of Australian soldiers returned from fighting, many of them scarred or disabled, mentally and physically. Governments around Australia realised a system of repatriation was necessary to prepare soldiers for a return to civilian life. This led to the establishment of the Commonwealth Repatriation Commission and Repatriation Department as well as Repatriation Boards in each state. The government provided war pensions, health care education and training, employment and housing, soldier settlement, and remembrance and commemoration.