2019 $2 Bringing Them Home A Hundred Years of Repatriation 'C' Mintmark Coloured Uncirculated Coin

Throughout 1919, tens of thousands of soldiers and nurses returned to Australia from the First World War, many of them with severe psychological and physical wounds. Adjusting to civilian life was often a huge challenge. The newly established federal Repatriation Department provided war pensions, health care, education and training, employment, housing, soldier settlement, and commemorations. A century on, the Department of Veterans’ Affairs (as it is now known) still provides vital support and services