The Marking (First World War) Private Graves (MPG) Grants Program provides funding assistance to mark the unmarked private graves of First World War veterans.

Throughout Australia, there are committed individuals and groups working to identify the unmarked graves of First World War veterans, and marking these graves to ensure their service and sacrifice are remembered.

Community groups, ex-service organisations and individuals can now apply for funding assistance to mark unmarked private graves of First World War veterans.

The MPG Grants Program provides veterans who are not eligible for commemoration through the Office of Australian War Graves, the opportunity to have their war service recognised at the site of their interment.

Ongoing maintenance of these private graves and their markers will rest with applicants or by arrangements with the relevant cemetery authority.

In 2024-25, the MPG Grants Program will provide one-off funding of up to $620 per grave to assist with the purchase of a grave marker for unmarked private graves of veterans of the First World War.  You can seek funding for up to 10 grave markers in each individual application.

MPG grants can be used for;

• the manufacture and supply of a new plaque or gravestone marker
• materials and/or labour required to install or affix the marker.

Application close 5 November 2024

For further informtion visit Marking (First World War) Private Graves Grants Program | Department of Veterans’ Affairs (dva.gov.au)