2026-27 Marking (First World War) Private Graves Grants Program

Throughout Australia, individuals and groups are working to identify private unmarked graves of First World War veterans and marking these graves to recognise their service. This Marking (First World War) Private Graves Grants (MPG) Program contributes to the cost of establishing a grave marker on currently unmarked private graves. The MPG Program provides 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, and you may only submit a maximum of 2 applications. The objective of the grant opportunity is to contribute to community recognition of the service and sacrifice of service personnel in the First World War. It does this by providing funding to contribute to the cost of establishing a grave marker on currently unmarked private graves. The intended outcome of the MPG Program is to mark private graves of veterans of the First World War so as to: enable community recognition of service preserve and add to the knowledge of, or provide information about, Australia’s wartime heritage.