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Why do some World War I memorials have the dates as 1914 – 1919 when the war ended in 1918?

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Why do some World War I memorials have the dates as 1914 – 1919 when the war ended in 1918?

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Hostilities ended on 11 November 1918 when the Armistice came into force and many people saw this as the end of the war. However it didn’t officially cease until the Peace Treaty Of Versailles was signed on 28 June 1919. Some communities in Australia used 1918 as the year the war ended and some used 1919.