Premium Content One former or currently serving ADF personnel dies by suicide every two and half weeks. The AIHW is the closest any government or support agency has come to identifying the known number of veteran suicides - 419 from 2001 to 2017. The overwhelming majority of them were men. Hub for our Heroes is asking the community to get behind the two projects dedicated to helping our service men and women, as well as our first responders. Suicide was the leading cause of death for active and ex-service men aged 16-49 and more than one in five men and women who recently transitioned to civilian life were reported to be suicidal.