Members of 3AMC at Nadzab base prepare supplies for delivery to forward areas on the ground in New Guinea, May 1944. The men ...

The Australian War Memorial is open for visitors as we work to expand our galleries. Entry is free and tickets are not required.

On 3 September 1939 Prime Minister Robert Gordon Menzies announced the beginning of Australia's involvement in the Second World War on every national and commercial radio station in Australia. Almost ...

During a live, interactive session with educators, students can explore some of the galleries at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra, and see photographs, works of art, and film. They can learn ...

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This first volume starts with the outbreak of war and ends on 4 May 1915 - just nine day after the fateful Gallipoli landing. It sets the whole campaign in perspective, starting with the assassination ...

'Memories of Coniston' is collaborative work by Fabian Brown, Joseph Williams and Simon Wilson who are three members of the Tennant Creek Brio artist collective based in the Barkley regional town of ...

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Plans to honour an unknown Australian soldier were first put forward in the 1920s, but it was not until 1993 that one was at last brought home. To mark the 75th anniversary of the end of the First ...

A Second World War poster depicting six women, representing the WRAN, AWAS, WAAAF, AWLA, AAMWS, and a munitions worker. The poster is designed to encourage women to join the services or become ...

The grenade body is in two parts and features a cylindrical cup-shape base with a rolled on thread which mates with a similar thread rolled on to the flange of the coned top. Two diametrically opposed ...