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

Gordon Bennett, born on 16 April 1887 at Balwyn, Melbourne, was Australia's most controversial Second World War commander. As a youth he attended Balwyn State School and Hawthorn College before ...

Pagination 159 p. : ill. (some col.), ports. ; 35 cm.

Author Allied Forces. South West Pacific Area. Allied Geographical Section.; ...

Author Clayton, E. E. S. (Eric Elwin Samuel), 1896-; Rural Bank of New South Wales; New South Wales. Dept. of Mines and Forests.; ...

Author Great Britain. Admiralty. Medical Dept; Great Britain. Royal Navy. Royal Naval Sick Berth Staff.; ...

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 ...

Sydney-based artist Alex Seton revisited the Australian War Memorial on Thursday, marking the first anniversary of the installation of his work, For Every Drop Shed in Anguish. The evocative marble ...

Darwin, the largest population centre in northern Australia, was considered a vital asset in Australia's defences against an increasingly aggressive Japanese Empire in the 1930s. Its port and airfield ...

William Throsby Bridges was born at Greenock, Scotland, on 18 February 1861. As a youth he moved to Canada, where he later entered the Royal Military College but failed to graduate. In 1879 Bridges ...

Built in 1928, the SS Vyner Brooke was a British-registered cargo vessel of 1,670 tons. She was named after the Third Rajah of Sarawak - Sir Charles Vyner Brooke. Up until the outbreak of war with the ...