Early in the Second World War, the Royal Australian Navy had an urgent need for a new kind of small and versatile ship that ...

The Australian War Memorial holds a Private Records collection that contains a letter written by Alf Garland in 1991 while he was the National President of RSL Australia. If you are a copyright holder ...

This exhibition contains war related material, including references to suicide, confronting language and images which some people may find challenging and disturbing. The views and statements provided ...

The Nek was a vitally important position on the northern end of the ANZAC front line and the scene of a tragic attack by the 3rd Light Horse Brigade at dawn on 7 August 1915. It was a narrow bridge of ...

It looked like a scene out of Dante’s Inferno. Bombadier Hugh Clarke, 2/10th Field Regiment In 1943 Japan’s high command decided to build a railway linking Thailand and Burma, to supply its campaign ...

Walers were the type of horse used by light horsemen in the campaign in the Middle East during the First World War. The light horse combined the mobility of cavalry with the fighting skills of ...

Since its inception, the Australian War Memorial has sponsored the production of Australia’s official war histories. In 2016 the Memorial, with funding from the Australian government, began writing ...

1918: Australians in France Map and timeline Battles: Map and timeline "Operation Michael" - the German offensive of 21 March Halting The Germans- Dernancourt and Villers-Bretonneux Prisoners of War ...

This volume deals not only with the Light Horse but also with the new Australian Flying Corps, the logistical basis of the various operations and the general conditions under which the campaign was ...

Remembrance Day National Ceremony at 10.45 am on the Parade Ground Last Post Ceremony at 4.30 pm in the Commemorative Area The Memorial’s galleries and Commemorative Area will open from 1 pm, tickets ...

The Australian War Memorial acknowledges the traditional custodians of country throughout Australia. We recognise their continuing connection to land, sea and waters. We pay our respects to elders ...

The Australian Women’s Land Army (AWLA) was formed during the Second World War to combat rising labour shortages in the farming sector. From December 1941, when Japan entered the war, the nation’s ...