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 ...

Transcript of diaries relating to the First World War service of Sister Alice Ross-King, Australian Army Nursing Service. The transcript contains all of Sister Ross-King's diaries covering her wartime ...

The Corpse of Benito Mussolini, his mistress, Clara Petacci and other senior Italian Fascists, who were captured, by Communist Partisans whilst attempting to flee Italy. Mussolini and his group were ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

This volume deals with the German offensive of March/April 1918, a decisive episode in the history of Europe and one of absorbing interest to the student of war. It could be argued that the most ...

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 ...