In September, a new Memorial Wall to 569 servicemen who died in the Second World War was officially unveiled at the former Royal Australian Air Force Station Maryborough in Queensland.
From Australian Government Department of Veterans' Affairs
In October 1944, a large combined United States and Allied fleet, also including Royal Australian Navy vessels, launched an assault to begin liberating the Philippines from Japanese occupation.
The fleet, in excess of 600 vessels, was about to prevail in the largest naval battle of the Second World War, the Battle of Leyte Gulf.
From Australian Government Department of Veterans' Affairs
In the middle of a lush green park, resting under shady trees stands a statue of a man, who became one of Australia's most decorated soldiers.
From ABC News
It was the spring of 1943 when an A9-317 Beaufort Bomber aircraft took off into the afternoon sky.
With five people on board, the aircraft was scheduled to patrol for enemy ships from the RAAF Base in Busselton, 220 kilometres south of Perth, on September 9.
From ABC News
On 14 September 1947, Australians were among the world's first peacekeepers deployed into the field, when working alongside personnel from Belgium, Britain, China, France and the United States, they help Indonesia gain independence from the Netherlands. This heralded the start of United Nations (UN) peacekeeping operations.
From Australian Government Department of Veterans' Affairs
A new war memorial commemorating the Second World War Battle of Crete was unveiled in Perth’s King Park.
The memorial honours the almost 800 Australians who were killed or wounded and more than 3,000 who were captured defending the Greek island, which German forces invaded in a massive parachute assault in May 1941.
From Australian Government Department of Veterans' Affairs
The Australian War Memorial in Canberra will be commemorating the service and sacrifice of Vietnam veteran Lance Corporal Jack Jewry at the Last Post Ceremony on Sunday 18 August, Vietnam Veterans’ Day.
From Australian War Memorial
The Greater Geelong community will recognise people who served and died in the Vietnam War with a memorial service and march this Vietnam Veteran’s Day.
From Ocean Grove Voice
A newly installed memorial to Australian airmen who lost their lives in a World War II plane crash in the Dornoch Firth, has been unveiled.
From The Northern Times
While alongside at Pearl Harbor, crew of HMAS Sydney toured the historical battleship USS Missouri and the USS Arizona memorial.
From Australian Government Defence
Exciting changes are afoot in the Memorial galleries!
From Australian War Memorial
27 July 1953 saw the end of one of the most destructive conflicts of the modern era with the signing of an armistice to end the Korean War.
From Government House Western Australia
Warrant Officer Donald Lester’s World War II service with the Royal Air Force has been honoured through Bundaberg Regional Council's Streets of Remembrance program. The program sees the badge under which local veterans served added to the signs of Bundaberg Region streets as a tribute to their service.
The island of Lemnos in Greece is set to expand into historical tourism with the Australian funded memorial trail for ANZAC’s due to open in 2025.
The first thing most people notice about this striking photograph of Ngarrindjeri Anzac Private Miller Mack is his eyes; the second is that he is an Aboriginal man. The photograph is often used as a symbol of Indigenous Australians’ contribution to the First World War.
From Australian War Memorial
Current Memorial research estimates that approximately 1,200 Indigenous Australian men attempted to enlist in the First World War. They did so in spite of the military restrictions on their service and the widespread dispossession, discrimination, and inequality many faced in their day-to-day lives.
From Australian War Memorial
The Australian War Memorial launched its revised Cold War Gallery on the 74th anniversary of the start of the Korean War, Tuesday 25 June.
From Australian War Memorial
The light cruiser HMAS Adelaide had seen service by the start of the Second World War. Built at the end of the First World War, it had been re-fitted and updated several times, as well as participating in policing actions in the British Solomon Islands Protectorate, and trans-Tasman exercises with New Zealand.
From Australian War Memorial
Eighty years ago, Australian Spitfire pilot Colin "Dinger" Bell and more than 3000 of his countrymen braved enemy fire as they stormed the heavily-defended beaches of Normandy.
From The Northern Daily Leader
The NSW Government has today announced that 19 war memorials across the state will receive funding from Round 2 of the 2023/24 Community War Memorials Fund.
From Australian Seniors
The restored Hurstville Memorial Square and has been praised by local RSL Sub-branches.
The upgrade of Hurstville Memorial Square was recently completed, creating a revitalised space for the community to honour those who have given their lives in defence of Australia's freedoms.
From St George & Sutherland Shire Leader
Months of planning have culminated in a delicate moving process at the Australian War Memorial, returning one of its most significant commemorative objects to its rightful place, front and centre.
From Riotact
$5 million promised during the election campaign to repair the Glenorchy War Memorial Pool will be provided in September’s state budget, local MP Madeleine Ogilvie has confirmed.
From Pulse Tasmania
He was only 19 when he enlisted in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF).
From Australian Rual & Regional News