The Australian War Memorial in Canberra will commemorate the service and sacrifice of Aurukun resident Private Charlie Bob Ngakyunkwokka at the Last Post Ceremony on National Reconciliation Day, Tuesday 27 May 2025.
In November 1940, Irene Melville Drummond, a nurse from Broken Hill, NSW, enlisted in the Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS) to provide care to wounded and sick soldiers amid the turmoil of the Second World War.
Emu feathers on a slouch hat are a powerful symbol of the Australian Light Horse, and two army veterans are combining their skills so the tradition lives on.
This Anzac Day, Corporal Kevin Jeffries will be standing proud at Lone Pine in Turkiye as the Commander of Australia’s Federation Guard catafalque party.
Corporal Jeffries, an Air Force avionics technician, has worked hard to make the short-list for the trip and is relieved to be going.
On 25 April 1915, 110 years ago, Australia forged its own history and identity when soldiers of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps landed on the shores of Turkey (then part of the Ottoman Empire) and began the Gallipoli campaign.
The Museum of Chinese Australian History in Melbourne is holding a special event to honour the Chinese Australians who served during the First and Second World Wars.
SAMUEL Donald Whiteside known as Donald or Don to his friends left the family farm in Korumburra like many others during WWII never to return.
On Saturday, March 29 the Australian War Memorial in Canberra will commemorate the service and sacrifice of Pilot Officer Whiteside as part of the daily Last Post Ceremony.
A new biography by Avondale University’s Emeritus Professor Daniel Reynaud sheds light on the life and legacy of one of the most revered yet largely forgotten Anzac figures—Chaplain William "Fighting Mac" McKenzie.
THE Australian War Memorial in Canberra will commemorate the service and sacrifice of Korumburra resident Pilot Officer Samuel Whiteside at the Last Post Ceremony on Saturday, March 29, 2025.
While Haines was posted with No. 30 Squadron, it saw action in the South West Pacific Area, conducting strafing attacks and armed reconnaissance missions, as well as leading the Allied assault during the Battle of the Bismark Sea in March 1943.
Eighty-four years after the historic Battle of Crete during World War II, a group of Greek-Australians is preparing to honor ANZAC in a unique way in Greece.
Dubbed The Chauvel Anniversary Light Horse Memorial Ride, the event is more than just a trek through the vast rural countryside, rather it follows a deliberate path linking scores of commemorative monuments to the Australian Light Horse and also
honours the legacy of Sir Harry Chauvel, a towering figure in Australia’s military history.
"Ten years have passed and the grief and pain is still as new today as it was then."
"I miss your smile, that cheeky glint in your eye, your sense of humour every day."
These words are taken from letters left at the Australian War Memorial's For Every Drop Shed in Anguish sculpture.
For an Egyptian shiphand near an Anzac training camp in Cairo during World War I, the unusual creature was something like a monster with the appearance of a giant rat.
More than a century after it was erected, an addition to the historic St Peters Heroes Memorial will recognise the names of local service personnel who served in World War II (WWII), providing a dedicated place of remembrance for the community.
The Australian War Memorial in Canberra will commemorate the service and sacrifice of West Wyalong resident Private Douglas Andrew Love Craig at the Last Post Ceremony on Saturday 15 February, marking the 83rd anniversary of the Fall of Singapore.
A documentary filmmaker with a passion for military aviation history is working to ensure the stories of Australia’s airmen are preserved for future generations.