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
More than 80 years after coming down in the sea off Papua New Guinea, the crew of a Hudson bomber are being remembered and celebrated for their heroism.
From Australian Government Department of Veterans' Affairs
From the Boer War to the Korean War, over 35,000 Australian service men and women have been captured and endured incarceration as Prisoners of War.
From Government House Western Australia
The Australian War Memorial will proudly welcome veterans, current serving members, their families and the public to its newly developed Parade Ground for the 2024 ACT RSL Veterans’ March this Anzac Day.
From Australian War Memorial
This Anzac Day thousands of Australians and New Zealanders will come together at services across the nation to reflect on those who died and the sacrifices made by our veterans and serving Defence Force members.
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