Playing their part
The first women in the Air Force may not have flown, but they made a great contribution to the war at home.
From our website
Anzac Day 2021: limited numbers for dawn service, national ceremony and last post services
The Australian War Memorial will be able to welcome more than 4000 people to the Anzac Day dawn service this year.
From Canberra Times
Memorial reimagines Anzac Day with a visual display
Images will be projected onto the front façade of the Australian War Memorial to appease onlookers that miss out on limited places for the Anzac Day dawn service and national ceremony.
From City News
‘A great man’: Kokoda Track veteran dies at 100
He faced Japanese soldiers wielding samurai swords on the infamous Kokoda Track and later introduced canned baby food into Australia. Alan Moore, one of Australia’s last remaining veterans of the Kokoda Track campaign, has died aged 100.
From the Sydney Morning Herald
Soldier On is raising valuable funds for army veterans
One band of brothers has walked the length of the Kokoda Track to help shine a light on mental health issues impacting Australia's veterans community and raise money in the process.
From the Examiner
The Women Who Changed War Reporting
In 1966, a young American journalist named Frances FitzGerald began publishing articles from South Vietnam in leading magazines, including this one. She was the unlikeliest of war correspondents.
From the Atlantic
Wartime letters of highest ranked Indigenous soldier revealed
A bundle of letters handed over to the Australian War Memorial by Auntie Glenda, Lieutenant Reginald Saunders’ daughter, give for the first time an insight into the private life of Australia’s most senior Indigenous soldier.
From the Sydney Morning Herald
Australian aviation marks RAAF centenary with never-seen-before photos
On 31 March, the Royal Australian Air Force will commemorate 100 years of service.
From Australian Aviation
Warhorse memorial unveiled in Ararat following renewed push to honour war animals
Peppered across the Australia landscape are memorials honouring the human cost of war. Now, one Victorian town has erected a memorial to honour the thousands of horses that went to war and never returned.
From ABC News
Ephemera of the Gulf War 1990-1991 – Thirty years of collecting
Thirty years ago, in 1991, hostilities between Iraqi and Coalition forces ended, bringing the Gulf War to a close.
Two families. One big secret
Phoebe Parker has spent her life surrounded by a loving family. Roy McDonald was left at an orphanage. The siblings’ fates were determined by an act that took almost 100 years to uncover.
From ABC News
Remembering the fall of Singapore
15th February marks the anniversary of the Fall of Singapore, one of the worst military disasters to befall Australia, and one of the greatest defeats in British history.
From our website
Remembering nurses who lost their lives during the Bangka Island Massacre
This week marks the 79th anniversary of the Bangka Island Massacre, which claimed the lives of 21 Australian Army nurses on 16 February 1942.
From the ANMJ
Quo Fata Vocant - We Go Where Destiny Calls
Today is the 57th anniversary of the loss of HMAS Voyager off the east coast of NSW in 1964. It is Australia’s worst peacetime naval disaster.
Council of the Australian War Memorial Appointments
Ms Rhondda Vanzella OAM and Mr Glenn Keys AO have joined the Council of the Australian War Memorial, filling the vacant positions previously held by Ms Gwen Cherne and Ms Margaret&nb
From Dept of Veteran Affairs
Lost and found: Brother’s tribute is national memorial to lives lost
In the midst of World War II, Sydney architect John Crust climbed Mount Ainslie to paint a watercolour of the newly-built Australian War Memorial in Canberra.
From the Sydney Morning Herald
Dorrigo's war memorial restored as residents of NSW Mid-North Coast town celebrate
The NSW Mid-North Coast town of Dorrigo's 99-year-old cenotaph has been restored after being shattered in a car crash last year.
From ABC News
New memorial park to open in Cohuna, Victoria
Visitors to Cohuna’s various service commemorations will benefit from improvements funded by the Federal Government’s Drought Communities Program – Extension.
From the Riverine Herald
30th anniversary Gulf War 1990 - 1991
17 January 2021 marks thirty years since the start of Operation Desert Storm.
From our website
Lancaster Bomber joins "On Closer Inspection"
Lancaster Bomber joins the Memorial's "On Closer Inspection" 360-degree experience
From our website
Indigenous warriors tours in WA and Tasmania
For Country, For Nation explores Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders' stories of military service, and includes the artworks of 32 artists.
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‘It was so unbelievable that anyone could do it’
His rank was ordinary seaman, but there was nothing ordinary about Edward “Teddy” Sheean.
From our website
Ink in the Lines
Many members and veterans of the Australian Defence Forces have tattoos, and while their reasons for getting tattooed are as varied as the people themselves, self-expression and belonging play a part.
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Remembrance Day at Kogarah War Memorial Pool at Carss Park
Members of the Save Carss Park Pool group commemorated Remembrance Day with a minute's silence at 11am yesterday, November 11 at the Kogarah War Memorial Pool, Carss Park.
From The Leader