On this day in 1945, soldiers from the Australian Imperial Force’s 24th Infantry Brigade, 9th Division landed on the small island of Labuan in Brunei Bay, northwest Borneo. The assault was part of a broader offensive against the Japanese in Borneo known as Operation Oboe.
From DVA
The granddaughter of Charles Bean—Australia’s first official war correspondent and founder of the Australian War Memorial—has led the official opening of the new Charles Bean Research Centre in Canberra on 5 June.
Australian War Memorial Director, Matt Anderson PSM, and the Minister for Veterans' Affairs and Defence Personnel, Matt Keogh, also participated in the new research centre's opening to the public.
From AWM
A permanent memorial to the leaders of 1 Commando Company has been dedicated at the site of the unit’s original barracks in Georges Heights, Sydney.
From Defence
The Australian Women’s Army Service (AWAS) was formed in 1941 by Sir Percy Spender, who believed women were an underutilised resource in Australia’s war effort. The formation of the AWAS relieved men from certain military duties to serve in fighting units.
From Australian War Memorial
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.
From Australian War Memorial
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.
From Australian War Memorial
Western Australia has farewelled its final World War II prisoner of war, Arthur Leggett, with a state funeral at St George's Cathedral.
Mr Leggett died last month at the age of 106.
He has been remembered as an Australian hero who radiated inner strength and stoicism.
From ABC News
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.
From ABC News
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.
From Australian Government Defence
Anzac Day, what does it mean for you?
For me, it is one of the most important days of remembrance we could have in our New Zealand history.
From NZ Northern Advocate
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.
From Region Canberra
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.
From Department of Veterans' Affairs
There will be several temporary road closures on Friday 25 April as the community comes together to mark Anzac Day across the Shoalhaven.
From 2ST
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.
From Sentinel-Times
Ahead of Anzac Day on Friday 25 April, we invite the community to join us in honouring the ANZACs at a commemoration ceremony on Sunday, 13 April.
From City of Moonee Valley
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.
From Avondale University NEWS
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.
From Sentinel-Times
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.
From Australian War Memorial
Richmond will once again pay tribute to those who have served with an ANZAC commemoration on Sunday, April 13, 2025.
From Hawkesbury App
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.
From Greek News
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.
From about regional
"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.
From ABC News
Albury City Council has approved a $1.98 million tender to upgrade the historic World War II Memorial Bowl on Monument Hill.
The contract has been awarded to locally-based firm Enviro Culture Services, which recently completed the upgrade of Fredericks Park.
From Inside Local Government
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.
From ABC News