In recognition of the 50th anniversary of the end of Australia’s involvement in the Vietnam War, the Australian War Memorial will open the Commemorative Area and galleries for veterans and their families outside of normal open hours.
From Australian War Memorial
Army and Air Force personnel have participated in a service to honour the loyalty and commitment of military working dogs (MWD) over decades of service, including on operations overseas.
From Australian Government Defence
When Benalla’s Margaret Waters was visiting the town of Naours in Northern France she happened upon an etching in a cave made by a World War I soldier from Moyhu.
From Shepparton News
On the evening of May 31, 1942, a distant war was delivered to Sydney’s doorstep. Three Imperial Japanese Navy midget submarines entered Sydney Harbour to target allied warships. One torpedo aimed at the American heavy cruiser USS Chicago missed its intended target and sank the converted Sydney ferry HMAS Kuttabul.
From Australian Government Defence
The sacrifices 51 local men made during World War I have been officially re-recognised with the completion of a long awaited memorial project.
From Shepparton News
Radji Beach on Indonesia’s Bangka Island is peaceful and beautiful. But it is also the scene of the largest-ever loss of Australian servicewomen in a single event. We went there to honour them.
From The Sydney Morning Herald
106 years ago - Captain Robert Cuthbert Grieve, of the 37th Australian Infantry Battalion performed the actions for which he was awarded the Victoria Cross.
From Australian War Memorial
Doctor Leonard Darby, Senior Surgeon of HMAS Sydney, was below deck when the German cruiser SMS Emden opened fire.
From Australian War Memorial
It’s a story that already holds near mythic status in the town of Tallangatta, near Wodonga in Victoria’s far north. More than a century ago, a horse called Sandy gained national fame by being the only Australian horse out of over 130,000 horses who left our shores to make it home from serving in World War I.
From WA today
Uniting War Memorial Hospital notched up more than 100 years of service to the community with a special celebration at the historic Edina Estate in Waverley in April.
From The Senior
Centaur Primary School was named after a World War II hospital ship sunk by a Japanese torpedo 80 years ago. When Centaur Primary School was established, the shipwreck that inspired its name had yet to be found.
From NSW Government, Education
As part of the programme of events for the Commemoration of the Battle of Crete, first nations Elder Aunty
Glenda Humes will deliver a talk about her father, Reg Saunders, the first indigenous commissioned officer in the Australian Army who fought in Greece, a forgotten theatre of war in our Anzac story, but an important part of our shared Australian-Greek history.
From Greek City Times
Musician Scott Collinson was moved to be playing in the Australian Army Band at the Dawn Service in France, just metres from where his great-great-uncle’s name is engraved on the Australian National Memorial wall.
From Defence News
SYDNEY — A team of explorers announced it found a sunken Japanese ship that was transporting Allied prisoners of war when it was torpedoed off the coast of the Philippines in 1942, resulting in Australia’s largest maritime wartime loss with a total of 1,080 lives.
From Military Times
As the only Australian nurse who survived the massacre, Lieutenant Bullwinkel overcame the atrocities of war with heroism, strength and tenacity. She also showed an incredible commitment to caring for the sick and wounded.
From Insight
Two postgraduate history students have unearthed new findings from within the Australian War Memorial’s collection of wartime diaries and letters.
From Star Journal
What started as an interest in the history of the Banana Shire has led to the development of a World War One Memorial.
From CQ Today
Anzac Day 25 April is Australia’s national day to recognise all military personnel who have served our country over more than a century. Secretary of the Department of Veterans’ Affairs Alison Frame said this year Australians will commemorate the 108th anniversary of the Gallipoli landings at home, in the community, and overseas.
From Bundaberg Today
The Australian War Memorial is marking the 10 year anniversary of the daily Last Post Ceremony, held in the Commemorative Area.
From Australian War Memorial
At this time of the year, with Anzac Day fast approaching, many people’s thoughts turn to those who fought for our freedom and paid the ultimate price.
Amongst the fallen were young men from our own community.
From Shepperton News
Preparations are underway for Anzac Day commemorations to be held in Narrabri later this month. On Tuesday, maintenance work was carried out at the Maitland Street memorial. The light columns were opened up, cobwebs removed and the lighting in the 11 towers cleaned.
From The Courier
Ahead of Anzac Day on 25 April, community members are invited to join Moonee Valley City Council in honouring the Anzacs at a commemoration ceremony on Sunday, 23 April at 3pm at the Queens Park Cenotaph in Moonee Ponds.
From City of Moonee Valley
One of two surviving veterans of Australia’s only all-Indigenous military unit joined the Torres Strait Islands community and Australian Army members on Thursday Island on 17 March to mark the 80th anniversary of the unit's formation.
From Australian Government Department of Veterans' Affairs
A group of 25 Vietnam veterans from across the country visited the Seymour Vietnam Veterans Walk on Friday, March 24.
From Shepparton News