In between field returns and daily reports in the Second World War diaries of the 8 Australian Advanced Ordnance Depot (8 AAOD), for example, are issues of The Troppo Tribune. The “News Mouthpiece” of ...

'Menin Gate at midnight' was painted by Will Longstaff to commemorate those soldiers with no marked graves on the Western Front during the First World War; also known as 'Ghosts of Menin Gate'.

Vera Deakin, founder of the Australian Wounded and Missing Inquiry Bureau in the First World War, was born on 25 December 1891 at South Yarra, Melbourne. Her father, Alfred, later became Prime ...

In 1995 the Royal Australian Corps of Signals commissioned Ken McFadyen to complete a series of paintings that portray the work of the Royal Australian Corps of Signals on UN duty overseas. An image ...

Their activities are secret. Their missions are classified. Their identities are protected. They operate in secrecy to protect Australia’s people and national interests, and to support its allies.

Dive deeper into the events that shaped ANZAC history and led to the rituals and traditions we observe today.

The Nazi–Soviet war of 1941–45, also known as the Eastern Front of the Second World War, was the largest and most costly conflict in human history. Between June 1941 and May 1945, Adolf Hitler’s ...

The Australian War Memorial has switched on its world-class sustainable green energy project in a purpose-built Central Energy Plant (CEP). The largest closed loop Geothermal Heat Exchange system in ...

This year, on 10 February, marks the 60 th anniversary of a momentous event in Royal Australian Navy (RAN) history, the loss of the destroyer HMAS Voyager II following a collision with the aircraft ...

The Australian War Memorial’s $550 million development project will begin rising out of the ground, following the contract signing with the last of three main construction partners this week.

The Australian War Memorial today welcomed a Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) RF-111C A8-134 aircraft into its collection. It will be housed in the recently built and completed storage facility at ...

In response to today’s announcement that Mr Kerry Stokes AC is stepping down from his role as Chair and Member of the Council of the Australian War Memorial, Memorial Director Matt Anderson said: “Mr ...