In January 1916, William boarded the troopship Commonwealth and returned to Australia. While he convalesced at home in ...

This website contains war-related material, including images which some people may find confronting and disturbing.

Arthur Blackburn, a lawyer, became the first South Australian to receive the Victoria Cross. At the 1915 landing on Gallipoli, it is believed that he and another man penetrated further inland than ...

The Memorial can host up to three classes per virtual excursion, to a maximum of 100 students. Schools are limited to two bookings per term. Programs run for forty-five-minutes and are currently free ...

Show JPG document of AWM133 13 - Nominal roll of Australian Imperial Force who left Australia for service abroad, 1914-18 War: Dabb H T - Dennis G T (445.2 KB JPG) (file) ...

Your generous donation will be used to ensure the memory of our Defence Forces and what they have done for us, and what they continue to do for our freedom remains – today and into the future.

Your generous donation will be used to ensure the memory of our Defence Forces and what they have done for us, and what they continue to do for our freedom remains – today and into the future.

The Battle of Dunkirk was a battle in World War II between the Allies and Germany. A part of the Battle of France on the Western Front, the Battle of Dunkirk was the defence and evacuation of British ...

Propaganda is a form of communication that promotes a particular perspective or agenda by using text and images to provoke an emotional response and influence behaviour. Can you think of some modern ...

Today 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. Since 1923 Singapore had been ...

“[R]eading against the grain, looking for the silences or omissions in the official records and listening to the voices in the film archive … Woolley unearths the SIWs and the NYDs, the impact of ...

In the peace and quiet of the Hall of Memory at the Australian War Memorial, a pigeon has been busy preparing for new life in a place that commemorates death, sacrifice and renewal. Each day the ...