The new Main Entrance Foyer, designed by Studio.SC, was officially opened to the public on 3 February 2025. Situated directly below the existing forecourt, visitors can enter from the Sculpture Garden ...
Remembrance Day National Ceremony at 10.45 am on the Parade Ground Last Post Ceremony at 4.30 pm in the Commemorative Area The Memorial’s galleries and Commemorative Area will open from 1 pm, tickets ...
As part of the military agreement made by the governments of Australia and the NEI in 1941, AIF troops were sent to help garrison the island of Ambon, which lies just south of the larger island of ...
Anzac Day is our national day of commemoration. On Friday 25 April 2025, the Australian War Memorial marked the 110th anniversary of the Gallipoli landings and commemorated all Australians who have ...
In simple terms, strategic bombing involves employing bombers to strike directly at key industrial, economic or political targets within an enemy's country which may affect its capacity to wage war, ...
Since its inception, the Australian War Memorial has sponsored the production of Australia’s official war histories. In 2016 the Memorial, with funding from the Australian government, began writing ...
Group portrait of Leading Aircraftmen (LAC) of 'A' Flight, Course 29a, No 4 Initial Training School, RAAF, at Victor Harbor (Harbour), SA. Identified from left to right, back row: 417662 LAC Edward ...
Studio portrait of 3027 Private (Pte) Roland Winzel Carter, 10th Reinforcements, 10th Battalion, later 50th Battalion. An Aboriginal Seviceman of Point McLeay, South Australia, Pte Carter was wounded ...
GROUP PORTRAIT OF NO. 4 INITIAL TRAINING SCHOOL, RAAF, COURSE NO. 25, "A" SQUADRON, FLIGHT 17. BACK ROW: 417275 DOUGLAS GEORGE BARRETT (DIED 27 JANUARY 1944 ON OPERATIONS OVER NORTH WEST EUROPE, ...
General Peter Cosgrove retired from the army in 2005. Four years earlier, he had been Australian of the Year: “In every respect Peter Cosgrove demonstrated that he is a role model. The man at the top ...
When Sir Ian Hamilton’s staff arrived in Egypt in late March 1915 to plan the military operations at Gallipoli, they brought with them a copy of a 1908 map (scale 1:63,360) of Gallipoli. This map was ...
Created to allow for the naval and military defence of Australia, the Defence Act 1903 is still in existence today. The document has undergone various amendments since its creation, including the ...