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 ...

The Australian Red Cross Wounded and Missing Enquiry Bureau provides insights into the efforts to trace missing soldiers during wartime.

A is for Animals offers an A to Z of animals in war, from mascots and messengers to creepy-crawlies. Animals are put to many uses in war. Sometimes they have jobs to do: the horses, camels, mules, and ...

On 3 September 1939 Prime Minister Robert Gordon Menzies announced the beginning of Australia's involvement in the Second World War on every national and commercial radio station in Australia. Almost ...

As I write, at regular intervals comes the whine and crash of an 8 inch shell bursting a couple of hundred yards away and the patter of the pieces on the roof. - Letter, Lance Corporal A.H. McKibbin, ...

After the evacuation from the Gallipoli Peninsula at the end of 1915 the AIF returned to Egypt where it was reorganised into two corps, I and II Anzac. By mid-1916 both Corps had arrived on the ...

There were two separate commissioning schemes for artists during the First World War. Ten Australian artists living in England received appointments for generally not more than three months and were ...

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 ...

The brave but futile charge at the Nek was made famous by the movie Gallipoli. Yet the day before, the Australians attacking Lone Pine had a rare success in some of the fiercest fighting they ever ...

Entitlement to campaign and service medals is typically recorded on the individual's personal service record. Personal service records are available from the National Archives of Australia. If medal ...

Australian troops ascending ridge to Plugge's Plateau, The Sphinx, Walker's Ridge and Baby 700 on skyline, steep, rocky hillside at Gallipoli, the terrain prohibitive. Many of the soldiers are dead, ...

AWM4 Subclass 8/1 - 2nd Brigade, Royal Flying Corps AWM4 Subclass 8/2 - 1st Wing Headquarters, Australian Flying Corps AWM4 Subclass 8/3 - 15th Wing Headquarters, Royal Flying Corps AWM4 Subclass 8/4 ...