Show JPG document of AWM133 20 - Nominal roll of Australian Imperial Force who left Australia for service abroad, 1914-18 War: Glen G N - Griffin A D (434.55 KB JPG) (file ...

This lithograph is of an early piece of government propaganda from colonial Van Dieman's Land (Tasmania). The print was probably made for the Intercolonial Exhibition, held in Melbourne in 1866.

Although there had been some trench warfare in the American Civil War of 1861 - 65, and the Russian-Japanese War of 1904 - 05, it wasn't until the First World War that fixed trench warfare became the ...

On 19 February 1942 Japanese bombs fell on mainland Australia for the first time. The port and city of Darwin suffered two devastating attacks by over 188 Japanese aircraft that day. Over the next ...

Poppies at the Memorial Explore some of the places where you might find poppies at the Australian War Memorial.

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The Australian War Memorial is committed to supporting the employment and career development of people with disability. Our participation in APS RecruitAbility means we will progress an applicant with ...

A curated selection from our digital collectionA curated selection from our Digital Collection The Australian War Memorial tells stories of sacrifice, of duty, and of service. 3D Treasures features a ...

Hispano Mk5* Aircraft Cannon, marked HISPANO 20mm GUN BIRKIGT PATENTS BRITISH M.A.R.C. LTD. and the serial number. It has a yellow painted number 6 on the left side. This aircraft Hispano Cannon was ...

During the 1920s Anzac Day became established as a national day of commemoration for the more than 60,000 Australians who had died during the war. In 1927, for the first time, every state observed ...

These statistics were sourced from the appendix of On the offensive: the Australian Army in the Vietnam War 1967–1968. For details of the total number of Australians who died during the Vietnam War, ...

The army biscuit, also known as an Anzac wafer or Anzac tile, is essentially a long shelf-life, hard tack biscuit, eaten as a substitute for bread. Unlike bread, though, the biscuits are very, very ...