After this, Susan disappears from the margins of the historical record, a far cry from his prior position at the centre of Australian identity: Gallipoli veteran, prisoner of war of the Germans, and ...

Darwin, the largest population centre in northern Australia, was considered a vital asset in Australia's defences against an increasingly aggressive Japanese Empire in the 1930s. Its port and airfield ...

On Tuesday 11 November 2025 the Australian War Memorial commemorated Remembrance Day with the National Ceremony. A recording of the ceremony is now available to watch. Watch the recording on ABC iView ...

Jan O’Herne was born in 1923 at Bandoeng, in central Java. After the Japanese invasion of the NEI, she, her mother, and her two sisters were interned, along with thousands of other Dutch women and ...

Letter relating to the First World War service of Major Leslie George Fussell, 17th Battalion, Gallipoli. The letter was written by Turkish soldiers expressing their thanks for a tin of bully beef ...

Please note that discrepancies can occur between figures drawn from various sources. This can occur because figures collected at various times by various bodies utilise different sources and/or apply ...

Fate Scuttled at Surabaya to prevent capture (later raised by Japanese).

Australian Red Cross Wounded and Missing Files: Unit 17th Australian Infantry Battalion Conflict First World War, 1914-1918 Rank Second Lieutenant First World War Embarkation Roll: Conflict First ...

After the defeat of the Japanese at Milne Bay, the Allies took the offensive in late 1942 with an attack on the Buna–Gona–Sanananda area of Papua. In this offensive, the KPM fleet was essential to the ...

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 ...

Standard First World War issued Lewis Mk 1 Machine Gun. The barrel jacket has a large hole caused by an artillery fragmentation splinter and has a worn hand painted inscription detailing the history ...

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 ...