In January 1916, William boarded the troopship Commonwealth and returned to Australia. While he convalesced at home in Tasmania, his worst fears for his brother were tragically confirmed. Frank was ...

Major Angela Uphill [E&OE] Good morning, I am Major Angela Uphill, and I have had the privilege of serving as a Physiotherapist in the Royal Australian Army Medical Corps for 22 years. My service has ...

Former Australian Army signallers will gather at the Australian War Memorial to mark the 100th anniversary of The Royal Australian Corps of Signals (RA Sigs) this Anzac Day, Friday 25 April. The Royal ...

Eighty years ago, on 15 August 1945, Emperor Hirohito publicly announced Japan’s acceptance of the Allies’ terms and Japan’s surrender. Nazi Germany had surrendered to the Allies three months earlier.

Annette Blair is an Australian glass artist with a practice spanning over 20 years. Blair creates and produces work for herself, as well as fabricating glass for other high-profile artists. Speaking ...

From 1966 to 1971, there was an increase in colour photography for amateur and official military uses, reflected in the photographs of life at the base. In 1966, there was swimming and ball games at ...

I acknowledge the Ngunnawal people as traditional custodians of the land we are meeting on and recognise any other people or families with connection to the lands of the ACT and region. I acknowledge ...

A crowd of more than 32,000 people gathered in the dark this morning at the Australian War Memorial for the Anzac Day Dawn Service, commemorating the 109th anniversary of the Gallipoli landing. The ...

The Australian prisoners of war remaining on New Britain, which included 60 officers, six army nurses and 13 civilians, were transported to Japan on Natuno Maru. They remained with other prisoners of ...

For Hercules pilot Ian Frame, the Babylift flights were ‘just another task in a long string of tasks’. In typically assiduous C-130 style, the crews of Detachment S simply got on with the job, not ...

Australians continued to serve after the Armistice that ended the First World War. The Russian civil war had drawn in British, French and other allied nations to bolster the White Russian forces, but ...

Australians were part of three multinational peace operations consisting of military personnel from New Zealand, Tonga, Vanuatu and Fiji. Australian involvement included the short-lived South Pacific ...