Commencing at approximately 4.30 pm AEDT, the Memorial farewells visitors with its moving Last Post Ceremony in the Commemorative Courtyard. Each night the ceremony shares the story behind one of the ...

During a live, interactive session with educators, students can explore some of the galleries at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra, and see photographs, works of art, and film. They can learn ...

To enable anyone in Australia or overseas to view the Last Post Ceremony, it is broadcast live daily on the Memorial's dedicated Last Post Ceremony YouTube Channel ...

The human toll at Broome was enormous. Most of the flying boats had been crammed with Dutch refugees, and burning fuel on the water, as well as the strong tidal currents in Roebuck Bay, made escape ...

Over the past 30 years, more than 100,000 Australians have served in war, conflict and peacekeeping operations. Today, their stories remain mostly untold. The Australian War Memorial’s development ...

Over 400,000 people enlisted to serve for Australia in the First World War. While some volunteers were rejected because of their age, height, or size, the Defence Act stated that people “not ...

"To what extent have the Gallipoli campaign and the Western Front overshadowed other significant aspects of Australian’s experience of the First World War?" To what extent was Simpson a hero? How have ...

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 ...

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people please be advised that the following pages contain the names, images and objects of deceased people. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples have a ...

It looked like a scene out of Dante’s Inferno. Bombadier Hugh Clarke, 2/10th Field Regiment In 1943 Japan’s high command decided to build a railway linking Thailand and Burma, to supply its campaign ...

This Memorial Box explores the Australian experience of the Second World War – a war that seemed to affect every aspect of life, with Australia itself coming under attack. Almost a million Australians ...

Before the First World War, Australia was the only English-speaking country which had a system of compulsory military training during a time of peace. The legislation for compulsory military training ...