In January 1916, William boarded the troopship Commonwealth and returned to Australia. While he convalesced at home in ...

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For VIETNAM - ONE IN, ALL IN I have created a tapestry-type weaving piece incorporating carved objects that relate to Uncle Jeff McCormack's war stories. I use only natural materials that I have ...

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 taken me across the country, as well as ...

The Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has marked a major milestone at the Australian War Memorial by officially opening its new Main Entrance yesterday, Monday 3 February 2025. Sitting underneath the ...

Suspended in the newly constructed spiral stairwells of the Memorial, two glass sculptures shimmer, casting dynamic shadows across the space. These breathtaking installations, hand-made by Annette ...

A destroyed United Nations Land Rover, which lay in the buffer zone between the Greek Cypriot and Turkish-controlled areas of Cyprus for decades, has arrived at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra ...

The Australian War Memorial has switched on its world-class sustainable green energy project in a purpose-built Central Energy Plant (CEP). The largest closed loop Geothermal Heat Exchange system in ...

The new Main Entrance Foyer, designed by Studio.SC, was officially opened to the public on 3 February 2025. Situated directly below the existing forecourt, visitors can enter from the Sculpture Garden ...

The Australian Army set up 1 Australian Logistics Support Group (1ALSG) at Vung Tau to provide support for the inland combat-area base at Nui Dat in Vietnam, and to combine and coordinate a variety of ...

These understated descriptions of the arduous route from Kokoda to Buna appear on a map of the Kokoda Trail held by the Australian War Memorial, part of the Memorial’s map digitisation project. Before ...