Uncovering the name and story of one of these individuals – Private Charlie Bob Ngakyunkwokka, who, in accordance with cultural protocols should be verbally referred to as “Waal Waal Ngakyunkwokka” ...

Collection relating to the Korean War service of 12599 Private Cecil Fisher. Collection consists of copies of three poems: "Black Anzac", written in commemoration of all Aboriginal servicemen who have ...

Each evening between sunset and sunrise names from the Australian War Memorial’s Roll of Honour are projected onto the façade of the Hall of Memory (the dome). The projections are a tribute to those ...

The Luger LP08 Parabellum Artillery Model is a recoil-operated, locked breech, semi-automatic, striker fired pistol. The pistol is manufactured from ordnance steel and has high lustre bluing finish on ...

The Australian War Memorial acknowledges the traditional custodians of country throughout Australia. We recognise their continuing connection to land, sea and waters. We pay our respects to elders ...

The Australian War Memorial is an exciting and innovative place to work. The Memorial’s world-class exhibitions are housed in the nation’s most revered commemorative site, set in beautifully ...

In this article the author describes the casualties sustained by the Australian forces on Gallipoli. He goes on to examine if the accounts of casualties portrayed in films and novels and songs was a ...

In 1928, a returned soldier of the First World War was the perpetrator of a massacre of Aboriginal people at Coniston Station in Central Australia. Some have claimed that Sergeant William Murray’s ...

The Australian War Memorial acknowledges the traditional custodians of country throughout Australia. We recognise their continuing connection to land, sea and waters. We pay our respects to elders ...

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, ...

These short chapters cover Australia's involvement in war, from the time of the first settlement at Sydney Cove in the 18th century to our peacekeeping roles under United Nations auspices and the ...

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 ...