Papua New Guinea’s 50th anniversary of independence from Australia on 16 September 2025 provides an opportunity to reflect on ...

Exercise Puk Puk Papua New Guinea 2024. Australian Army Engineers repairing a bridge at Wewak, New Guinea, about a 5km from Moem Barracks on the way to Wewak. Photographer David Whittaker.

MacLeod served as a nursing officer in the Australian Army, with peacekeeping deployments that left an indelible mark. As ...

Two portraits by Australia’s first official war artist, Will Dyson, have been donated to the Australian War Memorial by the family of Victoria Cross recipient William Dunstan. The works, one of ...

Measurement Overall: 66.2 cm x 99.9 cm; sheet: 63.6 cm x 97.2 cm ...

Applications are now open for the Australian War Memorial’s Summer Vacation Scholar Scheme. Applications open on Thursday 28 August 2026 and close at 5 pm (AEST) on Sunday 21 September 2025. The ...

Anzac Day, 25 April, is one of Australia’s most important national occasions. It marks the anniversary of the first major military action fought by Australian and New Zealand forces during the First ...

Service records, also known as dossiers, are the authoritative source of information about an individual's military service. Service records contain information about them on enlistment and throughout ...

The Nominal Roll of Vietnam Veterans was prepared by the Department of Veterans' Affairs (DVA). The roll contains information from the Service records of more than 60,000 military members who served ...

Between April and August 1941 around 14,000 Australian soldiers were besieged in Tobruk by a German–Italian army commanded by General Erwin Rommel. The garrison, commanded by Lieutenant General Leslie ...

At the outbreak of the First World War, the number of people volunteering to enlist for the Australian Imperial Force (AIF) was so high that recruitment officers were forced to turn people away. As ...

Nominal rolls are lists of those who served, which often include useful information to research an individual further such as service number and unit. Details of approximately 324,000 AIF personnel, ...