“The Les Carlyon Literary Prize was established by the Council of the Australian War Memorial to honour the late historian, author, journalist and Council member, Les Carlyon. Since 2020, it has been ...

Jan O’Herne was born in 1923 at Bandoeng, in central Java. After the Japanese invasion of the NEI, she, her mother, and her two sisters were interned, along with thousands of other Dutch women and ...

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 ...

Anzac Day is our national day of commemoration. On Friday 25 April 2025, the Australian War Memorial marked the 110th anniversary of the Gallipoli landings and commemorated all Australians who have ...

Remembrance Day National Ceremony at 10.45 am on the Parade Ground Last Post Ceremony at 4.30 pm in the Commemorative Area The Memorial’s galleries and Commemorative Area will open from 1 pm, tickets ...

Field punishment could be awarded by a court martial or a commanding officer for any offence committed on active service. There were two categories field punishment. Field punishment No. 1 consisted ...

The battle of Long Tan was fought on 18 August 1966. One-hundred-and-five men from D Company, 6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (6RAR) and three New Zealanders from an artillery forward ...

As part of the military agreement made by the governments of Australia and the NEI in 1941, AIF troops were sent to help garrison the island of Ambon, which lies just south of the larger island of ...

Since its inception, the Australian War Memorial has sponsored the production of Australia’s official war histories. In 2016 the Memorial, with funding from the Australian government, began writing ...

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 ...

Introduced into the fight for women's suffrage by her mother, Vida Goldstein took an early interest in politics. In 1903, as an Independent, she became the first woman in the British Empire to stand ...

Here is their spirit, in the heart of the land they loved; and here we guard the record which they themselves made. Charles Bean, 1948 The Memorial's purpose is to commemorate the sacrifice of those ...