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 ...

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 ...

Group portrait of Leading Aircraftmen (LAC) of 'A' Flight, Course 29a, No 4 Initial Training School, RAAF, at Victor Harbor (Harbour), SA. Identified from left to right, back row: 417662 LAC Edward ...

Please note that discrepancies can occur between figures drawn from various sources. This can occur because figures collected at various times by various bodies utilise different sources and/or apply ...

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 ...

GROUP PORTRAIT OF NO. 4 INITIAL TRAINING SCHOOL, RAAF, COURSE NO. 25, "A" SQUADRON, FLIGHT 17. BACK ROW: 417275 DOUGLAS GEORGE BARRETT (DIED 27 JANUARY 1944 ON OPERATIONS OVER NORTH WEST EUROPE, ...

Fate Scuttled at Surabaya to prevent capture (later raised by Japanese).

Australian Red Cross Wounded and Missing Files: Unit 17th Australian Infantry Battalion Conflict First World War, 1914-1918 Rank Second Lieutenant First World War Embarkation Roll: Conflict First ...

When Sir Ian Hamilton’s staff arrived in Egypt in late March 1915 to plan the military operations at Gallipoli, they brought with them a copy of a 1908 map (scale 1:63,360) of Gallipoli. This map was ...

The Nek was a vitally important position on the northern end of the ANZAC front line and the scene of a tragic attack by the 3rd Light Horse Brigade at dawn on 7 August 1915. It was a narrow bridge of ...

After the defeat of the Japanese at Milne Bay, the Allies took the offensive in late 1942 with an attack on the Buna–Gona–Sanananda area of Papua. In this offensive, the KPM fleet was essential to the ...

Standard First World War issued Lewis Mk 1 Machine Gun. The barrel jacket has a large hole caused by an artillery fragmentation splinter and has a worn hand painted inscription detailing the history ...