For Schools

This section is designed to provide teachers and students with education actitivies based on the Memorial's web feature, Remembering 1942.

• Activity 1: George Aspinall: a soldier, a prisoner and a photographer

• Activity 2: Story - the cat who knew This is the story of a little black kitten with a very special job: mascot of the warship HMAS Perth.

• Activity 3: Looking back on the Japanese midget submarine attack on Sydney - three stories ...

• Activity 4: The sinking of the Montevideo Maru, 1 July 1942

• Activity 5: Milne Bay - Learn about Dr William Deane-Butcher, the medical officer for 75 Squadron, the defenders of the critical Milne Bay airstrip.

• Activity 6: El Alamein - Learn about the living conditions of soldiers at El Alamein by examining a photo taken in the forward area on the El Alamein front.