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As a shrine, a world-class museum and an archive, our purpose is to tell Australia's continuing story of service, sacrifice and military history.
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Learn more about our galleries, featuring more than 7,000 objects from the National Collection.
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Find out about upcoming events, ceremonies, talks and tours.
A New Anzac Documentary
A New Anzac is a four-part SBS documentary series which follows the latest redevelopment of the Australian War Memorial. Discover our unique purpose as a memorial, museum, and archive, and the impact this institution has on Australian society.
Series Premiere Friday, 10 April at 8.30pm (4 parts)
Behind the portrait: Lord Mountbatten revealed
Featured in WM, the War Memorial Magazine, this video follows Senior Curator Alex Torrens as she explores the story behind Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten’s portrait and its connection to Australia in the Burma Campaign.
Indigenous service
Explore a selection of resources related to the wartime experience of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
Please be advised that the following pages contain the names, images and objects of deceased people.
Dennis Adams was selected as an official war artist during the Second World War to document the activities of the Royal Australian Navy and Merchant Navy.
Early in the Second World War, the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) recognised the need to quickly prepare for a new kind of war, and new ways of training to fight it.
Doris Evelyn Jeffs was born in Perth in June 1922. She joined the Women’s Royal Australian Naval Service (WRANS) at Fremantle, Western Australia on the 8 February 1943 and was posted to the local shore establishment, HMAS Leeuwin.
