Maxwell James Trengove was born on 9 December 1911 at Kadina, South Australia, to parents William Nathaniel Trengove and Matilda Alice Trengove (née Axford).

In the grounds of the Memorial, between the main building and Anzac Hall, visitors can find one of the propellers of the first HMAS Australia. It’s an interesting artefact at first glance, but scratch the surface of its history and it becomes even more fascinating.

Steve Hooke was just 19 years old when he was sent to Vietnam – more than 40 years later, he is a voluntary guide at the Memorial.

To help preserve the memories of the Invictus Games 2018, the Australian War Memorial has taken possession of several pieces of games memorabilia, one of which is a lot like some of the competitors: big, strong, and almost unbreakable.

While working on a current project processing Second World War unit diaries, staff in the Memorial’s Research Centre came across the story of one of Australia’s most interesting companies.

The Thuillier collection is considered one of the most precious visual records of Australian soldiers in the First World War, but the work to identify the men continues.

Epitaph captures the emotional struggle faced by families trying to write epitaphs for their lost loved ones after the First World War.

Lady Hicks was just 12 years old when she attended the opening of the Australian War Memorial in Canberra on Remembrance Day 1941.