Blogs
To mark the 80th anniversary of Victory in the Pacific and the end of the Second World War – 15 August 1945 – the Memorial will be sharing stories, photos and information about Australian service. Here is a small collection of articles and blogs related to stories of service in the Second World War.
Squadron Leader Douglas Sampson and the “Camera Spies”
On 6 June 1944, Flight Lieutenant Douglas Sampson strapped into his Supermarine Spitfire Mk XI and flew from RAF Northolt in the west of London, cr…
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“We had to walk and walk the endless road to a CALVARY.”
Chrisoula Borda was 16 years old when war came to Crete in 1941. She helped free a prisoner of war, ‘Freddy’, only to be betrayed by her oldest fri…
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Jack Millett: the mapmaker of Colditz
Lieutenant Jack Millett was an incorrigible escape artist. Having served in the Western Desert, the young Australian army officer was captured by G…
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The fact Ted hung on and was able to survive is just amazing
Ted Buerckner spent three days in the middle of the ocean, clinging to a makeshift raft as the men around him died one by one and vanished beneath…
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'It must have been absolutely horrific'
David Cripps was just 22 years old when he was killed on board the "hellpship" Rakuyō-Maru more than 75 years ago.
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Remembering the Colenso brothers
The four Colenso brothers enlisted together during the Second World War, but only two made it home.
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The Mystery Sweater Girl: Miss Lois Anne Martin
Learn more about the woman in an iconic VP Day photograph
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