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 the waves.

50th anniversary of Operation Hammersley 

The operation begun on 10 February 1970 during the Vietnam War. It concluded on 9 March that same year. It was a costly operation for the 1st Australian Task Force which resulted in 12 men killed and 59 wounded. 

James Cronk can tell you the exact moment he landed on Tarakan during the Second World War.

Dr Robert Milford remembers the sound of 88mm shells cracking in the night sky around him as German anti-aircraft fire sought to bring down his Wellington bomber during the Second World War.

David Cripps was just 22 years old when he was killed on board the "hellpship" Rakuyō-Maru more than 75 years ago.

Saddlery and harness equipment underwent significant evolution from the early 1800s to 1919 to adapt to tactical and technological changes in warfare. Gerard Hogan is undertaking research to allow curators and collectors to accurately identify this equipment and its parts.

The Australian War Memorial’s collection of 8mm film dates to the 1930s and is a significant record of Australia’s military history. The fragile nature of this aging media means that without proper attention a part of our national story could easily be lost.

Sergeant Melville Beckman Tyrrell was 21 years old when he and nine others went missing aboard Catalina aircraft A24-50 during the Second World War. Almost 76 years later, his grieving family would finally learn what happened to the Catalina that failed to return from its mission in September 1943.