Memorial Articles
The Memorial boasts a staff of subject specialists in all aspects of military history and museum practice.
Our articles and our Encyclopedia allow subject specialists to share their knowledge on Australian military history.
They also provide a way for us to take a closer look at the people and the stories behind the history and our museum collection.
Inside the Anzac Connections project
Read more about the Australian War Memorials digitisation project and the personal stories discovered in the letters written by and to the serving personal of the First World War
ANZAC Connections: Centenary digitisation project
Learn more about the Australian War Memorials project to create a comprehensive digital archive of the ANZACs and their deeds, and of the wider Australian experience of war, and how the public can help
Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS) 1914-1918 working dress
Learn more about the great diversity between nursing uniforms of the First World War.
A hundred years on: the Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force (AN&MEF)
Learn about the founding of the Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force (AN&MEF) in the First World War.
Gatenby's blanket: an embroidered service history
Learn about Corporal Clifford Gatenby's time as a prisoner of war during WWII during which he created an amazing work of art.
Some notes on Farewell and Welcome Home jewellery from the First World War
Read about engraved jewelery frequently presented to departing and returning soldiers by local shire councils and ‘Farewell’ or ‘Welcome Home’ committees during the First World War
SS Warilda: troopship, hospital ship, ambulance transport, wreck
Read about the sinking of the HMAT Warilda on the 3rd of August 1918