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.
Rations for the Gallipoli landing - diaries of Sergeant Apcar De Vine
On the eve of landing at Gallipoli, 99 years ago, Sergeant Apcar De Vine of the 4th battalion took pen to paper to write of his preparations for the landing.
Rations for the landing, 25 April 1915 – the diary of Sergeant Apcar De Vine
On the eve of landing at Gallipoli, 99 years ago, Sergeant Apcar De Vine of the 4th battalion took pen to paper to write of his preparations for the landing.
"I sprang to my feet in one jump..."
Read about Private Cecil Anthony McAnultys final diary entries in the lead up to Gallipoli.
Anzac Connections
The first 150 collections of private records related to individuals who served in the First World War are now online and hold a wealth of stories. In the centenary year of the First World War, the Memorial has launched one of its major commemorative projects to make available the rare historic personal records of Australians who served.
Confiscated by the Nazis in 1938, 13 First World War posters make exciting additions to the Memorial’s world class poster collection.
Read about 13 First World War posters confiscated by the Nazis in 1938 being added to the Memorial’s world class poster collection
Australian forces to be remembered at international history conference
Read about the conference, "1944: seventy years on" and the actions of Australian forces during the final 12 months of the Second World War
'The Woman Who Threw Japs'
Read about Alexandra Fowles (née Kavlessnekoff) and her time at the Lunghwa internment camp, and the embroidered maps with signatures
Patrol Bases of Uruzgan
"when you arrive in the arid expanse around the base, you quickly get a sense of the isolation and remoteness of this small outpost"
The battle for Normandy: 70 years on
Read about the 70th anniversary of the fight to liberate Western Europe from Nazi occupation at the Battle of Normandy.