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.
Fishing for Victory
To support campaigns in the South-West Pacific during the Second World War, the Australian Army established mobile non-combat supply units to provide and distribute food and supplies
Of love and war
When Robert Towers went away to war he gave his sweetheart a small silver brooch as a token of their love.
A personal mission
Bean’s records of the Australian Historical Mission to Gallipoli, and connections to the Australian War Memorial
'I thought my number was up'
Rod Henderson thought he was going to die in East Timor when the man he was searching pulled out a hand grenade.
'It’s been a pretty amazing journey'
Rod Henderson was on the right door gun of a Chinook, flying low over Afghanistan, when he realised something was horribly wrong.
'You'd find a way ... Aussies always do'
John McKenzie was used to making do during the Second World War. So when a pilot asked if he could service an aircraft overnight in New Guinea one evening, he didn’t hesitate.
The Handkerchief Project: Making Marks Australia and Afghanistan
The Memorial has recently acquired 43 embroidered handkerchiefs exchanged between women in Australia and Afghanistan.