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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. 

 

Scarlet and the Village Maiden Handicap

Scarlet and the Village Maiden Handicap

28 October 2009

Read about how serve personnel in Dutch New Guinea celebrated Melbourne Cup day 1945

German Regimental history for 474 Infantry Regiment.

German Official and Regimental Histories

20 October 2009

The Memorial’s Research Centre holds over 900 First World War German Official and Regimental Histories in its Published Collection.

shoulder tab with brass fittings

Relics of the 16th Battalion at the Bloody Angle, Gallipoli, 1919

14 October 2009

In January 1919 tattered pieces of uniform were found lying among the bones of the men of the 16th Battalion, who were killed trying to advance at the Bloody Angle on 2 May 1915. These items were recovered by Lieutenant William Hopkin James, who headed a small party to Gallipoli for the Australian War Records Section (the precursor to the Australian War Memorial).

The Swinden collection

The Swinden collection

29 September 2009

Read about the collection humorous emails, guidelines regarding local customs, information booklets, postcards and other ephemera collected by Commander Swinden during his years in service

Love Letter Update

Love Letter Update

10 September 2009

With the help of an enthusiastic member of the public, and her wonderfully helpful relative in France, we have since found a few more details about Marthe and her letter.

Dhurringile Homestead. later a camp for German Prisoners

The Not So Great Escape

12 August 2009

Read the story of the Kormoran’s Commander, Theodor Anton Detmers and his time as a POW in Australia during WWII

The Cessation of Operation CATALYST

The Cessation of Operation CATALYST

28 July 2009

CATALYST began on the 20th of March 2003 and defined the role of the Australian Defence Force in assisting multinational forces in the stabilization and security of Iraq.

The Kokoda “Track” or “Trail”?

The Kokoda “Track” or “Trail”?

27 July 2009

Read about the history of how the Kokoda trail got it's name

Preserving Gallipoli aerial photographs

Preserving Gallipoli aerial photographs

20 July 2009

Read about the a fascinating and unusual collection of aerial photographs of Gallipoli in 1915 available in the Australian War Memorials Research Centre

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