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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. 

 

Going out for a spell...

Going out for a spell...

21 August 2008

Read about Private Stipek and his multiple court martials

A collection of crested china military hats, including a pith helmet,; a ‘lemon squeezer’ hat, Glengarry cap,Australian slouch hat, and peaked cap.

Tourist souvenirs - Crested China and the First World War

20 August 2008

Most people like to bring home a souvenir from their travels and soldiers in the First World War were no exceptions.

Cedric Ernest Howell (right) and Raymond James Brownell (left) outside a hut at an unidentified airfield in France, 1917

Captain Cedric Howell

19 August 2008

Read about Captain Cedric Howell, one of Australia’s greatest fighter pilots

A soldier with a horse in front of a row of bell tents in the desert

Charging Home

19 August 2008

Read about Major General Sir William Throsby Bridges' favourite charger, Sandy

Vietnam Veterans' Day

Vietnam Veterans' Day

15 August 2008

Read about the annual commemoration of Vietnam Veterans' Day.

The worst night in Australian military history: Fromelles

The worst night in Australian military history: Fromelles

18 July 2008

Read about  Australian divisions in France 1916

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Fromelles's missing

18 July 2008

Read about the excavation work at Fromelles in May and June of 2008

Australia's First World War fallen: The stories behind the faces

Australia's First World War fallen: The stories behind the faces

15 July 2008

Read about recent acquisitions of photographs of men and women who died on active service whilst serving in the Australian military forces.

Items used in a mapping experiment

How to make a POW escape map

09 July 2008

Read about how POW's copied maps with instructions on how to make your own

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