It has long been believed that the muddy and torn uniform of Private George Giles was acquired by Charles Bean, but recent research into the event has cast some doubt.

Seventy five years after the liberation of the Ramale internment camp in New Britain, Lisa Hilli, an Australian artist of Tolai heritage, shares the little known story of the 45 Daughters of Mary Immaculate, or F.M.I. Sisters, of the Vunapope Catholic Mission, who had helped save the lives of hundreds of men, women and children during the war.

On 14 September 1947, four Australian military observers entered the field as part of the United Nations Good Offices Committee to Indonesia. Since then, not a day has passed without an Australian serving in a peacekeeping operation somewhere in the world.

Today - 5 September 2020 - marks the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Australian prisoners of war at Changi.

Lloyd Birdsall remembers watching Japanese bombers flying overhead in New Guinea, and listening to the sounds of the planes as bombs fell from the sky.

Oscar Comandari was five years old when his family fled war-torn El Salvador in the 1990s for a new life in Australia.

Corporal Daniel Keighran VC was awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions during the battle of Derapet 10 years ago.

On 16 August 1945, a National Thanksgiving Service was held in front of the Australian War Memorial to mark Victory in the Pacific Day (VP Day). A reported crowd of 5000 people gathered to witness the ceremony and commemorate the end of the Second World War.