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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. 

 

Colonel L.T. Ride

The Scarlet Pimpernels of the East: The British Army Aid Group

26 September 2022

Formed by Colonel Lindsay Tasman Ride in March 1942 in southern China to assist prisoners of war, internees and escapees from Hong Kong.

Trevor Scott

'I did get very frightened that night'

23 September 2022

Trevor Scott was guarding aeroplanes at Torokina on Bougainville Island during the Second World War, when he heard a noise in the middle of the night.

Queen Elizabeth

A princess at war

14 September 2022

How Queen Elizabeth's life and reign was shaped by the Second World War.

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Retrieve, Re-use, Re-build: The Work of 7 Division Salvage Unit in the Second World War

09 September 2022

During the Second World War, salvage work was undertaken on a massive scale by the military.

Selarang Barracks Incident.

“Four days of unhappiness and worry”

30 August 2022

When 15,000 Australian and British prisoners of war refused a Japanese order to sign a pledge not to escape, Changi Camp Commander General Shimpei Fukuye retaliated by ordering their relocation to Selarang Barracks on 30 August 1942.  

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8 August 1918 - a turning point of the Great War

08 August 2022

Gunner Eric Berthon’s eye-witness account of the Allied offensive on the 8 August 1918.

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Papua New Guinean experiences of the Pacific War

08 August 2022

During the Second World War many Australian official war artists who were stationed in Papua New Guinea captured portraits of Papuan and New Guinean Soldiers. 

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Australian Army Training Team Vietnam

03 August 2022

2022 marks the 60th anniversary of the arrival of the first contingent of the Australian Army Training Team Vietnam, in Saigon, on 3 August 1962.

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'How could I know he would become President of the United States?'

02 August 2022

Arthur "Reg" Evans was an Australian Coastwatcher when he helped rescue John F. Kennedy and his crew after their PT boat was cut in two and sunk by a Japanese destroyer during the Second World War.

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