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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 our historians, curators, librarians and exhibition team to share their knowledge and information on Australian military history, the Memorial's vast collection, recent acquisitions, exhibitions and events.

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“To say it’s very special; that’s an understatement."

07 December 2020

“I’m the same age as Teddy was, and for Teddy to strap himself into that gun is incredible to say the least; I couldn’t imagine having to do that.

Teddy and brother

‘It was so unbelievable that anyone could do it’

02 December 2020

His rank was ordinary seaman, but there was nothing ordinary about Edward “Teddy” Sheean.

CJ Shaw

“The support has been overwhelming.”

23 November 2020

ARIA nominated Canberra music teacher Christopher 'CJ' Shaw performs his original song "Anzac Biscuits" with a choir of Palmerston District Primary School students.

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The Spanish flu in the Pacific

18 November 2020

“Spanish flu”, as it was known, spread across the globe with alarming speed. When the pandemic reached the Pacific in November 1918 it caused widespread havoc. 

George Matthews

'It is a little-known story that deserves to be widely known'

13 November 2020

When two platoons came under fire from hostile machine-guns at Chuignes on 23 August 1918, George Matthews sprang into action.

Edward Fleming

'I’ve been very, very lucky'

11 November 2020

Dr Edward Fleming was a 19-year-old training to be a Lancaster bomber pilot when he and his crew became horribly lost in bad weather over Britain during the Second World War. The flight almost ended in tragedy.

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Remembering Christopher Carter

10 November 2020

Major General Marcus Thompson always knew his great-great uncle fought and died during the First World War, but the details of his ancestry were far less clear.

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The curious case of the Emden Bell

09 November 2020

The tale of the Emden Bell is one of the more unusual stories from the Memorial’s collection.

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Remembering Warrior Spirit

09 November 2020

Daniel Hodgekiss, a Ngarrindjeri man, enlisted in the AIF at Mildura in February 1916. For 88 years his grave remained unmarked until a local historian enlisted the help of the Mildura RSL and the Office of Australian War Graves.

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