Ken Semmler was one of 36 Australians who flew close air support missions with the United States Air Force during the Vietnam War.

When Pat Sullivan was captured during the Fall of Singapore, he quickly realised he would need a hobby to help calm his mind and combat depression.

Today we acknowledge the recent passing of another Second World War veteran, WX12804 John “Jack” Trelease Hanson, who served with the 2/2nd Independent Company on Timor during 1942 and later with the 2/12th Commando Squadron on Labuan Island in North Borneo in 1945. 

The Australian War Memorial has begun implementing its new Innovate Reconciliation Action Plan.

The Australian War Memorial is looking for help to identify a soldier whose photograph was found in South Australia.

Timothy Hughes was awarded the Military Medal for  conspicuous gallantry and bravery during the bitter fighting at Buna.

Walter Callaghan was one of three brothers killed on the Western Front during the First World War. His mother Mary was invited to unveil the Lithgow Soldier’s Memorial in recognition of the loss of her three sons, but nothing could ease her pain.

When the Germans invaded Greece in April 1941, Bruce Brock and his mates were left isolated and cut off. But with initiative, courage, the goodwill of local Greeks and Turks, and a little bit of luck, they escaped the advancing German forces, making an epic 37-day journey through rugged mountainous terrain and swampland to rejoin their unit in Palestine.

As the First World War was drawing to a close, and the monumental task of repatriating countless tired and homesick soldiers began, the world faced a pandemic that would be more deadly than “the war to end all wars”.