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.
The Forgotten Official War Artist
Just as the Korean War is often referred to as “the forgotten war” it seems that Frank Norton is the forgotten official war artist.
'I think we may have found our man'
The mystery surrounding the identity of an Australian soldier whose photograph was found in a trunk in Port Adelaide may have been solved.
“I was a prisoner in North Korea”
Private Donnelly was at the front of the patrol and closest to the new trench line, watching as a barrage of grenades flew over his head. Trying to identify the enemy’s position, made difficult by low visibility, Donnelly threw two grenades...
“Nothing but a notebook and a pencil”: War Correspondents in Korea
As Australia committed the Royal Australian Navy, followed by the Royal Australian Air Force and the Australian Army, Australian newspapers moved to send correspondents to cover the Korean war.
'It’s the dreadful moments … the terrible moments that you remember'
Don Collins doesn’t like to talk about the war. A sergeant with the Second New Guinea Infantry Battalion, he was wounded in New Guinea and lost two of his mates within days of one another.
Australian Warship Joins Chilean Navy
After more than 25 years of service in the Royal Australian Navy, HMAS Newcastle was decommissioned one year ago - 30 June 2019.
Along parallel lines
Two Australians played a vital role in saving South Korea at the outbreak of the Korean War.
'There are many, many, stories like mine'
For artist Lee Grant, the Korean War is anything but forgotten.
“Your son is alive and well”
"Your son is alive and well" Pilot Officer Vance Drummond had been missing in action since early December 1951. In May 1953 his parents received a telegram confirming their son was a prisoner of war.