It’s one of the first things visitors to the Australian War Memorial see: a bullet-riddled, steel lifeboat that carried troops of the 13th Battalion ashore during the Gallipoli landings.

In mid-February, the Australian War Memorial received an email from Joanne Tapiolas enquiring about a painting she had read about in a book about South Australia.

The Australian War Memorial has a rich collection of records and objects relating to the service of defence chaplains, affectionately known as  padres.

On 6 June 1944, Flight Lieutenant Douglas Sampson strapped into his Supermarine Spitfire Mk XI and flew from RAF Northolt in the west of London, crossing the English Channel before entering German-occupied France.

Since the formation of the Australian Defence Force in 1901 many thousands of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians have enlisted and served in all three defence services.

The Australian War Memorial holds an extensive collection of photographs of the Korean War taken by official Australian Army photographers.

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.