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.
How embroidery helped Pat Sullivan survive the 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.
The passing of a Second World War commando
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.
Fighting for Country
Timothy Hughes was awarded the Military Medal for conspicuous gallantry and bravery during the bitter fighting at Buna.
Our Reconciliation Action Plan progresses to 'Innovate'
The Australian War Memorial has begun implementing its new Innovate Reconciliation Action Plan.
Do you know who this soldier is?
The Australian War Memorial is looking for help to identify a soldier whose photograph was found in South Australia.
Proclamation board, Tasmanian frontier era
The Australian War Memorial recently acquired a lithograph of an early piece of government propaganda from colonial Van Diemen’s Land (Tasmania).
Remembering the Callaghan brothers
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.
Spanish Flu: The flu went on and on
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”.
A daring escape
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.