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.
'I didn't think it would be like this'
James Cronk can tell you the exact moment he landed on Tarakan during the Second World War.
POINT SHOOT CLICK - John Fairley’s Vietnam
An online photographic exhibition based on the works of John Fairley.
'It’s always been something that absolutely mystified me - how in the hell we escaped that'
Dr Robert Milford remembers the sound of 88mm shells cracking in the night sky around him as German anti-aircraft fire sought to bring down his Wellington bomber during the Second World War.
'It must have been absolutely horrific'
David Cripps was just 22 years old when he was killed on board the "hellpship" Rakuyō-Maru more than 75 years ago.
The evolution of military saddlery and harness
Saddlery and harness equipment underwent significant evolution from the early 1800s to 1919 to adapt to tactical and technological changes in warfare. Gerard Hogan is undertaking research to allow curators and collectors to accurately identify this equipment and its parts.
Love that body, what's the ARN?
Read about the Army Vehicle Registration Books used in tracking the providence of vehicles
8mm film - Conservation and Digitisation
The Australian War Memorial’s collection of 8mm film dates to the 1930s and is a significant record of Australia’s military history. The fragile nature of this aging media means that without proper attention a part of our national story could easily be lost.
'It was just devastation in the family'
Sergeant Melville Beckman Tyrrell was 21 years old when he and nine others went missing aboard Catalina aircraft A24-50 during the Second World War. Almost 76 years later, his grieving family would finally learn what happened to the Catalina that failed to return from its mission in September 1943.