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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. 

 

James Duff

50th Anniversary of the Battle of Nui Le: 21 September 1971

17 September 2021

21 September 2021 marks the 50th anniversary of the battle of Nui Le in Vietnam.

Kukrynisky, Boxing in the Desert, 15 April 1943, stencil and ink on paper, ARTV09262

Second World War posters from Russia

16 September 2021

Among the Australian War Memorial’s holdings is a little-known collection of Second World War posters from the USSR.

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Air Force Sailors: The Wet Section of the Royal Australian Air Force

14 September 2021

The origins of the RAAF Marine Section can be traced to the beginning of the air force, when the first pulling boats (row boats) were approved for purchase on 1 March 1921 – a month before the formation of the Royal Australian Air Force.

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Twenty years on: 11 September 2001

10 September 2021

Indelibly etched into our personal and collective memory, anyone old enough to remember the attacks has asked – or been asked – where were you when it happened?

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Bombs Over Burma: The treatment of a book jacket cover in the AWM Collection

09 September 2021

This book came into the Paper lab from the Research Centre with a dust jacket that had seen better days.

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Australian Peacekeepers in Western Sahara

06 September 2021

On 6 September 1991 a group of Australian signallers in the remote Western Sahara desert strung an antenna to the roof of their hotel room.

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Sydney Harbour’s Safety Net – The Harbour Defence System during the Second World War

30 August 2021

The Sydney Harbour defence system was expanded following the outbreak of the Second World War and rapidly increased once Japan entered the war. 

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Researching your military family history

27 August 2021

As August is family history month, we would like to share some of the most common enquiries we receive from family historians.

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Dismantling the V2

20 August 2021

In order for the V2 to be displayed in the future, they need to undergo conservation assessment, treatment and repair.  

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Our collection contains a wealth of material to help you research and find your connection with the wartime experiences of the brave men and women who served in Australia’s military forces.

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Places of Pride, the National Register of War Memorials, is a new initiative designed to record the locations and photographs of every publicly accessible memorial across Australia.

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