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.
'It was a lifelong goal to ... wear the blue beret'
Every Anzac Day, Nicole Bradley would visit the Australian War Memorial with her family.
'I'm so proud of the boys and what they did'
Fred Campbell was standing on the flight deck when he felt the explosion.
Bryan Gandevia Prize announcement
The Australian War Memorial is proud to announce Dr Kristen Alexander as the winner of the Bryan Gandevia Prize for Australian military–medical history, for her PhD thesis “Emotions of Captivity".
'I felt lucky every single day to be paid to turn up to work and fly it'
Air Commodore Philip Gordon has fond memories of flying the F/A-18 Classic Hornet.
“The artwork is an expression of acceptance of being broken or imperfect."
In December 2021, a 19-tonne block of marble was delivered from the red dirt of outback Queensland to a warehouse in the inner-west of Sydney. Over the next two years, the rough-hewn block will be transformed by artist Alex Seton into a commemorative artwork.
Operation Freshman
By 1942, the German nuclear weapons programme was close to being able to develop a nuclear reactor, but for it to function it would need heavy water.
The letters of Captain Walter Gamble
A keen sportsman, Walter Gamble rowed in the winning Wesley College team in the Head of the River on the Yarra in 1915. That year he enlisted and found his future career on the battlefields of the First World War.
'Everyone who survived that day was lucky'
Sergeant Robert Althofer had returned from picket and was still in his body armour when he heard the gunfire.
'Without Ivy ... I wouldn't be here'
Wherever Jason Safaric goes, the small black labrador is always by his side.