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04 July 2018
On the afternoon of 4 July 1918, Private Frank Roberts of the 21st Battalion wrote in his diary bemoaning the life of an infantryman. He had just participated in one of the most successful engagements fought by Australians on the Western Front during the First World War, but the 30-year-old orchardist from Hawthorn wasn’t too happy about the early morning start.
04 July 2018
Sculptor Charles Robb wrangled with just over half a tonne of clay to create a likeness of General Sir John Monash to mark the 100th anniversary of the battle of Hamel.
03 July 2018
Artist Napier Waller lost his right arm after being wounded in the fighting at Bullecourt in 1917, but he never lost his love of art. Today, Napier Waller is also remembered at the Memorial through a new $10,000 art prize which has been named in his honour.
22 June 2018
The Australian War Memorial has launched a free state-of-the-art virtual reality experience to mark the 100th anniversary of the battle of Hamel.
21 June 2018
He was wounded at Tobruk and taken prisoner at El Alamein, but Ernest Brough never lost his humanity or his will to make it home.
20 June 2018
More than 75 years ago Ivor Whittaker disappeared while gathering intelligence during the Second World War
20 June 2018
When Australian Army nurse Kathleen Neuss sat down to write a letter home from Singapore on 6 February 1942 she couldn’t have known it would be her last.
19 June 2018
18 June 2018
