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.
Understanding Australian Identity Discs Part 3 : Second World War, Army
During the First World War, the army came to realise the importance of issuing two identity discs to each person so one could remain with a body and the other be collected for record keeping. In the Second World War, the identity disc remained the primary, and frequently only, method of being able to identify the dead.
Military helmets - an introduction
This article covers the basic aspects and some variants of helmets worn by the Australian Imperial Force.
Mystery Japanese sine wave diagram
It is almost certainly Japanese in origin due to the Japanese writing on it; and due to the age and paper is most likely to be of Second World War vintage.
Pattern 1908 Web Equipment
This blog will look at the British Mills 1908 Pattern web equipment issued to and used by the Australian Naval and Military Expedition Force and the Australian Imperial Force.
Second World War Escape and Evasion compasses
Continuing from the blog about Escape & Evasion maps issued during the Second World War, escape compasses were the next important piece of equipment to be developed by MI9. These compasses were produced in a vast variety and were issued as part of escape kits, hidden in uniforms, in buttons or inside innocent looking everyday items.
Second World War Escape and Evasion maps
This document covers some of the basic aspects of the creation and issuing of Escape & Evasion maps during the Second World War. It is not a definitive history but is a starting point for those who hold or are interested in Second World War E&E equipment.
Understanding Australian Identity Discs Part 2 : Second World War, Royal Australian Navy
Learn about identity discs used by the Royal Australian Navy in the Second World War
Forthcoming publication of the Changi book
To mark the 70th anniversary of the end of the Second World War in August 2015, the Australian War Memorial is publishing a book featuring a large collection of essays, collection items, works of art and photographs from Changi prisoner-of-war camp.