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.
Unidentified Birdwood connections
Learn more about unidentified connections to General Sir William Birdwood
"I'm 21 to-day and I've never been 21 before."
Learn more about Private Vivian Noble and how he spent his 21st birthday camped in the desert outside Cairo
Vale Peter Anthony Ward
In Memoriam, learn more about the life of Peter Anthony Ward, photographer of the Vietnam War
So far from home: sending and receiving mail in the trenches
Learn more about the importance of mail for the moral of troops in WWI
Highlight on official records of the First World War: AWM8 - Unit Embarkation Rolls
Learn about official records of the First World War, why they exist and how we can help make these essential records available for research purposes.
Recent donation of rare watercolours by John Brack
Learn more about the work of artist Jon Brack during the Second World War.
Ceramic poppies from the Tower of London come to the Memorial
Learn about the Ceramic Poppies from the Tower of London's Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red Centenary installation donated to the Australian War memorial