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.
Rare donation of book signed by Gallipoli veterans
Read the statement from His Excellency Mr Stephen Brady AO CVO, Australian Ambassador to the French Republic on the donation of a book signed by Gallipoli Veterans
2015 Australian Summer Scholars Presentations
Presentations written by the 2015 Australian Summer Scholar winners.
Jack and the Singapore surrender table
This simple teak table is one of the most poignant physical reminders of one the darkest chapters of Australian and British military history, the fall of Singapore on 15 February 1942. Along with tens of thousands of Indian, Malaysian, Singaporean and British lives approximately 15,000 Australian servicemen and women’s fates were played out on this table.
Building Butts and Bayonets; A guide to moulding and casting replica rifles for the FWW dioramas
A large component of the conservation process and the overall rejuvenation of the First World War dioramas at the AWM has been to create new rifles and bayonets for missing or non-original rifles (suspected to be from previous interventions).
In deep respect - Bede Tongs OAM MM
In Memorium of Bede Tongs OAM MM. Learn more about his life and achievements from Gallipoli, his poetry, and his work with the Australian War Memorial.
New Art Acquisition by Eric Thake
Learn more about the art of Eric Thake, Official War Artist to cover RAAF operations from 1944 to 1945
