Dr Lachlan Grant’s office is filled with books and stories about war, but it’s a copy of an old photograph of 12 intricately-carved wooden panels that stands out.

Rat of Tobruk, Bob Semple, will be speaking at the Anzac Day National Ceremony. Here he tells his remarkable story.

Bob Semple turns 98 next month, but he remembers the siege of Tobruk as if it was yesterday. Read part two of his story.

Loved and lauded by his German countrymen; reviled, feared and admired by his enemies, Manfred Baron von Richthofen was the First World War’s most prolific ace, shooting down 80 Allied aircraft until he was himself brought down and killed on 21 April 1918.

As the Memorial launches an online exhibition marking 35 years since the release of I was only 19, singer-songwriter John Schumann tells the story behind the Redgum classic.

The work of members of Z Special Unit in Borneo was to remain hidden under secrecy legislation for 30 years after the war; the men did not march on Anzac Day and rarely spoke of the events or met with members of their unit.

Air-dropped into enemy-held territory, a small Allied force prepared the way for the final assault.

He was cut off from his platoon for 14 days with only a couple of biscuits to eat, and was shot by the Japanese at Kokoda, but Cyril Allender still considers himself lucky.