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Summer at the Australian War Memorial – Sights, sounds, and stories
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Lieutenant Colonel Vivian Bullwinkel AO MBE ARRC ED FNM
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661 Staff Sergeant Harry Laughlan Bowser, 2nd Light Horse Brigade, AIF
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Medal group of Australian army nursing sister and POW Vivian Bullwinkel donated to the Australian War Memorial
The medal group of Australia’s most distinguished nurse, the late Lieutenant Colonel Vivian Statham (née Bullwinkel) AO MBE ARRC ED FNM, was today…
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Bushmaster goes on permanent display outside Australian War Memorial
An Australian Army Protected Mobility Vehicle or “Bushmaster” that saw action in Iraq and Afghanistan was installed today for permanent display on…
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2015 sees record number of visitors to the Australian War Memorial
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Indigenous military service recognised
The Australian War Memorial has published a new study by military historian Chris Clark which provides a brief history of Aboriginal and Torres Str…
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AWM announces new Council chair
The Australian War Memorial today announced that prominent Australian businessman and respected philanthropist, Kerry Stokes AC, has been appointed…
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Thousands brave rain to attend 2015 Remembrance Day National Ceremony
On this day each year, people across the globe observe one minute’s silence in memory of those who have died or suffered in war and armed conflict,…
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Corporal Charles Harry Orme
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Private Maitland Madge
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Storm temporarily closes ANZAC Hall
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Remembrance Day, Wednesday 11 November 2015
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Vale Major General “Digger” James
On behalf of the Chairman, Council and all members of the Australian War Memorial staff, the Director Dr Brendan Nelson expresses his deepest condo…
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Ben Quilty: After Afghanistan tours to Townsville from the Australian War Memorial
Ben Quilty: After Afghanistan is an extraordinary Australian War Memorial Touring Exhibition by one of the nation’s most incisive artists, and is o…
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Explosive Detection Dog and Handler Sculpture
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Herbie and Sapper Darren Smith, 2nd Combat Engineer Regiment
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War correspondents memorial dedicated at the Australian War Memorial
On 23 September 2015, 100 years since journalist Keith Murdoch dictated a powerful report conveying his searing indictment of the situation on Gall…
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First World War Victoria Cross presented to the Australian War Memorial
Australia’s most decorated soldier of the First World War will have his medal group – including the revered Victoria Cross – on display at the Aust…
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Big Things in Store 2015
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The Changi book: resurrected 70 years on
Some 70 years after its originally planned publication, The Changi book, a fascinating collection of personal accounts of life for Austral…
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Audacity: stories of heroic Australians in wartime
The Australian War Memorial is proud that the Children’s Book Council of Australia has selected its publication Audacity: stories of heroic Austral…
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Last Post Ceremony Flight Lieutenant William Ellis Newton - VP day 15 August
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Victory in the Pacific Day at the Australian War Memorial
This Saturday marks the 70th anniversary of the end of the Second World War – Victory in the Pacific. To commemorate this defining moment in Austra…
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