This website contains war-related material, including images which some people may find confronting and disturbing.

In late 2019, the gallery development team formed and embarked on the journey of developing 7,000 square metres of new galleries for the Australian War Memorial, tasked with telling the stories of ...

Arthur Blackburn, a lawyer, became the first South Australian to receive the Victoria Cross. At the 1915 landing on Gallipoli, it is believed that he and another man penetrated further inland than ...

The Memorial can host up to three classes per virtual excursion, to a maximum of 100 students. Schools are limited to two bookings per term. Programs run for forty-five-minutes and are currently free ...

Crete's position in the centre of the eastern Mediterranean made it a key strategic asset during the Second World War. For the Allies it offered potential as a base for operations in the Balkans, and ...

The Battle of Dunkirk was a battle in World War II between the Allies and Germany. A part of the Battle of France on the Western Front, the Battle of Dunkirk was the defence and evacuation of British ...

Your generous donation will be used to ensure the memory of our Defence Forces and what they have done for us, and what they continue to do for our freedom remains – today and into the future.

Your generous donation will be used to ensure the memory of our Defence Forces and what they have done for us, and what they continue to do for our freedom remains – today and into the future.

In the early hours of 19 May 1915 a numerically superior Turkish force attacked towards the centre of the ANZAC position, attempting to recapture the beachhead and repulse them from the peninsula. The ...

Your generous donation will be used to ensure the memory of our Defence Forces and what they have done for us, and what they continue to do for our freedom remains – today and into the future.

Show JPG document of AWM133 39 - Nominal roll of Australian Imperial Force who left Australia for service abroad, 1914-18 War: Nelson A - Nyman A (456.75 KB JPG) (file) ...

The 2/43rd Australian Infantry Battalion was formed on 17 July 1940, after the start of the Second World War. It was stationed at Woodside Camp in the Adelaide Hills of South Australia from July until ...