John Monash is considered one of the war’s outstanding commanders. Monash was born in Melbourne on 27 June 1865. He was dux of Scotch College and studied arts and engineering at Melbourne University, ...

This exhibition contains war related material, including references to suicide, confronting language and images which some people may find challenging and disturbing. The views and statements provided ...

Container Mark 1A for small bombs. Label on side indicates that the bomb weight range that can be used in this device is from 4 pounds to 40 pounds. The metal container has 3 bakelite Mark 2 ...

Show JPG document of AWM133 19 - Nominal roll of Australian Imperial Force who left Australia for service abroad, 1914-18 War: Gaal H L - Glen G W (417.68 KB JPG) (file) ...

Alfred Shout epitomised the legend of Anzac. He was born in New Zealand in 1881. During the Boer War, Shout served with the Border Horse and Cape Field Artillery. In 1905 he settled in Australia with ...

Poppy's Café is located on the beautiful grounds of the Australian War Memorial. The café offers a warm and welcoming space, the perfect place to enjoy breakfast, lunch or some quiet reflection. The ...

Leonard Keysor was one of several men who, although not born in Australia, won the Victoria Cross as members of the AIF. He was born in London in November 1885, spent ten years in Canada while growing ...

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"Royal Australian Navy 1939-1942", first of the two naval volumes in the Australian Official History of the 1939-1945 War, told of Australia's naval policy, and of the part played by her navy in the ...

Inflatable 1941 Pattern 'Mae West' life jacket ('Waistcoat, life-saving, stole-inflated pattern'). The internal inflatable bladder (or 'stole'), kapok pads and other fittings are not present. The ...

John Simpson Kirkpatrick was one of a multitude of ordinary men, who with incedible and uncoscious heroism, turned the glorious failure at Gallipoli into a remarkable and national tradition - ANZAC ...

Western Australia's 2/28th Infantry Battalion was raised in 1940, with the nucleus of the battalion coming together at Melville Camp, near Fremantle, on 17 July. The battalion was initially raised as ...