Uncovering the name and story of one of these individuals – Private Charlie Bob Ngakyunkwokka, who, in accordance with cultural protocols should be verbally referred to as “Waal Waal Ngakyunkwokka” ...

Troops at Arthur’s Seat attended many events while stationed there, including an Anzac Day service, held at nearby Stirling Oval and a Good Friday church parade. The first Army parade in which the ...

Major Angela Uphill [E&OE] Good morning, I am Major Angela Uphill, and I have had the privilege of serving as a Physiotherapist in the Royal Australian Army Medical Corps for 22 years. My service has ...

Rear Admiral Matthew Paul Buckley, AM, CSC, RAN. [E&OE] It is a great privilege to be with you this morning to honour the service and sacrifice of Australians over many generations… to our nation… in ...

Eighty years ago, on 15 August 1945, Emperor Hirohito publicly announced Japan’s acceptance of the Allies’ terms and Japan’s surrender. Nazi Germany had surrendered to the Allies three months earlier.

The Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has marked a major milestone at the Australian War Memorial by officially opening its new Main Entrance yesterday, Monday 3 February 2025. Sitting underneath the ...

Annette Blair is an Australian glass artist with a practice spanning over 20 years. Blair creates and produces work for herself, as well as fabricating glass for other high-profile artists. Speaking ...

A destroyed United Nations Land Rover, which lay in the buffer zone between the Greek Cypriot and Turkish-controlled areas of Cyprus for decades, has arrived at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra ...

The new Main Entrance Foyer, designed by Studio.SC, was officially opened to the public on 3 February 2025. Situated directly below the existing forecourt, visitors can enter from the Sculpture Garden ...

Although the Australians had arrived in Rwanda after the civil war and genocide, the country was not completely free of violence. In Kigali, it was not uncommon for Australian medics to treat people ...

A crowd of more than 32,000 people gathered in the dark this morning at the Australian War Memorial for the Anzac Day Dawn Service, commemorating the 109th anniversary of the Gallipoli landing. The ...

During the Second World War German Panzer generals were lionised by propaganda companies, and were seen by many at home as dashing princes leading their armoured knights into combat. However the story ...