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Meteor jets No.77 Squadron

Lessons of the Korean War

The Korean war redefined Australia's armed force development and contribution

By John Blaxland

Korean War 1950 - 1953
An RAAF convoy, transporting the V2 rocket through Sydney, September 1957.

Rocket Science for Australians

The Memorial’s V2 rocket and Meillerwagen trailer have many stories to tell

By Duncan Beard

Second World War 1939 - 1945
Horses in France: Nord Pas de Calais

Animals in war

Australians have had a long history of fighting alongside animals.

By Meleah Hampton

Australians cleaning off mud, France, December 1916

Somme Sort of Life

Mud and mortality on the Western Front.

By Stephanie Boyle

First World War 1914 - 1918
Private Victor Nelson of 2/3 Pioneer Battalion at Tarakan, Borneo, 1945

Service as Citizenship

After the First World War, Indigenous soldiers struggled to gain rights and recognition.

By Rachel Caines

First World War 1914 - 1918
Holly with her paternal grandparents and sisters during the Bicentennial Naval Review, January 1988.

An Arc of Service

A Wollongong builder, a nurse, an Ararat grocer and a bank clerk. Normal Australians. My family.

By Holly Pritchard

General Douglas MacArthur and Prime Minister John Curtin, 1943

The Final Campaigns

Australian forces were more engaged in 1945 than in any other year of the Second World War.

By Dr Karl James

Second World War 1939 - 1945
Australian Army soldiers from Special Operations Task Group conduct a range practise in Uruzgan province, southern Afghanistan, in 2012.

Assessing war trauma

The health costs of the war in Afghanistan raise unanswered questions.

By Alexander McFarlane

Afghanistan 2001 - 2021
Private Henry Horneman - Korea

Life in the Line

Soldiers of 1RAR in Korea

By Rose Dryzek

Korean War 1950 - 1953
British troops along the beach at Cape Helles

The Evacuation of Helles

After the Australian escape from Anzac Cove on Gallipoli would similar deceptions work again?

By Peter Hart

First World War 1914 - 1918