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Private William Joseph Punch was one of more than 1,000 Indigenous men who volunteered for the First AIF.

Words of War: Defining War and Australian History

War can be surprisingly difficult to define

By Rachel Caines

& Duncan Beard

Frontier Wars

Boonpong Sirivejjabhandu (seated) with members of the Allied War Graves Commission

Undercover Hero

A local merchant from Thailand who helped prisoners of war on the Thai–Burma Railway.

By Sara Hodges

Second World War 1939 - 1945

Great at Heart: Gavin Merrick Long

Garry Hills

Reviewed by Dr Mark Johnston

Soldiers of the 2/8th Battalion prepare to attack Japanese defences on Mount Shiburangu, near Wewak in June 1945

Last Words in a Long War

Australians in the Pacific in 1945.

By Dr Mark Johnston

Second World War 1939 - 1945

Dive! Australian Submarines at War

Mike Carlton

Reviewed by Commander Felicity Petrie

HMAS Goorangai

The first ship of the Royal Australian Navy lost in the Second World War.

By Dr Thomas J. Rogers

Second World War 1939 - 1945

Michael "Mick" Jones

After leaving the Navy in 2001, Michael Jones found photography.

By Jessica Benter

“There is no ‘off time’ on the Peninsula, and the firing goes on forever.” Soldiers of the Royal Irish Fusiliers man frontline positions at Cape Helles. Photographer: Ernest Brooks

The Dominion of Fear

Morale and combat motivation of Commonwealth soldiers in the two World Wars.

By Gary Sheffield

Second World War 1939 - 1945

Survival in Singapore

Tom Trumble

Reviewed by Meghan Adams

Iris Dexter standing under the starboard engine of a Doughlas C-47 aircraft. Photograph by Barbara Isaacson.

Tenacious trailblazers: 7 female war reporters

7 incredible female war reporters.

By Cait Tullis

Australians standing by in a hot section of the front, 400 yards from the enemy, Tobruk

Behind the Cover: Siege of Tobruk

One of George Silk’s most striking photographs of Australian soldiers during the siege of Tobruk

Second World War 1939 - 1945

The clearing in the centre of the islet is the airfield. Photo credit NH 95704 US Naval History and Heritage Command Collection

Visiting battle grounds: Tarawa

A remote atoll in the Pacific was taken in 1943 at immense cost.

By Emily Hyles

Second World War 1939 - 1945

Something happened here last night

On 16 October 1975, five Australian journalists were killed by Indonesian military forces.

By Sarah Kershaw

Matron Muriel Doherty, RAAFNS, Alfreda Markovitch, 1948, oil on canvas

Nurse at Bergen-Belsen

After the war, an Australian nurse served with the United Nations at the infamous camp.

Second World War 1939 - 1945

Pioneers of the First Battalion building thunderboxes, August 1915.

Thunderboxes & Flies

Poor sanitation on Gallipoli was a silent killer on the battlefield.

By Jennifer Selby

First World War 1914 - 1918

Definitely Not Cooks

In the modern era, women have forged outstanding Army careers as photographers too.

By Jennifer Selby

& Meleah Hampton

Afghanistan 2001 - 2021

Napier Waller, In the trenches (c. 1918, watercolour on paper, 24 x 36 cm). AWM ART94646

Artist in the Trenches

Napier Waller served with the artillery in the First World War.

By Ann Ashton

First World War 1914 - 1918

Some of the first 22 WRANS on parade at HMAS Harman, August 1941.

The First WRANS

Women trained as wireless telegraphists to free men for war, leading to the WRANS formation.

By Jennifer Selby

Second World War 1939 - 1945

A Face to Remember: The story of Astrid Wagstaff

Letters to a model reveal wartime longing, connection and a life cut tragically short.

By Alix Heraid

Second World War 1939 - 1945

Colin Douglas Simper and his wife Irene on their wedding day

Wartime love story: Colin and Irene Simper

Letters reveal Colin and Irene Simper’s wartime love story.

By Alix Heraid

Second World War 1939 - 1945

Papua New Guinean experiences of the Pacific War

Australian war artists captured striking portraits of Papua New Guineans who served in WWII.

By Dr Sylvia Cockburn

Second World War 1939 - 1945

LINCOLNSHIRE, ENGLAND. 1943-09-09. CORPORAL W. E. DAWSON OF ALBERTON, SA, RIDING ON A "COOKIE" (4000LB BOMB) TO BE LOADED ONTO "A2" AUSSIE, A LANCASTER AIRCRAFT OF NO 460 SQUADRON RAAF BASED AT RAF STATION BINBROOK. THE NOSE ART ON THE AIRCRAFT IS THE AUSTRALIAN COAT OF ARMS. AWM UK0487

More than just paint

RAAF Nose Art in Europe

By Garth O'Connell

Second World War 1939 - 1945

Intelligence on the Somme

British intelligence systems played an influential role in the conduct of the fighting in 1916.

By Jim Beach

First World War 1914 - 1918

A man with a flamethrower on his back sets fire to the grass as smoke billows ahead.

Assault by Fire

Flame-throwers aroused terror and revulsion, but they came to be used by all sides in warfare.

By Shane Casey

First World War 1914 - 1918