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Pilots Major Jason Duggan (left) and Captain Jason Otter, C Squadron, 5th Aviation Regiment in the cockpit of Chinook A15-201

Final Mission

How Sean Hobbs' photography became the cornerstone of the Memorial’s Afghanistan collection.

By Kate Dethridge

Afghanistan 2001 - 2021
A German stretcher bearer carrying a patient to an Aid Post.

A very rare stretcher

On a pallet at the Memorial’s Treloar Technology Centre is a very rare stretcher. 

By Emily Hyles

First World War 1914 - 1918
Members of the ski school line up to practice the kick turn.

Ascending the Summit

In December 1941, the 1 Australian Corps Ski School opened in Lebanon.

By Amanda Swadling

Second World War 1939 - 1945
Private Tammy Smithson provides medical assistance to a child in Suai's marketplace

Echoes of INTERFET

The lack of preparation and leadership in East Timor could have had disastrous consequences.

By Dr Craig Stockings

Peacekeeping 1947 - today
Patriots Australia Military Motorcycle Club members at the memorial

Riding in memory

The Afghanistan Avenue of Honour: a refuge and a place of contemplation, sorrow and love.

By Terri-Anne Simmonds

Afghanistan 2001 - 2021
Artwork by Alan Moore of HMAS Arunta patrolling the Admiralty Islands

The Arunta Log

The Tribal Class destroyer served widely and with distinction in Australia’s north in 1944.

By Commander Felicity Petrie

Second World War 1939 - 1945
Bletchley Park where women carried out vital work as codebreakers and cryptanalysts

Women and Deception

The role of women in espionage is a missing dimension in the history of D-Day.

By Dr Helen Fry

Second World War 1939 - 1945
Three RAAF members bottle feed Vietnamese babies at Tan Son Nhut airfield

Operation Babylift

Crews of RAAF Hercules C-130 has an unusual mission in the last days of the Vietnam war.

By Emily Hyles

Vietnam War 1962 - 1975
An American soldier inspects German loot, found at the Schlosskirche in the south German town Ellingen, 24 April 1945

McDonnell and the Monuments Men

Stolen masterpieces. A hidden Nazi treasure trove. An Australian officer on a mission.

By Alix Heraid

Second World War 1939 - 1945
Nurses and patients at the Anzac Hostel in Victoria c 1919.

Casualties of war

For those who survived the ordeal of combat, the medical legacies could last a lifetime.

By Craig Tibbitts

First World War 1914 - 1918
Chick Nagasaki

A terrific flash of light

Corporal Allan Chick’s story is one of survival against the odds.

By Meghan Adams

Second World War 1939 - 1945
Portrait of Krystyna Skarbek. Courtesy of National Portrait Gallery

Behind Enemy Lines

In the Second World War, a number of women served as agents amid the dangers of occupied Europe.

By Clare Mulley

Second World War 1939 - 1945
Alfred Bolter, Governor Davey's Proclamation to the Aborigines, 1816 (c. 1866, lithograph, 48 x 28 cm)

A Painted Proclamation

A colonial artwork in the Memorial’s collection has its roots in brutal frontier warfare.

By Dr Thomas Rogers

Colonial 1788-1901
Queensland Mounted Infantry drying their kit after a storm, Belmont, South Africa, c. 1900.

Letters from Elands River Post

The South African War was candidly described by colonial Australian soldiers.

By Dr Thomas Rogers

South African (Boer) War 1899 - 1902
New Guinea Infantry Battalion troops on their way to attack the village of Gisananbu 1945

Fuzzy Wuzzies and Green Shadows

During the Second World War, Papua New Guineans played a crucial part in the fight against Japan

By Tristan Moss

Second World War 1939 - 1945