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Des Files smokes a cigarette

Ripples of Wartime: Des Files

Des was opposed to the conscription of young men of his own generation to fight in Vietnam.

Vietnam War 1962 - 1975
Japanese soldier points gun during military training video

Captured Japanese Film

Reels of Japanese film, captured by Australian forces post WWII

By Daniel Eisenberg

Second World War 1939 - 1945
Film still from 'Danger Close'

Danger Close

Actor Travis Fimmel talks portraying Vietnam War veteran Major Harry Smith in Danger Close.

Vietnam War 1962 - 1975
A collection of Tom Richards' honours: (L-R): 1908 Olympic gold medal, Military Cross, 1910 Lions cap, Wallabies cap (1908-1912) and his portrait

Two rugby legacies

Only two players have ever represented both the Wallabies and the British & Irish Lions.

First World War 1914 - 1918
Major Peter Clay crouches in a field with two men.

Mine clearance in Mozambique

In 1994, Major Peter Clay filmed this home movie while deployed to Mozambique.

By Ally Roche

Peacekeeping 1947 - today
Front side view of a Caribou aircraft on an airstrip with snow capped mountains in the background

Not your standard milk run

Super 8 footage of a peacekeeping operation in India and Pakistan during the mid 70s.

By Rebecca Forster-Osbourne

Peacekeeping 1947 - today
A group of seven Australians standing around a microphrone. Squadron Leader James Catanach is in the centre.

The Great Escape

The Great Escape, the largest Allied prisoner of war breakout of the Second World War.

Second World War 1939 - 1945