Archived Media Releases 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 Australian War Memorial welcomes HMAS AE1 find 21 December 2017 The Australian War Memorial today welcomed the news that the Royal Australian Navy submarine HMAS AE1 has been found off the Duke of York Islands… View more Memorial announces Remembrance Day program 2018 12 December 2017 In October and November 2018 the Australian War Memorial will deliver a moving program of commemorative events to mark the centenary of the Armisti… View more Menin Gate lions return to Memorial; feature documentary to air 05 December 2017 The Australian War Memorial’s iconic Menin Gate lions have been returned to Australia from Belgium and will go back on display on 14 December. View more Memorial receives Royal Australian Navy Seahawk helicopter 04 December 2017 The last operational Royal Australian Navy (RAN) Seahawk “Bravo” helicopter, known as Seahawk 872, was today donated to the Australian War Memorial… View more Memorial launches innovative partnership with tech giant Leidos 22 November 2017 The Australian War Memorial today launched a partnership with Leidos Australia which will see a new technology-based approach to telling the storie… View more Memorial unveils Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara art commission 16 November 2017 The Australian War Memorial today unveiled a vast painting by artists from the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) lands in South Australia… View more Squadron Leader Gary Oakley awarded Memorial Fellowship 11 November 2017 Squadron Leader Gary Oakley has been honoured by the Council of the Australian War Memorial with the prestigious Fellowship. View more Thousands attend 2017 Remembrance Day National Ceremony 11 November 2017 At 11 am today the nation paused for Remembrance Day, marking the 99th anniversary of the Armistice that ended the First World War. View more Memorial launches online interactive Art of nation 10 November 2017 The Australian War Memorial has launched Art of nation: Australia’s official art and photography of the First World War, a… View more Memorial launches trailblazing Special Forces exhibition 17 October 2017 The Australian War Memorial will this evening officially launch From the shadows: Australia’s special forces. View more Memorial marks 70th anniversary of Australian involvement in international peacekeeping efforts 13 September 2017 The 70th anniversary of Australia’s involvement in international peacekeeping efforts was today marked in a unique ceremony at the Australian War M… View more Memorial observes 75th anniversary of Milne Bay and Kokoda 25 August 2017 Over the next week the Australian War Memorial will hold a series of commemorations to mark the 75th anniversaries of the battle of Milne Bay and t… View more Second World War veterans showcased in photography installation 15 August 2017 The Australian War Memorial has become the proud custodian of 6,500 contemporary portraits of Second World War veterans; on the 72nd anniversary of… View more Volume VI of the Official History of Peacekeeping launched 09 August 2017 The sixth volume in the Official History of Peacekeeping, Humanitarian and Post–Cold War Operations was officially launched today by Professor the… View more Volunteer Family History Service trialled at the Memorial 01 August 2017 As part of National Family History Month, the Australian War Memorial will be trialling a volunteer-run Family History Service each weekend in Augu… View more 90th anniversary of the opening of Menin Gate 24 July 2017 The 90th anniversary of the opening of the Menin Gate Memorial to the Missing in Ieper (Ypres), Belgium, will be observed today at the Australian W… View more Victoria Cross centenary project hits peak, with three more medals on display 13 July 2017 Three Victoria Cross medals from the First World War will go on display in the Australian War Memorial’s Hall of Valour as part of the Victoria Cro… View more Bryan Gandevia Prize awarded at Australian War Memorial 29 June 2017 The third Bryan Gandevia Prize for Australian Military–Medical History was today awarded to Lieutenant David Woolley for his honours thesis, “Not y… View more Memorial makes it onto the all-new Monopoly Australia board 14 June 2017 The Australian War Memorial will feature on the all-new Monopoly Australia board. View more Historian Peter Burness awarded Queen’s Birthday honour 09 June 2017 Peter Burness, the renowned historian who retired from the Memorial in 2016 after 43 years of service, has been honoured in the Queen’s Birthday 20… View more Two more Victoria Crosses to go on display 08 June 2017 The First World War Victoria Cross of Sergeant Samuel George Pearse MM and Lieutenant Albert Chalmers Borella MM will go on permanent display. View more Remembering those who served in Bomber Command 75 years on 06 June 2017 This year marks 75 years since Royal Australian Air Force squadrons joined combat operations with Bomber Command during the Second World War. View more Australian War Memorial’s first musical artist in residence 26 May 2017 Musician Chris Latham has been appointed the Australian War Memorial’s first ever musical artist in residence. View more Memorial farewells Mephisto 26 May 2017 Visitors to the Australian War Memorial only have until the end of May to see Mephisto. 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