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Launceston Anzac honoured at Australian War Memorial
The Australian War Memorial in Canberra will be commemorating the service and sacrifice of Launceston resident Flight Sergeant Albert Beckett at the Last Post Ceremony on Thursday 13 June.
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Rockhampton Anzac honoured at Australian War Memorial
The Australian War Memorial in Canberra will be commemorating the service and sacrifice of Rockhampton resident Corporal Roydon Hoadley Pinhey at the Last Post Ceremony on Tuesday 18 June.
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D-Day pilot honoured at Australian War Memorial
The Australian War Memorial in Canberra will be commemorating the service and sacrifice of Pilot Officer Colin Douglas Bell at the Last Post Ceremony on Wednesday 5 June, on the eve of the 80th anniversary of D-Day.
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Seeking copyright holders
The Memorial is seeking permission from the copyright holders to publish the collections listed below.
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Last Post Ceremony
Commencing at approximately 4.30pm AEST, the Memorial farewells visitors with its moving Last Post Ceremony, held in Memorial's Commemorative courtyard.
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Bomber Command Annual Service Welcoming Remarks 2024
Welcoming remarks delivered by Mr Matt Anderson, Director of the Australian War Memorial
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Bomber Command Annual Service Commemorative Address 2024
Commemorative Address delivered by delivered by His Excellency General the Honourable David Hurley AC DSC (Retd)
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Last Post Ceremony leading online commemorations for all
The Australian War Memorial is leading Australian commemorations with a daily live-streamed Last Post Ceremony, made possible through the generous support of the Returned and Services League (RSL) of Australia and the RSL and Services Clubs Association.
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National Sandakan Remembrance Day Welcoming Remarks 2024
Welcoming remarks delivered by Mr Matt Anderson, Director of the Australian War Memorial
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Why work at the Memorial?
The Australian War Memorial is an exciting and innovative place to work The Memorial's world-class exhibitions are housed in the nation's most revered commemorative site, set in beautifully landscaped grounds at the foot of Mount Ainslie
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Australian War Memorial Digitisation project - Seeking copyright holders
The Memorial is seeking permission from the current copyright holders to publish articles and other material that has been written or created by the people listed...
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Bringing them home: Indigenous Veterans and the Stolen Generations
While Indigenous soldiers experienced some degree of equality while serving with the Australian armed forces during the World Wars, many faced dispossession, discrimination, and exclusion upon their return home. For some, this included the removal of their children.
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The curious case of John Brenell: The only known Jewish Aboriginal Australian First World War soldier?
There is only one identified Aboriginal Australian soldier buried among the hundreds of Commonwealth First World War graves at Outtersteene Communal Cemetery Extension.
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Napier Waller Art Prize
Napier Waller Art Prize The Napier Waller Art Prize is open to all current and former service personnel in the Australian Defence Force. The prize encourages artistic excellence, promotes the transformative power of creativity, and raises awareness of the experiences and talent of service personnel. Image: Aldo Rossi (left), Severino De Marco (centre) and Napier Waller, examining the mosaic prior to the first fixing, in the Hall of Memory at the Australian War Memorial.
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Kat Rae wins prestigious 2024 Napier Waller Art Prize
The Australian War Memorial is proud to announce that Kat Rae, who served in the Australian Army for 20 years before becoming a full-time artist in 2019, has won the 2024 Napier Waller Art Prize with a thought-provoking installation.
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Honouring Private Miller Mack
Miller Mack was one of 21 Ngarrindjeri men from the Point McLeay Mission (now known as Raukkan) and the surrounding region to enlist for service in the Australian Imperial Force during the First World War.
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Big Things in Store
The Big Things in Store open day at the Treloar Technology Centre is a wonderful, is a rare opportunity for the public to see behind the scenes of the Memorial's collection.
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National Reconciliation Week 2024
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people please be aware that this resource contains images and names of deceased persons.
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Stone of Remembrance moved to complete new Parade Ground
The Stone of Remembrance is returning to the Parade Ground of the Australian War Memorial.
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Australian Peacekeepers in Western Sahara
On 6 September 1991 a group of Australian signallers in the remote Western Sahara desert strung an antenna to the roof of their hotel room.
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Napier Waller Art Prize 2024 judging under way
Judging is under way for the Napier Waller Art Prize 2024. The exhibition at Australian Parliament House opened to the public on Friday 10 May.
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Ink in the Lines
Many members and veterans of the Australian Defence Forces have tattoos, and while their reasons for getting tattooed are as varied as the people themselves, self-expression and belonging play a part.
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Virtual excursions
Is your school unable to travel to Canberra? Book a virtual excursion for your class in 2019.
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Strange serendipity
Tangential links and strange coincidences spanning two oceans over several years created a legacy for the Bagley-class destroyer USS Mugford that is represented in the National Collection today.
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ACTION! Film and War
Since the earliest days of film, the moving image has been used to document, promote, report on, and recreate events from our military history. Film has shaped our understanding of the Australian experience of war. ACTION! Film & War follows Australians armed with cameras who have shared their experiences as they record history and bear witness to conflict - either as a professional duty or for their personal record. This exhibition is also the story of movies themselves - the comfort they can provide to those serving far from home and the way they can take our war stories, re-frame them and share them with new audiences. Drawing chiefly on the collection of the Australian War Memorial, these are stories of Australia, war and the power of the moving image.
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International Nurses Day
On the 12th of May we celebrate International Nurses Day, recognising the invaluable contribution nurses have made to our society.
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Roll of Honour name projections
The names of those who gave their lives during War are projected onto the facade of the Memorial from sunset to sunrise every night.
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From Anguish To Art
Veteran, war widow, mother, advocate and artist are some of the titles Kathryn (Kat) Rae holds. Beyond these labels she exemplifies courage, resilience and determination.
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RSL ACT Branch Anzac Day Veterans' March 2024
This Anzac Day, 25 April 2024, the ACT Branch of the Returned and Services League of Australia veterans' march will return to the Parade Ground of the Australian War Memorial.
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Anzac Day
Anzac Day is our day of national commemoration. Each year, on 25 April, the Australian War Memorial marks the Gallipoli landings in 1915, as well as commemorating all Australians who have served and died in military operations.
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Anzac Day Dawn Service Commemorative Address 2024
Commemorative Address delivered by Vice Admiral David Johnston AC RAN Vice Chief of the Defence Force
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Thousands honour Veterans' March at Memorial
Matt Anderson PSM, Director of the Australian War Memorial, says he was delighted to see large crowds attend the Anzac Day 2024 ACT RSL Veterans' March held at the Memorial's new Parade Ground.
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32,000 attend Anzac Day Dawn Service at Australian War Memorial
A crowd of more than 32,000 people gathered in the dark this morning at the Australian War Memorial for the Anzac Day Dawn Service, commemorating the 109th anniversary of the Gallipoli landing.
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Parade Ground Opening for Anzac Day Veterans' March
The Australian War Memorial will proudly welcome veterans, current serving members, their families and the public to its newly developed Parade Ground for the 2024 ACT RSL Veterans' March this Anzac Day. The Veterans' March will be held on the parade ground for the first time since 2021, after construction work completed there last week.
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Vice Chief of the Defence Force to give Dawn Service address
This year's Dawn Service address at the Australian War Memorial will be given by the Vice Chief of the Defence Force, Vice Admiral David Johnston AC RAN. Vice Admiral Johnston has had a distinguished career in the Australian Navy and has served as Vice Chief of the Australian Defence Force since 2018.
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Veteran who lost both legs in Afghanistan to take first steps on new Parade Ground
Fifteen years after losing both legs to a Taliban bomb in Afghanistan Damien Thomlinson will make history as one of the first people to walk on the new Parade ground at the Australian War Memorial on Anzac Day 2024. Damien was a member of the 2nd Commando Unit which drove over an Improvised Explosive Device in April 2009. His medical team were forced to amputate his legs to save his life. Damien saw this as a new challenge to be overcome.
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Order of Veterans March 2024
This Anzac Day, 25 April 2024, the ACT Branch of the Returned and Services League of Australia veterans' march will return to the Parade Ground of the Australian War Memorial.
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The Loss of Lark Force
At its closest point, New Guinea is 160 km from the Australian mainland. During the Second World War, it was of strategic importance to Australian security.
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New in the First World War Galleries
On your next visit to the Australian War Memorial you may notice some different items in Australia in the Great War, the Memorial's First World War galleries.
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Private McCorkell's South African War
Private John McCorkell's diary, which was donated to the Memorial, records his experiences serving with the 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles in the Boer War, 1899-1902.
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Australian War Memorial welcomes findings of ANAO report
The Australian War Memorial welcomes the Australian National Audit Office findings, which found the Memorial has established 'largely effective' frameworks for project management, procurement and contract management.
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Blayney Anzac honoured at Australian War Memorial
The Australian War Memorial in Canberra will be commemorating the service and sacrifice of Blayney resident Private George Phillip Kable at a Last Post Ceremony on Monday 11 March 2024.
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Australian Pilot from The Great Escape honoured at Australian War Memorial
The Australian War Memorial in Canberra will be commemorating the service and sacrifice of Squadron Leader James Catanach at the Last Post Ceremony on 25 March 2024. James Catanach was part of the escape from Stalag Luft III made famous in the movie The Great Escape. The ceremony will occur on the 80th anniversary of the escape.
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The Home (movie) Front
The development of the domestic cine-camera as a smaller, light-weight and user-friendly device throughout the 1930s and 1940s, as well as the increasing availability of 16mm and 8mm film, encouraged individuals to record their lives in moving image and share their films with others.
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Hitler's Panzer Generals
They were fighting for Germany, but also serving themselves. By David Stahel
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The Normandy myths
The notion that the Allies fought badly on Normandy does not hold up. By Robin Prior
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Daring Deeds: Captain Lionel Matthews
On 2 March 2015, the Memorial accepted the donation of a George Cross which had been posthumously awarded to Captain Lionel Colin Matthews.
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On a Nuremberg moon
One raid in 1944 became Bomber Command's worst night of the war. By Lachlan Grant
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"A terrific flash of light"
Corporal Allan Chick's story is one of survival against the odds, after surviving many horrors of war. By Meghan Adams
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Spinning the reels: Australians in Russia, 1919
Australians continued to serve after the Armistice that ended the First World War. By Emma White.
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Operation Babylift
Crews of RAAF Hercules C130's had an unusual mission in their last month in Vietnam. By Emily Hyles.
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Bringing home a bride
From ancient times to modern, wars have produced tales of love between soldiers sent to foreign shores and civilians there who received them. By Anna Wilkinson.
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A VC on any other day
Lieutenant Alexander MacNeil's exploits at Bullecourt placed him among the bravest Australians of the First AIF.
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War in the Mountains
Some of the bitterest fighting of the war took place in the Alps, but the front line was often the least of the Italian soldiers' worries. By Vanda Wilcox.
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Two wheels to the Front Line
During the First World War the bicycle was a significant item of military equipment, yet it is often overlooked by historians.
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The Road to La Dolce Vita
While most of us are familiar with the harrowing experiences of Australian prisoners of war abroad, knowledge of those held in prisoner of war camps in Australia is far less common.
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Anzac At Home
This Anzac Day we'll come together, in person and in spirit, to commemorate the men and women who have served our nation in all wars, conflicts, and peacekeeping operations. However you choose to mark the day, we are here with ideas to help you make the most of it.
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Planning your visit
Read this important information to ensure your students have the best possible visit.
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'He never forgot he was a Light Horseman'
When General Sir Harry Chauvel retired from the army in 1930, he had one simple request: to ride every day.
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Dr Karen Bird, For Every Drop Shed in Anguish Dedication Ceremony
Address given by Dr Karen Bird at the For Every Drop Shed in Anguish Dedication Ceremony on 22 February 2024
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Ben Farinazzo, For Every Drop Shed in Anguish Dedication Ceremony
Address given by Ben Farinazzo at the For Every Drop Shed in Anguish Dedication Ceremony on 22 February 2024
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Alex Seton, Artist Address, For Every Drop Shed in Anguish Dedication Ceremony
Artist Address given by Mr Alex Seton at the For Every Drop Shed in Anguish Dedication Ceremony
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