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'We were part of recording history'
David Combe had gone out with a patrol on the Saigon River to capture images and footage for news agencies in Australia when the boat he was in capsized, leaving the group stranded with little to no food or ammunition.
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Exhibition spotlights film behind and beyond the front line
A new touring exhibition from the Australian War Memorial, Action! Film and War, is set to open in Sydney at the State Library of New South Wales on Friday 6 October.
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Australian War Memorial tops tourist list for Australia
The Australian War Memorial has been listed as one of the top 10 free tourist attractions in the world.
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Mutiny in Stalag XIII-C
Lance Sergeant Ronald Chambers sent 85 letters and postcards to his parents and siblings between 1941 and 1945, while a prisoner of war.
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'There was no mistaking their vicious intentions'
Vivian Bullwinkel thought she was going to die. The 26-year-old Australian army nurse had escaped the fall of Singapore, and survived the sinking of the SS Vyner Brooke, clinging to a life raft before making it ashore at Radji Beach on Banka Island. There, 22 Australian nurses were forced into the ocean and shot by Japanese soldiers. Bullwinkel was the only survivor.
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Post 9/11, Afghanistan and Iraq
Following the terrorist attacks in New York and Washington on 11 September 2001, US President George W. Bush declared a "war on terror".
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School Wreath Laying Ceremony
A unique and moving experience for a limited number of students each week.
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Education Publications
Downloadable books, posters, and more made available free of charge for classroom and educational use.
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Peace by Peaceful Means: Unarmed Australian Personnel on Bougainville 1997-2003
For more than five consecutive years almost 2,500 unarmed Australian military and civilian monitors worked closely with the Bougainvillean people, at times in isolated and remote parts of Buka and Bougainville Islands, to support peacebuilding in a region that had been exposed to almost a decade of violence.
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Neil Davis - Combat Cameraman
Australian cine-cameraman and correspondent Neil Davis experienced and recorded various conflicts throughout the south-east Asian region between the 1960s and 1980s.
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Australian War Memorial's Napier Waller Art Prize opens
The Australian War Memorial's 2024 Napier Waller Art Prize is now open for submissions from current and former Australian Defence Force personnel.
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Australians and the First World War
This program looks at the First World War and the role that Australians played. It examines the conditions, loss, sacrifice, and sentiment at home.
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Mission of care in the Vietnam War: 2 Field Ambulance, 1966-1967
The Australian Field Ambulance has played a vital role during times of conflict, assessing injuries, providing initial medical care, and removing the wounded from combat zones.
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Year in Review
A look back at key moments and anniversaries at the Australian War Memorial during the previous year.
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Donations & Bequests
Your generous donation will be used to ensure the memory of our Defence Forces and what they have done for us, and what they continue to do for our freedom remains - today and into the future.
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A steed reborn: the Australian War Memorial's restoration of OV-10A Bronco 67-14639
On 18 August 2023, Vietnam Veterans' Day, the Australian War Memorial unveiled a fully restored North American Rockwell OV-10A Bronco, model 639, which played a key role in the Vietnam War.
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Tech in Government: Digitisation is an essential strategy for the preservation of data
Address given by Mr Matt Anderson PSM, Director, Australian War Memorial for the Tech in Government Conference, 8 August 2023.
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OV10-Bronco Commissioning and Forward Air Controllers Welcome
Welcome address given by Mr Matt Anderson PSM, Director, Australian War Memorial for the OV10-Bronco Commissioning and Forward Air Controllers, 26 May 2023.
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Annual Bomber Command Memorial Service
Address given by Mr Matt Anderson PSM, Director, Australian War Memorial for the Annual Bomber Command Memorial Service, 4 June 2023.
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OV-10A Bronco restored to glory ahead of Vietnam Veteran's Day
The Australian War Memorial has unveiled a fully restored North American Rockwell OV-10A Bronco, model 639, which played a key role in the Vietnam War.
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'Nothing could prepare you for it'
As the Memorial prepares for the unveiling of the permanent display of the Long Tan Cross in the Vietnam Gallery, Dave Sabben remembers the battle of Long Tan.
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Interlude with a Hand Grenade
In 2016, Research Officer Amy Pym came across a fragile-looking book. On the front was the title "NX172702; Pte Allan 'Bluey' Bartlett; 2/17 Inf. Btn; Personal Experiences 1945". It was her late grandfather's war diary...
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Visit the Australian War Memorial
The Australian War Memorial is open for visitors as we work to expand our galleries. All visitors require a free timed ticket to enter the Memorial Galleries and attend the Last Post Ceremony.
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Lieutenant Colonel Vivian Bullwinkel commemorative sculpture
Lieutenant Colonel Vivian Bullwinkel AO MBE ARRC ED FNM FRCNA is the first sculpture to commemorate the service of an individual woman or nurse in the grounds of the Australian War Memorial.
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Harry Aldridge: Navigating Bomber Command
In April 1945, more than 200 Lancaster bombers flew to six different parts of the Netherlands. Rather than releasing bombs over their targets, they would be dropping food as part of Operation Manna. Among those taking part was Harry Aldridge, the first navigator in Bomber Command to be identified as having Aboriginal heritage by researchers at the Australian War Memorial.
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'He wanted to serve his country, but it ultimately cost him his life'
Edward "Toby" Hazel was killed in Korea just days after he wrote his final letter to his family.
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With a Trembling Hand and a Thankful Heart
At the beginning of 1942, George Mackisack's family received word that he was in a convalescent hospital in Singapore, recovering from wounds received in an air attack. This was the last news they would receive for almost a year.
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The charge of the 4th Light Horse Brigade at Beersheba
The battle of Beersheba took place on 31 October 1917 as part of the wider British offensive collectively known as the third Battle of Gaza. The final phase of this all day battle was the famous mounted charge of the 4th Light Horse Brigade.
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The story behind Andrew Fox-Lane's helmet camera
When Andrew Fox-Lane donated his helmet camera to the Australian War Memorial in 2013, the helmet and mounting systems did not come with it.
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