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Cairns Veteran Honoured at Australian War Memorial
The Australian War Memorial in Canberra will be commemorating the service and sacrifice of Myola resident Ronald Richard Veivers at the Last Post Ceremony on Tuesday, 23 January 2024.
Media release
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Red Shield Appeal Hunter and Central Coast Launch
Address given by Mr Matt Anderson PSM, Director, Australian War Memorial for the Red Shield Appeal Hunter and Central Coast Launch, 2 May 2023.
Speech
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Youngest Bugler Sounds the Final Last Post Ceremony of the Year
Jackson Boyd first sounded the bugle at the Australian War Memorial's Last Post Ceremony as a teenager. Five years on, the youngest bugler to perform at the ceremony has sounded The Last Post almost 300 times.
Media release
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'The Little Digger'
It was Christmas Day 1918, and the men of the Australian Flying Corps 4 Squadron had just sat down to enjoy a sumptuous Christmas lunch when a small French boy wandered in to the airmen's mess at Bickendorf Air Base in Germany.
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The silent soldiers of Naours
It was just before Christmas, during the bitterly cold winter of 1916, when Australian Gunner Thomas Charters Forbes etched his name into the walls of a chalky limestone cave in northern France. More than a century later, his name is one of the thousands discovered etched into the walls of the subterranean city of Naours, a vast underground system of caves and tunnels beneath the plateau of Picardy.
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The Role of Catalinas in Australia's War in the Pacific
It is often said that the Consolidated PBY Catalinas were to Australia what the Supermarine Spitfire was to Britain. With an ability to fly long hours at a low altitude at a slow pace (ideal for mine placement), it was one of the most important Allied aircraft of the Pacific War.
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'It's a really lovely work to have'
Art curator Alex Torrens couldn't believe it when she opened her email. It was just before Remembrance Day, and there, hidden amongst the messages in her inbox, was a message offering the Memorial a rare pastel drawing from the First World War.
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Looking back at Vietnam
The Vietnam War was Australia's longest and most controversial military commitment of the 20th century. By Ashley Ekins.
Wartime
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Mission to Iran
Squadron Leader Rita Blackstock, a Royal Australian Air Force nurse, was posted to the second United Nations Emergency Force (UNEF II) peacekeeping operation in December 1978. By Amanda New.
Wartime
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Spinning the reels: Kaleidoscopic decay
Film has an enduring power to shape the way the Australian public have understood and remembered war. By Victoria Poppins.
Wartime
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Finishing the job
The Australian return to Afghanistan in 2005 was difficult, but it produced lessons that need to be learned.
Wartime
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Out in the cold
Australians served all over the world during the Second World War, and by far the most travelled were those serving in the Royal Australian Air Force. By Hannah Max Billington.
Wartime