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![2nd Lieutenant Alfred John Hearps will be honoured at the Last Post Ceremony at the Australian War Memorial on Tuesday 9 July 2024. Photo supplied by his family.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/37914/summaryimage/alfred-in-uniform.jpg?h=f6d7b90e&itok=aA9Kav2M)
Aboriginal Tasmanian Anzac honoured at Australian War Memorial
The Australian War Memorial in Canberra will be commemorating the service and sacrifice of 2nd Lieutenant Alfred John He…
View more![Computer render of the Oculus in southern entrance of War Memorial](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/37911/summaryimage/cam_01-southern_entrance-07052024.jpg?itok=gyTC2sj7)
Australian War Memorial begins Oculus glass installation
Installation of glass has begun at the Oculus above the new southern entrance of the Australian War Memorial. The glass has completed its long sea…
View more!["George" the Lancaster Bomber as it will appear in Bomber Command Gallery](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/37907/summaryimage/awm-minmud-08-upper_anzac_hall_09-04-2024-copy.jpg?h=93524d7c&itok=m_FUl9s5)
New details of Australians in Bomber Command gallery announced
The Australian War Memorial has released a new image and further details of the new Bomber Command gallery at the Memorial.
View more![The Australian War Memorial in Canberra will be commemorating the service and sacrifice of former Geelong resident, Lieutenant Colonel John Charles Robertson at the Last Post Ceremony on Saturday 29 June. Image supplied](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/37895/summaryimage/20240629-lieutenant-colonel-john-charles-robertson.jpg?h=c2b804b4&itok=-YqwLnct)
Geelong Anzac honoured at Australian War Memorial
The Australian War Memorial in Canberra will be commemorating the service and sacrifice of former Geelong resident, Lieutenant Colonel John Charles…
View more![Colonel Jinbu Kim with Korean War Veteran Colin Berryman](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/37886/summaryimage/awm24.pr_.076.019a1023.jpg?h=14ed01e5&itok=ZL_zwIfL)
Cold War Gallery re-opens at Australian War Memorial
The Australian War Memorial launched its revised Cold War Gallery on the 74th anniversary of the start of the Korean War, Tuesday 25 June.
View more![Beaufort bombers of No. 100 Squadron flying over jungle country in New Guinea during the Second World War. Accession No. 014683A](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/37869/summaryimage/4075534.jpg?h=7347ad0e&itok=TTL1m3UZ)
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 th…
View more![Studio portrait of 1732 Private (Pte) Roydon Hoadley Pinhey, 25th Battalion. After serving at Gallipoli he was promoted to Corporal and was initially reported as missing in action in France. A later Court of Enquiry determined that he had been killed in action 29 July 1916 at Pozieres, aged 32. He is commemorated on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial. Accession No. H06566](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/37872/summaryimage/4127839.jpg?h=f793c7b9&itok=sJLEZXxW)
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 t…
View more![Pilot Officer Colin Bell's name is one of more than 103,000 on the Roll of Honour at the Australian War Memorial.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/37866/summaryimage/colin-bell.jpg?itok=4ZvkKCpB)
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 B…
View more![Kat Rae](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/37853/summaryimage/53754085986_051d55e812_o.jpg?itok=PVnlrZqT)
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…
View more![After a temporary relocation lasting nearly three years, the Memorial's iconic Stone of Remembrance is back where it belongs – at the heart of the Memorial's new Parade Ground.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/37841/summaryimage/cover-image-20665_0.jpg?h=4950497c&itok=FsUKL75I)
Stone of Remembrance moved to complete new Parade Ground
The Stone of Remembrance is returning to the Parade Ground of the Australian War Memorial.
View more![Napier Waller Art Prize logo, white text on black background](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/37835/summaryimage/nwap-banner.png?h=309ab3da&itok=09Yjkci3)
Napier Waller Art Prize 2024 judging under way
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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’ M…
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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 t…
View more![Damien Thomlinson](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/37813/summaryimage/damien-thomlinson-photo.jpg?itok=tNcI2bFR)
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…
View more![Australian War Memorial Parade Ground](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/37801/summaryimage/parade-ground-wide.jpg?h=71976bb4&itok=FaP7iRVT)
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 Gro…
View more![Dawn Service at the Australian War Memorial](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/37798/summaryimage/dawn-service-23.jpg?h=56d0ca2e&itok=O7nHM7Ze)
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 A…
View more![Parade ground of the Australian War Memorial nearing completion](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/37713/summaryimage/parade-ground.jpg?itok=BPFRwJH5)
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’ fr…
View more![Squadron Leader James Catanach second from left](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/37671/summaryimage/suk10126_2.jpg?h=b9f2343c&itok=-Z-ya3RW)
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 Catanac…
View more![Private George Phillip Kable](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/37624/summaryimage/fw2laxpf.png?h=be21d8a0&itok=VZVzZ14I)
Blayney Anzac honoured at Australian War Memorial
The Australian War Memorial in Canberra will be commemorating the service and sacrifice of Blayney resident Private Geor…
View more![New Parade ground at Australian War Memorial nearing completion](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/37605/summaryimage/25-02-24_sky_7149.jpg?itok=36UqWoJ6)
Parade Ground Opening for ANZAC Day Veteran’s March
The Returned and Services League (RSL) ACT Branch and the Australian War Memorial are calling on veterans to register for the 2024 ACT RSL ANZAC Da…
View more![Sculpture For Every Drop Shed in Anguish at Australian War Memorial](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/37599/summaryimage/alex-seton_for-every-drop-shed-in-anguish_2024-004_0.jpg?itok=MdxAAN26)
Blood sweat and tears set in stone at Australian War Memorial
The Australian War Memorial will host a dedication ceremony for a “meaningful” contemporary artwork For Every Drop Shed…
View more![Original handwritten letter from Mac Keshan under microscope](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/37593/summaryimage/maginifying-photo.jpg?h=0a8b6f8b&itok=xuVIDKbo)
Call for volunteers to transcribe letters from the front lines
The Australian War Memorial is calling for volunteers to transcribe thousan…
View more![SHAGGY RIDGE, NEW GUINEA. 1943-12-27. 500 POUNDER BOMBS DROPPED FROM UNITED STATES ARMY FIGHTER AIRCRAFT EXPLODING ON JAPANESE POSITIONS ON THE "PIMPLE" DURING THE 2/16TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION, 21ST AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BRIGADE ASSAULT ON THE RIDGE.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/37578/summaryimage/shaggy-ridge-explosion.jpg?itok=H2kX7pig)
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…
View more![Jackson Boyd sounding the last post at the Australian War Memorial](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/37572/summaryimage/jackson-playing.jpg?h=15ff8977&itok=PNvf-1S4)
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 yea…
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