The Australian War Memorial acknowledges the traditional custodians of country throughout Australia. We recognise their continuing connection to land, sea and waters. We pay our …

Bringing together a world-class museum, a shrine and an extensive archive, the Australian War Memorial tells the stories of men and women who have served and continue to serve our nation.

The Memorial has an extensive collection of photographs and photographic material. The project is digitising photographic negatives made of glass, nitrate and acetate that are at risk of …

Digitisation is an essential strategy for the preservation of the Memorial's National Collection. It helps preserve the original items and allows greater access to the collection by the public and …

The opening months of 1942 were perhaps the darkest days of the Second World War for Australia, with the seemingly unstoppable advance of Imperial Japanese forces across Asia …

The Memorial's collections and website contain a wealth of material which can help you research the service and wartime experiences of relatives who served in Australia's military forces …

Function and provenance Australia’s military involvement in the war in Vietnam lasted from 1962 to 1973. The initial commitment in July and August 1962 consisted of a group of 30 instructors …

This series records the logistic processes involved in transporting the AIF to Europe and back again, in the form of movement orders, war diaries, nominal rolls and telegrams. The logistics …

The nominal roll was compiled in London in 1919. It shows regimental number, last rank, name (including honours), unit at the end of the war, date of enlistment, non-effective entry (killed in …

Note Like all military organisations around the world, the Australian Military are prodigious users of abbreviations, acronyms and codes. While many are used in common with other nations, …