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.

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.

In late April 1944, an Australian pilot in England wrote home excitedly about the anticipated invasion of Europe. “You have no idea of the feeling in the air,” he told his family, “it is electric.” ...

The No 36 Mk 1 hand grenade was the standard anti personnel hand grenade of Australian forces during the Second World War. The body is oval shaped and is made from cast iron. The wall is segmented in ...

An attack carried out on 10 June 1918 by 7th Brigade of the 2nd Australian against the southern portion of the Morlancourt spur which overlooked the village of Sailly-Laurette on the Somme. Launched ...

The battle of Midway was a decisive Allied naval victory and a major turning point in the Second World War. The battle was fought between Japanese and American carrier forces near the Midway Atoll, a ...

The Australian Women’s Army Service (AWAS) was formed in 1941 by Sir Percy Spender, who believed women were an underutilised resource in Australia’s war effort. The formation of the AWAS relieved men ...

Private William Edward Kemp Grubb of Launceston, Tasmania was 25 years old when he and the newly-formed 26th Battalion embarked for Gallipoli on 29 June 1915. From the moment he embarked, he kept a ...

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.

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.

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 ...

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.