Australian War Memorial

Fromelles, 110 years on: Stories and Objects from the National Collection

Discover the items and objects from Fromelles held by the AWM.  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 ...
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Syrian Campaign

The Syrian Campaign is one of the least-known Australian operations of the Second World War. Between 7 June and 11 July 1941, Australian troops, principally from the 7th Division, fought as part of an ...
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Battle of Hamel

Well-planned successful limited Allied action on the Western Front, 4 July 1918. Designed to straighten the Allied line the battle was notable for the careful co-ordination of infantry, artillery, ...
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Official Opening of Anzac Hall and the Atrium

Last week, the Australian War Memorial welcomed guests to the official opening of the new Anzac Hall, with the Prime Minister and Governor-General joining the occasion to mark this significant ...
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General Dynamics RF-111C strike/reconnaissance aircraft, A8-134 : Royal Australian Air Force

General Dynamics RF-111C swing wing all-weather supersonic attack and reconnaissance aircraft. All metal construction with the two crew (pilot and navigator/systems operator) sitting side by side in a ...
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Kokoda Trail Campaign

The Kokoda Trail was a path that linked Ower's Corner, approximately 40 km north-east of Port Moresby, and the small village of Wairopi, on the northern side of the Owen Stanley mountain range. From ...
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Volume III – Tobruk and El Alamein (1st edition, 1966)

This volume's main theme is the 9th Australian Division's contribution in 1941-42 to the defeat in North Africa of the German and Italian Army commanded by Field Marshal Rommel. In March 1941, soon ...
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Volume IV – The Japanese Thrust (1st edition, 1957)

This volume of the army series of the Australian official war history relates mainly to the operations on Malaya in the first ten weeks of the war against Japan. It has, however, an introductory ...
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Volume II – Greece, Crete and Syria (1st edition, 1953)

This second volume of the army series of the official history of Australia in the war of 1939-1945 describes the campaigns in Greece, Crete and Syria in 1941. In Greece the main British force in the ...
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AWM4 Subclass 26/45 - 2nd Australian Field Ambulance

AWM4 26/45/1 - April - October 1915 AWM4 26/45/2 - November 1915 AWM4 26/45/3 - December 1915 AWM4 26/45/4 - January 1916 AWM4 26/45/5 - February 1916 AWM4 26/45/6 - March 1916 AWM4 26/45/7 - April ...
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Volume I – The Story of ANZAC from the outbreak of war to the end of the first phase of the Gallipoli Campaign, May 4, 1915 (11th edition, 1941)

This first volume starts with the outbreak of war and ends on 4 May 1915 - just nine day after the fateful Gallipoli landing. It sets the whole campaign in perspective, starting with the assassination ...
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Volume XI – Australia During the War (7th edition, 1941)

The eleventh volume of The Official History of Australia in the War of 1914-1918 is the necessary companion to the earlier volumes dealing with Australia's military operations. Scott's work covers the ...