Born in 1873 in Rose Bay, Sydney, John Saumarez Dumaresq was the son of pastoralist William Alexander Dumaresq and his ...

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 ...

The digitisation of mega maps is an essential component of the Memorial's ongoing project to digitise some 1,900 selected maps in our collections. Through the process of digitisation, collections once ...

Place Middle East: Ottoman Empire, Turkey, Dardanelles, Gallipoli, Anzac Area (Gallipoli), Nek (Gallipoli) ...

Decorations Australian personnel only: 1 GM; 1 BEM; 3 DSO & 1 bar; 31 DFC & 5 bars; 2 DFM; 5 MID No. 455 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force was formed at Williamtown, New South Wales, on 23 May 1941 ...

The Somme offensive, also known as the battle of the Somme, is the term given to series of battles fought between 1 July and 18 November 1916 along the Somme Valley in France. It was the main ...

This volume relates how the Australian Army, supported by Allied naval and air forces, and with the help of some American regiments, drove the Japanese out of most of the mainland of Australian New ...

Every year, as Anzac Day approaches, people become curious about Anzac biscuits. Maybe it's because the thought of them is a delectable relief to the sombreness of that day and all that it ...

Eyewitness accounts of the end of the First World War, as recorded in diaries and letters, are now available online as part of a major digitisation project led by the Australian War Memorial. These ...

It has become known as Australia’s blackest night. On 19 July 1916, the troops of the 5th Australian and 61st British Divisions attacked a strong German position, at the centre of which stood the ...

At 4.20 am on 8 August 1918 the Australian Corps — together with the Canadian Corps, and with the support of a British corps on the left and the French First Army on the right — attacked the German ...

“The flu went on and on like the war, thousands of life [sic] was soon ended. We that survived were still in action. … I was sent to the Embarkation Hospital at Sutton Veny, waiting for transport home ...