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WEBExplore Australia's military history and heritage at the Australian War Memorial, a place of commemoration and learning.
The Anzac Day Tradition | Australian War Memorial
WEBDuring the 1920s Anzac Day became established as a national day of commemoration for the more than 60,000 Australians who had died during the war. In 1927, for the first time, every state observed some form of public holiday on Anzac Day. By the mid-1930s all the rituals we now associate with the day – dawn vigils, marches, memorial services ...
Visit | Australian War Memorial
WEBEntry to the Australian War Memorial galleries and Last Post Ceremony is free. There are no booking or cancellation fees associated with ticketing, and the Memorial will not ask for credit card or payment details.
Gallipoli | Australian War Memorial
WEBGallipoli Most of the men recruited into the Australian Imperial Force at the outbreak of the First World War in August 1914 were sent to Egypt to meet the threat which the Ottoman Empire (Turkey) posed to British interests in the Middle East and to the Suez Canal. After four and a half months of training near Cairo, the Australians departed by ship for the Gallipoli peninsula, together with ...
Kokoda Trail Campaign | Australian War Memorial
WEBKokoda Trail Campaign. 2022 marks the 80th anniversary of the Kokoda Trail Campaign. By July 1942, the Japanese had swept all before them in a seemingly unstoppable advance through south-east Asia and into the Pacific. This series of victories brought Japanese forces into Australian territory in New Guinea and Papua, moving closer to the ...
First World War 1914–18 - Australian War Memorial
WEBSummary. Australia’s involvement in the First World War began when Britain and Germany went to war on 4 August 1914, and both Prime Minister Joseph Cook and Opposition Leader Andrew Fisher, who were in the midst of an election campaign, pledged full support for Britain. The outbreak of war was greeted in Australia, as in many other places ...
Structure | Australian War Memorial
WEBStructure. The best analogy to explain the structure of the Army is a collection of building blocks called sub-units that are combined in different ways to form larger groups that are known as units. Different combinations of these units can in turn be put together to form larger groups, known as formations. The basic structure of the Army is ...
Researching a person - Australian War Memorial
WEBResearching a person 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 during conflict.
Enlistment statistics, First World War - Australian War Memorial
WEBEnlistment statistics, First World War Please note that discrepancies can occur between figures drawn from various sources. This can occur because figures collected at various times by various bodies utilise different sources and/or apply different criteria.
Colonial period, 1788–1901 - Australian War Memorial
WEBColonial period, 1788–1901. British settlement of Australia began as a penal colony governed by a captain of the Royal Navy. Until the 1850s, when local forces began to be recruited, British regular troops garrisoned the colonies with little local assistance. From 1788 marines guarded English settlements at Sydney Cove and Norfolk Island ...