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Volume I – Royal Australian Air Force, 1939–1942 (1st edition, 1962)
This volume is concerned mainly with the air war against Japan from December 1941 to the end of the first quarter of 1943 when air superiority was first wrested from the Japanese. It describes ...
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Harnessing the Horsepower of Mules on the Western Front
Despite advancements in railway technology, animal haulage was still in heavy use. Horses, mules and even men hauled supplies ...
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METIS and Monash – An Inside Look into the Memorial’s Map Digitisation Project
The Memorial is currently digitising over 300 First World War maps that form part of the Sir John Monash Collection ...
awm.gov.au9 年
Improvised sentry's warning wire : Pope's Hill, Gallipoli
Length of barbed wire, to which is attached two jam tin lids and two jam tins by pieces of wire or barbed wire. A large round piece of tin with crimped edges is attached to the main length of barbed ...
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No. 2 Squadron RAAF
When eight Canberra jet bombers of 2 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), landed at Phan Rang air base in South Vietnam in April 1967, the squadron had already been serving in south-east Asia ...
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5th Australian Light Horse Field Ambulance
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.
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2/4th Field Regiment
Following the formation of the 6th Division, in early 1940 it was decided that the 2nd Australian Imperial Force (AIF) would be expanded. The decision to raise the 7th Division was made in February ...
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Egypt Medal 1882-1889 : Private W Divall, New South Wales Contingent to the Sudan
Egypt Medal 1882 -1889 with the bar 'SUAKIN 1885'. The recipient's number, rank, name and regiment are engraved on the edge. Obverse: The diademed and veiled head of Queen Victoria with the legend, ...
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Virtual excursions
During a live, interactive session with educators, students can explore some of the galleries at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra, and see photographs, works of art, and film. They can learn ...
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First World War Official Histories
Copying Provisions Copyright restrictions apply. Only personal, non-commercial, research and study use permitted. Permission of copyright holder required for any ...
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3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment
In 1945 Australia sent three units to Japan as part of the British Commonwealth Occupation Force (BCOF). Originally known as the 65th, 66th and 67th Infantry Battalions, they were raised from ...
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Simpson and his donkey, 1915
'Arguably Australia's most famous soldier is neither a general nor a Victoria Cross recipient, but a stretcher bearer who served briefly in the nation's first major campaign'. Peter Corlett's ...