Tens of thousands gathered at the Australian War Memorial for the Anzac Day Dawn Service on Saturday 25 April 2026, marking 111 years since the first landings at Gallipoli.

The second battle of the Marne resulted from the third major thrust of the great German offensive of 1918. Beginning in late May 1918, the German advance reached the Marne River in early June leaving ...

AWM4 Subclass 23/1 - 1st Infantry Brigade AWM4 Subclass 23/2 - 2nd Infantry Brigade AWM4 Subclass 23/3 - 3rd Infantry Brigade AWM4 Subclass 23/4 - 4th Infantry Brigade AWM4 Subclass 23/5 - 5th ...

Although there had been some trench warfare in the American Civil War of 1861 - 65, and the Russian-Japanese War of 1904 - 05, it wasn't until the First World War that fixed trench warfare became the ...

*A revised estimate, dated January 26, 1919, in the same book gives the total number of Australians killed as 8,709. This larger figure is the accepted official estimate of the total number killed. In ...

In most ceremonies of remembrance there is a reading of an appropriate poem. Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them. In ...

This ceremony is held after the Anzac Day Dawn Service at “For Our Country” Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander service Memorial. This commemorative ceremony is conducted to honour those Indigenous ...

The purpose of the Australian War Memorial is to commemorate those Australians who have died as a result of war or active service, and those who have served our nation in times of conflict. Teach ...

The army biscuit, also known as an Anzac wafer or Anzac tile, is essentially a long shelf-life, hard tack biscuit, eaten as a substitute for bread. Unlike bread, though, the biscuits are very, very ...

Australian Imperial Force unit war diaries, 1914-18 War - AWM4 Class 23 - Infantry < Previous Record | Next Record > Accession Number RCDIG1000744 Collection number AWM4 23/32 Collection type ...

This is one in a series of blogs that covers the basic aspects of Australian uniforms during the First World War. There is a great diversity between nursing uniforms of the First World War. This ...

The Australian Field Ambulance has played a vital role during times of conflict, assessing injuries, providing initial medical care, and removing the wounded from combat zones. During the Vietnam War, ...