Papua New Guinea’s 50th anniversary of independence from Australia on 16 September 2025 provides an opportunity to reflect on ...

MacLeod served as a nursing officer in the Australian Army, with peacekeeping deployments that left an indelible mark. As ...

Exercise Puk Puk Papua New Guinea 2024. Australian Army Engineers repairing a bridge at Wewak, New Guinea, about a 5km from Moem Barracks on the way to Wewak. Photographer David Whittaker.

Two portraits by Australia’s first official war artist, Will Dyson, have been donated to the Australian War Memorial by the family of Victoria Cross recipient William Dunstan. The works, one of ...

Offering a sheltered harbour, Milne Bay, on the south-eastern tip of Papua was selected for development as an Allied base - the key component of which was three airstrips - in 1942. These facilities ...

Measurement Overall: 66.2 cm x 99.9 cm; sheet: 63.6 cm x 97.2 cm ...

Arthur Sullivan, born at Prospect, Adelaide, was a bank officer when he enlisted in April 1918. Too late for active service in France, and determined to see action, he volunteered for the British ...

Campaign and service medals recognise service rendered by members of the Australian Defence Force in prescribed warlike operations. Honours and awards are conferred in recognition of gallant or ...

The Nominal Roll of Vietnam Veterans was prepared by the Department of Veterans' Affairs (DVA). The roll contains information from the Service records of more than 60,000 military members who served ...

At the outbreak of the First World War, the number of people volunteering to enlist for the Australian Imperial Force (AIF) was so high that recruitment officers were forced to turn people away. As ...

Nominal rolls are lists of those who served, which often include useful information to research an individual further such as service number and unit. Details of approximately 324,000 AIF personnel, ...

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 ...