In January 1916, William boarded the troopship Commonwealth and returned to Australia. While he convalesced at home in ...

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Alice Ross-King was born in Ballarat, Victoria, on 5 August 1887 to Archibald and his wife, Henrietta. When Alice was still young the family moved to Perth, where as the result of an accident Alice's ...

Show JPG document of AWM133 10 - Nominal roll of Australian Imperial Force who left Australia for service abroad, 1914-18 War: Coates A E - Cooke C W (382.14 KB JPG) (file) ...

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With only modest progress accompanying the Allied attack at the Second Battle of Krithia in the first week of May 1915, a third attempt was made to secure the village of Krithia and the prominent hill ...

The battle of Midway was a decisive Allied naval victory and a major turning point in the Second World War. The battle was fought between Japanese and American carrier forces near the Midway Atoll, a ...

The Battle of Dunkirk was a battle in World War II between the Allies and Germany. A part of the Battle of France on the Western Front, the Battle of Dunkirk was the defence and evacuation of British ...

In late 2019, the gallery development team formed and embarked on the journey of developing 7,000 square metres of new galleries for the Australian War Memorial, tasked with telling the stories of ...

The Australian Women’s Army Service (AWAS) was formed in 1941 by Sir Percy Spender, who believed women were an underutilised resource in Australia’s war effort. The formation of the AWAS relieved men ...

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