Leslie Cecil Maygar was born near Kilmore, Victoria, on 27 May 1868. He was farming at Euroa when he volunteered for service with the Victorian Mounted Rifles and served in the South African War. It ...

Father of media magnate, Rupert, Keith Murdoch was also a newspaper proprietor and journalist. He was born in Melbourne on 12 August 1885 and, as a youth, suffered from a debilitating stammer that ...

Described by Charles Bean as "short and dapper in figure, a vigorous, brave, upright and understanding leader of fighting men", William Birdwood commanded the Australian Corps for much of the First ...

Show JPG document of AWM133 47 - Nominal roll of Australian Imperial Force who left Australia for service abroad, 1914-18 War: Scott M - Simpson J O (425.95 KB JPG) (file) ...

Gordon Bennett, born on 16 April 1887 at Balwyn, Melbourne, was Australia's most controversial Second World War commander. As a youth he attended Balwyn State School and Hawthorn College before ...

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 ...

Frederick Lawrence Wall, born in 1892, was a medical practitioner from Adelaide who joined the war effort as a captain in the Australian Army Medical Corps on 25 May 1915. He departed Melbourne aboard ...

Note FIRST only. A single sheet from the New Guinea 1:500 000 topographical map series (T401) covering the area around Cape de Goede Hoop on the northern coast of Doberai Peninsula (Kepala Burung or ...

Note FIRST only. A single sheet from the Vietnam 1:50 000 topographical map series (L7014) covering the area around the town of Cao Lanh in the southern province of Kien Phong (modern Dong Thap).

Note FIRST only. A single sheet from the Vietnam 1:50 000 topographical map series (L7014) covering the area around the coastal town of Rach Gia in the southern province of Kien Giang, on the Gulf of ...

Note Contents: 1. The Genesis of UNSCOM -- 2. The Conceptual Framework of UNSCOM: Independence Was the Key Factor -- 3. UNSCOM in Action -- 4. Intelligence -- 5. Dealing with the Iraqis -- 6.

Japanese Army khaki rubberised canvas pouch containing bleach. Sewn onto the top of the back of the pouch are two short lengths of cotton tape and a length of shoelace-type cord. There are Japanese ...