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Jim Kerr, ex Prisoner-of War, Burma-Thailand Railway video (Video)

Jim Kerr, now 94 talks about his experience as a prisoner-of-war by the Japanese in the Second World War.

Gladys Waters, wife of Len Waters, Australia’s first Aboriginal Fighter Pilot video (Video)

Gladys Waters talks about her husband Len, Australia's first Aboriginal Fighter Pilot.

Catherine Jose Jackson, meteorologist with Bomber Command, UK video (Video)

Catherine Josie Jackson, now 100, is trained as a meteorologist with the Women’s Auxiliary Air Force remembers the Second World War, 80 years on.

Ron Barassi, former AFL player, father was killed while serving in Tobruk video (Video)

AFL legend Ron Barassi talks about his father who enlisted in the Second World War

Guy Griffiths, veteran, served in the Royal Australian Navy video (Video)

Guy Griffiths, now 96 talks about his experience when his ship Repulse is sunk by Japanese torpedoes off the Malayan coast in 1941

Guy Griffiths, veteran, served in the Royal Australian Navy video (Video)

Guy Griffiths, now 96 talks about his experience when his ship Repulse is sunk by Japanese torpedoes off the Malayan coast in 1941

Guy Griffiths, veteran, served in the Royal Australian Navy video (Video)

Guy Griffiths, now 96 talks about his experience when his ship Repulse is sunk by Japanese torpedoes off the Malayan coast in 1941

Hilda Grey, served in the Women’s Land Army video (Video)

Hilda Grey, now 91 talks about joining the Women’s Land Army when she is just 16.

Ron Barassi, former AFL player, father was killed while serving in Tobruk video (Video)

AFL legend Ron Barassi talks about his father who enlisted in the Second World War

Ron Barassi, former AFL player, father was killed while serving in Tobruk video (Video)

AFL legend Ron Barassi talks about his father who enlisted in the Second World War

Ron Barassi, former AFL player, father was killed while serving in Tobruk video (Video)

AFL legend Ron Barassi talks about his father who enlisted in the Second World War

Ron Barassi, former AFL player, father was killed while serving in Tobruk video (Video)

AFL legend Ron Barassi talks about his father who enlisted in the Second World War

Hilda Grey, served in the Women’s Land Army video (Video)

Hilda Grey, now 91 talks about joining the Women’s Land Army when she is just 16.

Guy Griffiths, veteran, served in the Royal Australian Navy video (Video)

Guy Griffiths, now 96 talks about his experience when his ship Repulse is sunk by Japanese torpedoes off the Malayan coast in 1941

Gladys Waters, wife of Len Waters, Australia’s first Aboriginal Fighter Pilot video (Video)

Gladys Waters talks about her husband Len, Australia's first Aboriginal Fighter Pilot.

Gladys Waters, wife of Len Waters, Australia’s first Aboriginal Fighter Pilot video (Video)

Gladys Waters talks about her husband Len, Australia's first Aboriginal Fighter Pilot.

Catherine Jose Jackson, meteorologist with Bomber Command, UK video (Video)

Catherine Josie Jackson, now 100, is trained as a meteorologist with the Women’s Auxiliary Air Force remembers the Second World War, 80 years on.

Ron Barassi, former AFL player, father was killed while serving in Tobruk video (Video)

AFL legend Ron Barassi talks about his father who enlisted in the Second World War

Guy Griffiths, veteran, served in the Royal Australian Navy video (Video)

Guy Griffiths, now 96 talks about his experience when his ship Repulse is sunk by Japanese torpedoes off the Malayan coast in 1941

Catherine Jose Jackson, meteorologist with Bomber Command, UK video (Video)

Catherine Josie Jackson, now 100, is trained as a meteorologist with the Women’s Auxiliary Air Force remembers the Second World War, 80 years on.

Catherine Jose Jackson, meteorologist with Bomber Command, UK video (Video)

Catherine Josie Jackson, now 100, is trained as a meteorologist with the Women’s Auxiliary Air Force remembers the Second World War, 80 years on.

Gladys Waters, wife of Len Waters, Australia’s first Aboriginal Fighter Pilot video (Video)

Gladys Waters talks about her husband Len, Australia's first Aboriginal Fighter Pilot.

Gladys Waters, wife of Len Waters, Australia’s first Aboriginal Fighter Pilot video (Video)

Gladys Waters talks about her husband Len, Australia's first Aboriginal Fighter Pilot.

Guy Griffiths, veteran, served in the Royal Australian Navy video (Video)

Guy Griffiths, now 96 talks about his experience when his ship Repulse is sunk by Japanese torpedoes off the Malayan coast in 1941

Guy Griffiths, veteran, served in the Royal Australian Navy video (Video)

Guy Griffiths, now 96 talks about his experience when his ship Repulse is sunk by Japanese torpedoes off the Malayan coast in 1941

Hilda Grey, served in the Women’s Land Army video (Video)

Hilda Grey, now 91 talks about joining the Women’s Land Army when she is just 16.

Catherine Jose Jackson, meteorologist with Bomber Command, UK video (Video)

Catherine Josie Jackson, now 100, is trained as a meteorologist with the Women’s Auxiliary Air Force remembers the Second World War, 80 years on.

A "rat" with a nice turn of phrase

Sapper George Vincent Sarto Rudge was one of the Rats of Tobruk. He was also a poet with an eye for detail who spent much of his spare time recording in his diaries the events in which he was…

A beer bottle barrage and stealing into Timor

During World War Two I spent much of my flying career in the Royal Australian Air Force as a wireless operator-gunner in Catalina flying boats, from mid-1941 to 1943, mostly covering the South…

A Bitter Fate—Australians In Malaya & Singapore (Book)

The commemorative publication is part of a series; A Bitter Fate. It explores theatres of war and campaigns during the Second World War. The publication concentrates on Australia’s involvement in the…

A Bitter Fate—Australians In Malaya & Singapore: Educational Activities (Student activity), (Educational)

This booklet of teaching activities for students complements the book, A Bitter Fate—Australians In Malaya & Singapore.

A day Harry Dale will never forget

The day the Japanese bombed Darwin is one that Harry Dale will never forget. He was on a ship in the harbour when the planes began their raid on Thursday, 19 February 1942, and was lucky to survive.

A family at war: the Lucas family

Between them the Lucas brothers represent a microcosm of the Australian Army's experience during World War II.

A fighting retreat

The month from the Japanese landing on 22 July 1942 to the action at Isurava can be seen as an Australian fighting retreat.

A flight to remember

Tony Tubbenhauer proved to be a versatile pilot during World War II. He learned to fly on Tiger Moths in Australia, then moved on to Ansons and during the war flew 17 different types of aircraft.

A Kokoda chronology

Timeline of key events from 1941 to 1944.

A Lark on the wing

Fl Lt Charles Lark applied to join the RAAF in December 1939 but it was more than a year later when he was finally signed up. While waiting, he received lessons in trigonometry, arithmetic, algebra,…

A Lebanese welcome to Australian troops (Video)

A life nobly given forever remembered

William White was listed as missing on Ambon sometime on or about 20 January.

A miserable scene

Although the fate of many Australians who remained in Rabaul will probably never be officially confirmed, we do know what happened to Richard Harvey.

A mother grieves for death of VC winner

Corporal John Hurst Edmondson, who was born in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, was awarded the Victoria Cross for gallantry in the Siege of Tobruk. He was the first Australian to be awarded a VC in…

A sermon on the sandhills (Video)

A soldier and a poet

Frank Lundie was born in Port Adelaide on 21 August 1899, although he didn't think that the authorities needed to know that.

A town at war

In 1944, Jim Fitzpatrick, an official war photographer with the Australian Information Service, was sent to document the impact of war on the people of Drouin, a small dairying town about 100 kilom

A visit to Hitler's study

Neal Carter was stationed in Germany with RAAF 451 Squadron, British Occupation Forces in November 1945.

A war of rain and blood' - Ivor Hele's New Guinea art

When Australian war artist Ivor Hele's latest exhibition of drawings and paintings of New Guinea was displayed in Melbourne in March 1945, Clive Turnbull in his review of the exhibition in Melbourn

ABC correspondent broadcasts stories of bravery

There were many tales of valour from the fighting in New Guinea during World War II. Typical was the story of 22-year-old Ken Sanderson.

Able Seaman Roy Scrivener (Audio file)

Able Seaman Roy Scrivener, HMAS Hobart. [Roy Scrivener, HMAS Hobart]

About the Kokoda Track: 1942 and today

The core of this site concerns the Kokoda track - or the Kokoda trail as it is sometimes called. The jungle warfare on the Kokoda track did not occur in isolation, you will also find here accounts of…

Action at Ioribaiwa Ridge

14-16 September 1942 At Ioribaiwa, forty kilometres from Port Moresby, the Australians assembled for battle their largest force so far in the fighting in Papua.
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