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Our Air Raid Shelter (Audio)

Our Air Raid Shelter. [Written by Jack Davey]

OUR AIRMEN PROMINENT IN INVASION (1944) newsclip (Image)

This article tells us about the involvement of Australian squadrons in the D-Day operations.

Overseas Celebrations: Remembrance Day Poster 2020 (Poster)

We've created this poster to commemorate all those who served during World War II. Display our poster to help remember and recognise the contributions of all Australians during the war.

Papua New Guinea Remembrance Trails website (Website)

This commemorative website tells the story of World War II in Papua New Guinea using a step-by-step approach along 7 trails.

Passing out of Officer Cadets (Video)

On 25 November 1944, Sergeant (Sgt) Lindsay Bear DCM MM, Sgt Tom Derrick VC DCM and Sgt Reg Saunders were presented with their pips at the passing out parade at the Officer Cadets' Training Unit (…

Pat Guest - World War II veteran (AWAS) (Video)

Pat Guest enlisted in the Australian Women’s Army Service (AWAS) in 1942.

Pat Curtis - World War II veteran (Oral history)

Pat Curtis - World War II veteran (Video)

Pat Curtis enlisted in the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) on 9 July 1942 at 17 years of age. He served from July 1943 until November 1945 aboard HMAS Westralia.

Pat Darling (Oral history)

Pat Darling recalls her experience of the plane that came to release them from their prison camp and take them home after the war had ended.

Pat Guest - World War II veteran (AWAS) (Oral history)

Patriotism: Stories from the Australian home front during the Second World War (Book), (Educational)

This commemorative publication is a part of the series, Century of Service. It explores stories from several Australians who served on the home front in World War II. The stories highlight examples…

Paul Cullen (Oral history)

Peacekeeping in the Middle East: Expressions - Commemoration through Art (Online lesson), (Student activity), (Educational)

A printable activity sheet to help develop students' understanding of wartime through artwork. The photograph shows Australian peacekeeper Lieutenant Colonel Keith Desmond Howard in the Middle East…

Percival Eric Gratwick

Percival Eric Gratwick was 38 when he enlisted in the 2nd Australian Imperial Force (AIF).

Percy Clyde Statton

Perilous sea voyages for Australian POWs in World War II

Transport by seaThe ship was like a wreck; ragged, rusted gear, broken casting, bits of plating and junk, winch cylinders almost rusted through, great cankers of rust as if the

Peter Dixon - World War II veteran (Oral history)

Peter Dixon - World War II veteran (Video)

Peter Dixon enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force on 3 March 1941 in Melbourne.

Peter Jarzabkowski - World War II veteran (Oral history)

Peter Jarzabkowski - World War II veteran (Video)

Peter was born Zdzislaw Piotr Jarzabkowski in Poland on 17 September 1920. He enlisted in the Polish Army when war broke out in Europe in 1939.

Peter Jensen - World War II veteran (Oral history)

Peter Jensen - World War II veteran (Video)

Peter Jensen enlisted in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) in February 1941.

Peter Munro - World War II veteran (Oral history)

Peter Munro - World War II veteran (Video)

Peter Munro was a clerk in the Western Australian railways before the war. He enlisted in June 1943 and was trained as an aircrew gunner in Australia.

Phil Agnew - World War II veteran (Oral history)

Phil Elger/Bill Evans - World War II veterans (RAAF) (Video)

Phil Elger enlisted with the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) in June 1942 in Sydney. After basic training, he sailed to England and was based at Mildenhall, Suffolk.

Phil Elger/Bill Evans - World War II veterans (RAAF) (Oral history)

Phil Orchard - World War II veteran (Oral history)

Phil Orchard - World War II veteran (Video)

Phil Orchard joined the Merchant Navy in Melbourne in November 1941.

Phil Agnew - World War II veteran (Video)

Phil Agnew first served in the militia in 1940.

John Steeles - World War II veteran (Video)

John Steeles was working as an apprentice printer before he enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (AIF) in December 1941.

Photo: Muriel Heagney (Image)

Phyl Ahearn - World War II veteran (AWAS) (Oral history)

Phyl Ahearn - World War II veteran (AWAS) (Video)

Phyl Ahearn (nee Platt) enlisted in the Australian Women’s Army Service (AWAS) in February 1943 at Lakemba, New South Wales.

Port Moresby today (Video)

The Japanese objective in 1942 - Port Moresby, as it is today.

POW camp journals kept morale high

To offset the boredom of life in prisoner of war camps, particularly those in the European conflict, a huge amount of effort went into physical and creative activity - apart from the many escape…

POW repatriation (Video)

On 2 March 1946, 2500 Japanese, Formosan and Korean nationals - former prisoners of war and internees - embarked on the Daikai Maru. The prisoners arrived at No 1 wharf Balmain in Sydney's inner west…

POWs liberated (Video)

Allied POWs in Keijo camp included about 40 Australians who were captured in Singapore. The POWs were liberated by US forces on 9 September 1945.

Preparing for war (Video)

Prison camps near Hellfire Pass

Camps for Allied prisoners of war and rōmushaThis system of marching battalions into unprepared jungle camps was the [Japanese] policy … in this initial monsoon period

Prison camps of F Force

Hardship and death for Allied prisoners of warIf ever I see home again … I want nothing more … than to forget these awful days—swollen bodies, bloated from beriberi, walking sk

Prisoner journeys to the Burma-Thailand Railway in World War II

Getting to the railwayBy day steel carriages scorched with the heat of the sun: by night they were like ice boxes.

Prisoners and labourers on the Burma-Thailand Railway in World War II

AustraliansBy any quantitative measure the imprisonment of so many Australians is a major event in Australian history.

Prisoners of War: In Their Own Words (Online lesson), (Video), (Student activity), (Educational)

Hear Australian veterans share their harrowing experiences of captivity during the Second World War.

Private Richard 'Gordon' Hughes (Video)

Private Richard 'Gordon' Hughes was a Field Ambulance stretcher bearer in 2/8th reinforcements in Syria, Lebanon, Tobruk and El Alamein. In these excerpts from his interview he describes some of his…

Private Samuel Fejo: Expressions - Commemoration through Art (Online lesson), (Student activity), (Educational)

A printable activity sheet to help develop students' understanding of wartime artworks. Arthur Murch, an Australian official war artist in World War II, painted this portrait in 1942. The soldier in…

Propaganda posters during the Second World War (Worksheet), (Educational), (Student activity)

This self-contained lesson helps secondary students learn about the use of propaganda posters in World War II. Students will explore the historical context and key features of propaganda. They will…

Proud Echo (Audio)

'Proud Echo' was composed by Lieutenant Commander Phillip Anderson to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the loss of HMAS Perth and USS Houston during the Battle of Sunda Strait. The march features the bugle, a traditional instrument of communication use

RAAF and RAF personnel (Image)

RAAF Flying Officer Allen Cover (Video)

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