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Shell Green Cemetery Gallipoli: For evermore … (Video)

A short film exploring the stories behind Shell Green Cemetery, overlooking the sea on the Gallipoli Peninsula, and the Australian servicemen who are buried there.

Siege of Tobruk 1941

Situation in northern AfricaAt the start of the war, Libya was an Italian colony. The bordering country, Egypt, was officially independent and neutral but under British influence.

SLV an011330 (Image)

Structure of Australia's forces in World War I

Forces for wartime serviceAustralia responded quickly to the early telegram warnings from the United Kingdom (UK), by:

Sydney Kinsman - World War II veteran (Video)

In July 1940, Sydney Kinsman enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force while in West Thebarton, South Australia.

The War in Libya Bardia (1941) newsreel (Video)

On 3 January 1941, the 6th Australian Division attacked and broke through the Italian defences at Bardia in Libya. Fighting lasted until the morning of 5 January. The attack cost the 6th Division 130…

Third Battle of Ypres 31 July to 10 November 1917

Maps of the campaign

Three friends of the 24th Battalion: Australians in World War I (Video)

A short film telling the story of 3 men born in Victoria – John 'Austin' Mahony, John 'Harry' Fletcher and Joseph 'Joe' Scales – who joined the Australian Imperial Force (AIF) during World War I.…

Training Australian army recruits during World War I

Outbreak of warWhen the war began, Australia's military forces included:

Tyne Cot Cemetery: For evermore … (Video)

This short film describes the work of Commonwealth military personnel in locating and burying the war dead on the Western Front battlefields after World War I. It follows the burial of Captain…

Valarie Trevithick - World War I widow (Video)

Valarie's husband Leslie served in the Australian Imperial Force during World War I.

Walter Watt's story of First World War service (Video)

This short film is about Lieutenant Colonel Walter Oswald Watt, who served with the Australian Flying Corps during World War I.

Weary Dunlop: Stories of Service (Online lesson), (Video), (Student activity), (Educational)

Sir Edward 'Weary' Dunlop's story is one of care, compassion, hardship and suffering. Weary enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force after studying medicine. This tells his story as an army doctor…

William Campbell - World War II veteran (Video)

William Charles 'Bill' Campbell was born in Perth in 1923. He was called up for military service shortly after the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor.

William John Symons

Early lifeWilliam John Symons was born on or around 12 July 1889 at Eaglehawk, Victoria (some sources cite his birth date as 17 June 1889 or 10 July 1889).

William Riddell Birdwood

The 'soul of Anzac'
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