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Informal group of 9 men at a long table wearing military uniforms and paper party hats raise tin mugs in their hands

Christmas for Australians away from home during World War II

It's not easy being away from family and friends while serving overseas. At special times, it can be even more…
This is a recruiting poster for the WAAAF, with an image of a uniformed WAAAF in the centre. The poster has the slogan 'Keep them flying! There's a job for you in the WAAAF' printed in red. In a grey box on the lower left, 'Apply at RAAF Recruiting Centre

All in—The Australian homefront 1939-1945

Despite, or maybe because of, their vivid memories of the horrors of the First World War, many Australians continued…
A local wireless telegraphist operator operating an AWA 3BZ teleradio at Segi Coastwatchers station, British Solomon Islands

The Coastwatchers 1941-1945

The first coastwatching organisation was established in 1919 by Captain J G Clare, RAN, who believed there was a need…
Gaunt, skeletal figures lying on beds inside a hospital on the Burma-Thailand railway. Griffin's use of light and shade in this work accentuates the physical condition and obvious suffering of the men as well as drawing comparisons to the depths of hell

Australian Prisoners of War 1940-1945

More than 30,000 Australians became prisoners of war (POWs) between 1940 and 1945. The Germans and Italians captured…
A group photo of Indigenous men wearing suits

Indigenous Australians in service during World War II

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples have a long and proud history of military and civilian service. Use #…
High view over undulating pastoral land showing 4 groups of about 20 small demountable buildings in the foreground

Cowra Breakout in Australia during World War II

In the early hours of a frosty morning, more than 1,000 Japanese men broke out of the intern camp at Cowra. It was the…