Australian War Memorial

Definitely one of the best memorials I've been too. A slightly different perspective to European museums but that's what adds value to the experience. Fantastic! I highly recommend the free walking tour. The guide is so knowledgeable and into it!

MUST Visit place, specially when they offer you the free guide tour. That's the best time to learn about the World War -1 and 2. They explain so well, moreover, they have given touch screens in most of the places which support English,Hindi,Mandarin languages. well preserved and it's free entry.

Attended with a bus full of RSL members and veterans with various abilities/disabilities and were well looked after by staff. An amazing place with film clips, static exhibits and scale models all well put together. Plenty of cafes both inside and outside. We were able to attend the last post ceremony After which our two oldest veterans were greeted by serving officers. A great experience.

An amazing site with an extremely well put together museum that does an excellent job on telling the ANZAC story. And providing a place where everyone is welcome to reflect and remember those who made the ultimate sacrifice.

The closing ceremony at the end of each day is a must do for all visitors, Every service is a unique experience, telling the story of a different soldier each day.

It's been a long time since I've been there, but it was well worth the revisit. I loved what they have done in the Aircraft hall with G for George and other exhibits as it helps you get a feel for what it was like. It was a pleasure to see that the UN peacekeepers and soldiers in more modern combat operations have been given the recognition that they justly deserve.

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An incredibly moving place that is shown to the public with great respect and honour.
It certainly can become quite emotional, especially during the Last Post and viewing the Roll of Honour and Tomb of the Unknown Solider. I am privileged and humbled to be able to place a poppy next to a family member's name. The staff do an amazing job here. Definitely a place to take children as well to teach them about history so it can be remembered and carried on throughout the generations.

There's not much I can say considering everything that has already been said about the AWM. It is an amazing museum. Its establishment in the early twentieth century was visionary.
Do yourself a favour and visit. It does not glorify conflict, but venerates and commemorates those who have made a contribution to our modern world.

Love it here. Loads of great displays. Main 2 displays relate to WW1 & WW2. But the downstairs also has Australia's other involvements including Vietnam and Korea. Don't miss it. Access it via the stairs between the 2 world wars in front of the hall of valour. At the end of the day you can stay for the last post where a member of Australia's armed services reads a tribute about on of the fallen. Very moving.

We thought we'd go for two hours.... We were there for six! We witnessed The Last Post ceremony which was very moving. We were most impressed with all the displays & especially impressed with the staff who were all friendly, obliging & very efficient. A great day out & a very fitting tribute to all our servicemen & women. A must do when in Canberra.

This memorial to Australian servicemen and women is informative as well as giving us a sense of the personal side of the wars in which Australia has been involved. It does not overwhelm the observer with too much clutter and detail. Very dignified.

The Australian War Memorial in Canberra houses a very moving and descriptive series of exhibitions covering all wars and conflicts in which Australian servicemen have seen active duty. Sensitively handled, the memorial is a combination of war memorial, history museum, and interpretive centre. One of the very best of its kind in the world. Allow a full day to thoroughly see all the exhibits. A café is located within the complex.

Had a wonderful time at the memorial today. It was interesting to learn about the war history and look around at the world war artifacts and interactive information screens. The food is a bit pricey but that doesn't spoil it. The employees here are ever so sweet and helped me look up my relatives who died in the war. I'd recommend a visit whenever you drop by Canberra! - MegaExplosionz.

Very good place. I recommend if you want to stop at some interesting place in Canberra. Good for everyone. Many interesting items you may never know. Heart touching and emotional place!

In today’s Last Post Ceremony we remember Lieutenant Robert David Burns and his service in the First World War.
The Last Post Ceremony streams live from the Memorial in Canberra at 4.55pm every day. If you are having issues with viewing this on Facebook, visit our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/AustWarMemor ial/live
If you would like to learn more about Lieutenant Robert David Burns visit our website: https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/R167776 1
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The battle of Fromelles on 19 July 1916 was a bloody initiation for Australian soldiers to warfare on the Western Front.
Soldiers of the newly arrived 5th Australian Division, together with the British 61st Division, were ordered to attack strongly fortified German front line positions near the Aubers Ridge in French Flanders.
The attack was intended as a feint to hold German reserves from moving south to the Somme where a large Allied offensive had begun on 1 July. The fei...nt was a disastrous failure. Australian and British soldiers assaulted over open ground in broad daylight and under direct observation and heavy fire from the German lines.
Over 5,500 Australians became casualties. Almost 2,000 of them were killed in action or died of wounds and some 400 were captured. This is believed to be the greatest loss by a single division in 24 hours during the entire First World War.
More info: https://www.awm.gov.au/articles/encyclope dia/fromelles
Image: Men of the 5th Australian Division, taken prisoner during the battle of Fromelles, being marched through the streets of Lille to the rear of the German lines.
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When visiting the Memorial be sure to view the newest addition to our Sculpture Garden, the General Sir John Monash Commemorative Sculpture.
In this video the artists who designed the sculpture Charles Robb and Sarah Holland-Batt discuss their work.
The sculpture was dedicated on 4 July 2018, the 100th anniversary of the Australian victory at the battle of Hamel. If you missed the dedication you can watch it on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJneJBKCh TI...
Visit our website to learn more about the other sculptures in the Sculpture Garden: https://www.awm.gov.au/…/visitor-…/fe atures/sculpture-garden
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On 19 July 1940 HMAS Sydney II achieved victory over the Italian cruiser Bartolomeo Colleoni in the Mediterranean Sea during the battle of Cape Spada.
Sydney was one of three British modified Leander-class light cruisers acquired by the Royal Australian Navy in the years immediately preceding the Second World War. Her sister ships were Perth and Hobart and in Australia they were known as Perth class light cruisers.
Read more about the sinking of Bartolomeo Colleoni: https://www.awm.gov.au/…/blog/sinking-o f-Bartolomeo-Colleoni

On 18 July 1918 a significant victory was achieved against German armies assaulting in the Marne salient around Rheims and Soissons. In a massive counter-attack, the Allied Supreme Commander, Ferdinand Foch, ensured a defeat on a massive scale. The French alone launched 24 divisions against the Germans, with further forces supplied by the US, Britain and Italy.
More than 300 tanks and thousands of guns ensured a stunning defeat on the German forces some two weeks after the s...mall battle of Hamel, and three weeks before the start of the British-led battle of Amiens on 8 August. Few recognised the significance at the time, but many historians, including Charles Bean, came to see it as the tipping point in the war and a foretaste of things to come in the advance to victory during the Hundred Days Offensive.
Image: A British tank captured and used by the Germans on the Marne, put out of action by the French on 15 July 1918. P06201.006. https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C121358 9
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In today’s Last Post Ceremony we remember Flight Sergeant Edward Thomas Sumner and his service in the Second World War.
The Last Post Ceremony streams live from the Memorial in Canberra at 4.55pm every day. If you are having issues with viewing this on Facebook, visit our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/AustWarMemor ial/live
If you would like to learn more about Flight Sergeant Edward Thomas Sumner visit our website: https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/R171502 8
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In today’s Last Post Ceremony we remember Private Harry Edward Davey and his service in the First World War.
The Last Post Ceremony streams live from the Memorial in Canberra at 4.55pm every day. If you are having issues with viewing this on Facebook, visit our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/AustWarMemor ial/live
If you would like to learn more about Private Harry Edward Davey visit our website: https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/R172688 3
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In today’s Last Post Ceremony we remember Private Albert James Williams and his service in the First World War.
The Last Post Ceremony streams live from the Memorial in Canberra at 4.55pm every day. If you are having issues with viewing this on Facebook, visit our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/AustWarMemor ial/live
If you would like to learn more about Private Albert James Williams visit our website: https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/R166792 7
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In today’s Last Post Ceremony we remember Private Fred Chadwick and his service in the First World War.
The Last Post Ceremony streams live from the Memorial in Canberra at 4.55pm every day. If you are having issues with viewing this on Facebook, visit our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/AustWarMemor ial/live
If you would like to learn more about Private Fred Chadwick visit our website: https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/R167691 6
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In today’s Last Post Ceremony we remember Private Roland Seccombe and his service in the First World War.
The Last Post Ceremony streams live from the Memorial in Canberra at 4.55pm every day. If you are having issues with viewing this on Facebook, visit our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/AustWarMemor ial/live
If you would like to learn more about Private Roland Seccombe visit our website: https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/R166339 0
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At the beginning of the 1918, as more US troops started to arrive destined for the Western Front, Gunner J.R. Armitage recalled his first impressions:
“We amused ourselves watching a lot of very brand new looking Yanks arriving with their extraordinary-looking equipment. Some of the officers carried leather suitcases and umbrellas and looked more like commercial travellers than soldiers.”
However, the Americans, nicknamed "Sammy" (a reference to Uncle Sam) or "doughboys" as t...hey were also called, soon gained the respect of the Australians. In July 1918, Private Ronald Simpson noted that:
“by the way the Yanks shape up they are going to be good fighters, they think the world of the Aussies we mostly have a few of their N.C.O. in the line with us learning the ropes. They reckon with the Brothers on one side that's us and the cousins on the other that's Canadians ... we will just about win they are a fine body of men.”
Read more: https://www.awm.gov.au/visit/exhibitions/ 1918/soldier/sammy
Image: 'American troops visiting A Company Headquarters, of the 37th Battalion', 21 June 1918, unknown photographer, E02695, https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C55012< br> See More

Thankfully this is a piece of kit tour #tourdefrance riders don't need – a carrier for Lewis Gun magazines.
The August 1917 plan, ‘Modification of improved type of carriers Lewis Gun magazines for cycles’ shows the “improved type” of carrier (implying there must have been an earlier version) and the modifications made in 1917 by the Army Ordnance Department workshop, Calais.
We are yet to come across any photographs of the system in use, but this plan was held with the papers of the 1st ANZAC Corps Cyclist Battalion and they certainly did have Lewis Gunners among their number, so they may have implemented the system.

Who was the saviour of Wau? Read about the desperate battle against Japanese soldiers in the highlands of New Guinea during the Second World War in Wartime, the military history magazine of the Australian War Memorial. https://www.awm.gov.au/wartime/83/article -six
Issue 83, focusing on jungle warfare, is now available. https://www.awm.gov.au/shop/item/13282727 83

In today’s Last Post Ceremony we remember Lance Corporal Christopher John Parker and his service in the First World War.
The Last Post Ceremony streams live from the Memorial in Canberra at 4.55pm every day. If you are having issues with viewing this on Facebook, visit our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/AustWarMemor ial/live
If you would like to learn more about Lance Corporal Christopher John Parker visit our website: https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/R165655 1
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One of Air Chief Marshall Mark Binskin's final acts as the Chief of the Defence Force before retiring after 40 years of military service was presenting the Last Post Ceremony for flying ace, Captain "Rich" Baker.
“I’m very proud of the Australian War Memorial and I’m very proud of what it shows the Australian people,” he said ahead of the ceremony.
“For me, tonight, it’s my last chance, my last night as CDF, quite literally. I hand over tomorrow afternoon, and it was importan...t for me, as one of those last acts as Chief of the Defence Force, to come here and do a reading. And particularly for me, as a fighter pilot, I’m pleased that I can do a reading for an Australian Flying Corps fighter pilot who tragically lost his life on the 4th of November 1918. It’s a privilege to be able to do it.”
Read more: https://www.awm.gov.au/articles/blog/the- saddest-selfie
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In 1918 Albert Borella (1881-1968) led a platoon in an attack to straighten the front line beyond Villers-Bretonneux, from which a major British offensive was to be launched a few weeks later. While ahead of his troops, he single-handedly captured a machine-gun. Then, after clearing a trench and dug-outs, he inspired his men to hold out during heavy enemy counter-attacks. Borella had earlier received the Military Medal and been Mentioned in Despatches.
Although he had enlisted in Townsville (from Darwin), after the war he lived in Victoria as a farmer. Borella also served in the Second World War, and afterwards settled in Albury, New South Wales.
Image: 'Studio portrait of Lieutenant Albert Chalmers Borella VC MM', 1918, P02939.032, https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C376079

It’s a striking image of a fresh-faced young man taking a picture of himself in front of a dresser mirror 100 years ago.
But less than a year later, 21-year-old Captain "Rich" Baker was dead, one of the last Australians killed during the First World War.
A highly decorated flying ace of “exceptional determination and courage”, Baker was shot down over Belgium on 4 November 1918, the 10th anniversary of his father’s death and just a week before the end of the war.
... Read more about the saddest selife: https://www.awm.gov.au/articles/blog/the- saddest-selfie
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In today’s Last Post Ceremony we remember Sergeant John Gordon Dwyer and his service in the Second World War.
The Last Post Ceremony streams live from the Memorial in Canberra at 4.55pm every day. Proudly supported by RSL & Services Clubs Association, RSL Victoria and RSL Queensland.
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... If you would like to learn more about Sergeant John Gordon Dwyer visit our website: https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/R170250 6
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Final week!
Don’t miss your opportunity to experience the Battle of Hamel in virtual reality at the Australian War Memorial.
The French countryside will be brought to virtual life in stunning 3D at the Australian War Memorial this winter for the centenary of the Battle of Hamel on 4 July 2018. Using immersive virtual reality technology audiences will experience the story of this key action alongside the Australian and American soldiers who fought there.
... The Battle of Hamel VR Experience is a 10-minute interactive digital experience. Audiences will view the VR experience in the Memorial’s BAE Systems Theatre wearing a VR headset and headphones, to fully immerse them in the countryside at Le Hamel in 1918. Tanks, aircraft and the battlefield will be presented in a combination of 3D and 360 degree video. Audiences will hear how Sir John Monash meticulously planned the battle before they choose to continue from the perspective of an airman, infantry or tank crewman.
Reserve your seat: https://www.awm.gov.au/hamelvr
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3 days exploring here and was absolutely fantastic our kids 9 and had a super amazing time experiencing the discovery centre all staff and guides couldn't have been any more helpful and friendly thankyou to u all Rippon family.

3 days exploring here and was absolutely fantastic our kids 9 and had a super amazing time experiencing the discovery centre all staff and guides couldn't have been any more helpful and friendly thankyou to u all Rippon family.

One of the most detailed and reverent memorials to personal sacrifice. A top class museum as much as it is a wonderful memorial.

Very well structured...can spend a full day if interested in history!

Surrounds by beautiful scenery at the outside, whilst you can learn Australia and World trop history during World War and Humanity Aid.

Interesting and informative installations. Very moving experience

A must see if you visit Canberra. If you like war movies, you will feel like an unsupervised fat kid in a candy store

Must see in Canberra