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Remembrance DayOriginally called Armistice Day, this day commemorated the end of the hostilities for the Great War (World War I), the signing of the armistice, which occurred on 11 November 1918 - the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month. After the end of World ...
Chief Petty Officer Andrew Stapleton plays the Last Post at the ANZAC Day Dawn Service in Baghdad, 2004. The Australian War Memorial, in its section on the Anzac Day Tradition, says 'The Last Post is the trumpet or bugle call sounded at 10 pm each night ...
On 25 April every year, Australians commemorate ANZAC Day. During the Second World War, ANZAC Day became a day on which the lives of all Australians lost in war time were remembered. Commemorative services are held at dawn on 25 April, the time of the o...
Image courtesy of the Australian War Memorial: P01065.001. Over 16,000 Australian troops served in the Boer war. Matthews, Australian Light Horse in Boer War uniform. ...
Merchant vessels Barossa and Neptuna burning in Darwin Harbour near the jetty after receiving direct hits during the first Japanese air raid on 19 February 1942. During the Second World War, the Japanese flew 64 raids on Darwin and 33 raids on other targ...
Unknown, Portrait of Sir Charles Edward Kingsford Smith, between 1919 and 1927. Sir Charles Kingsford Smith's love of excitement led to career as a pilot. Charles Kingsford Smith was born in Hamilton (a suburb of Brisbane), Queensland, in 1897. ...
Image courtesy of the Australian War Memorial: P01404.028. One of the most well-known Australian engagements of the Vietnam War was the Battle of Long Tan, 17-20 August 1966. Image courtesy of the Australian War Memorial: COL/67/0140/VN. ...
Military bands have accompanied Australian ceremonies, parades, church services, mess dinners and performed at concerts on innumerable occasions since then. Band musicians and band music owe a great deal to Australia's Salvation Army. Other Australian p...
Nursing staff of a mobile hospital, including four Australian nurses, 1917. The involvement of Australian women as nurses in war began in 1898 with the formation of the Australian Nursing Service of New South Wales, from which sixty nurses served in The ...
Image courtesy of the Australian War Memorial. The involvement of Australian women in each war is closely connected to their role in society at different times, and the nature of each war. Australia has been involved in a number of wars including The Boer...
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Commemoration: Remembrance Day 2001 [Australian War Memorial] (website Australian War Memorial (AWM) )Here are photographs from recent National Remembrance Day ceremonies. >> Guests at the Remembrance Day ceremony. Photographs from previous National Ceremonies....
>> AWM EXDOC 60 (360Kb PDF)> Cablegram notifying the Australian Governor-General of the signing of the Armistice with Germany in November, 1918. >> AWM EXDOC 176 (260Kb PDF file)> Wireless signal sent by 2nd Australian Division regarding the ceasefire 191...
>> Guests listen to Veterans' Affairs Minister Danna Vale as she delivers the commemorative address. >> Ex-service organisations lay wreaths on the Stone of Remembrance. >> The Governor-General inspects the Memorial's latest special exhibition Stolen Year...
Remembrance Day - 11 November - is set aside as a day to remember the sacrifice of those who have died for Australia in wars and conflicts. This ceremony, which touched a chord across the Australian nation, re-established Remembrance Day as a significant...
>Below is a transcript of Prime Minister John Howard's commemorative address on the occaision of Remembrance Day at the Memorial on 11 November 1997. In years past, ceremonies such as today's overwhelmingly reflected personal loss - the shared silence add...
Please note the Memorial will be closed during the ceremony and will open after the ceremony s conclusion. The Memorial will open after the Remembrance Day ceremony. ANZAC Parade will be closed from 9.30 am from Currong Street and Blamey Crescent to the...
>> Band of the Royal Military College, Duntroon> PAIU2004/128.05 >> Catafalque Party> PAIU2004/128.06 >> The Prime Minister of Australia, the Honourable Mr John Howard, MP, delivers the Commemorative Address. > PAIU2004/128.09 >> His Excellency the Govern...
>Below is a transcript of the eulogy delivered by the Prime Minister, The Hon. P. J. Keating MP, at the funeral service of the Unknown Australian Soldier, 11 November 1993. One of the 416,000 Australians who volunteered for service in the First World War....
Remembrance Day (11 November) marks the anniversary of the armistice which ended the First World War (1914 18). Each year Australians observe one minute silence at 11 am on 11 November, in memory of those who died or suffered in all wars and armed conflic...
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