Despite advancements in railway technology, animal haulage was still in heavy use. Horses, mules and even men hauled supplies ...

The Memorial is currently digitising over 300 First World War maps that form part of the Sir John Monash Collection ...

Albert Jacka was born on 10 January 1893 at Layard in Victoria. He completed elementary schooling before working as a labourer, first with his father and then with the Victorian State Forests ...

This first volume starts with the outbreak of war and ends on 4 May 1915 - just nine day after the fateful Gallipoli landing. It sets the whole campaign in perspective, starting with the assassination ...

After the AIF's terrible losses on the Somme and at Fromelles in 1916, the 1917 volume opens with plans for the coming twelve months. These were set back however when the Germans carried out an ...

This volume concludes the Army Series. It describes the Australian Army campaigns in the last months of 1944 and in 1945. It tells the full story of the fighting in Bougainville, New Britain, round ...

Place Oceania: Pacific Islands, Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain, Gazelle Peninsula, Rabaul Area, Rabaul ...

This volume by F.M. Cutlack covers in great detail the first air operations in war undertaken by Australia. These first operations were carried out by the famous "Half Flight" of the Australian Flying ...

Canadian Military Pattern trucks (CMP) formed a significant proportion of both British and Commonwealth military transport through much of the Second World War. First acquired by the Australian Army ...

Pagination x, 229 p. : ill. (some col.), facsims. (some col.) ...

John French (1914-1942) was typical of many single young men who had enlisted early in the war. He went on to serve in Britain, Egypt, and Libya. By the time that he was sent to Papua in August 1942, ...

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