William "Bill" Glasgow was one of the most renowned Australian soldiers of the First World War, a politician, and later a diplomat. He was born on 6 June 1876 near Maryborough in Queensland. After ...

John Monash is considered one of the war’s outstanding commanders. Monash was born in Melbourne on 27 June 1865. He was dux of Scotch College and studied arts and engineering at Melbourne University, ...

Dorothy Cawood was born at Parramatta, New South Wales, on 9 December 1884. She was the seventh child of John Cawood, a carpenter, and his English-born wife, Sarah. There are few details of her early ...

Fifty years ago, on Christmas Day 1974, Judith Rowe stood in shock, staring at the collapsed building where she had sought ...

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The Gallipoli campaign of 1915 is widely known throughout Australia. The anniversary of Austalian troops going into action for the first time is commemorated each year as ANZAC Day. In contrast, the ...

Decorations 1 DSO and bar; 1 DSO; 10 MC; 1 MBE; 6 DCM; 1 MM and bar; 10 MM; 1 BEM; 40 MID The 2/13th Infantry Battalion (also known as the "Devil's Own") was formed in April 1940 at Ingleburn army ...

The BREN gun is a gas operated, air cooled, select fire machine gun. It has a quick detachable barrel and fires from an open bolt. The gun is operated by a long stroke gas piston located below the ...

461 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force was raised at Mount Batten, on the south coast of the England, on 25 April 1942. It was one of several Australian squadrons formed in accordance with Article ...

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