The Australian War Memorial can confirm a Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) RF-111C aircraft currently at the South Australian Aviation Museum will be transferred to the Memorial's collection.
Director of the Australian War Memorial Dr Brendan Nelson joined in with tributes to the former Memorial Council Member the Honourable Jocelyn Newman AO, who passed away last weekend at the age of 80, after a long struggle with Alzheimer's disease.
The Australian War Memorial has today applauded the decision to name a new federal electorate in the Australian Capital Territory after official war historian and Memorial founder, Charles Edwin Woodrow Bean.
The Australian War Memorial, in partnership with Thales Australia and with support from the University of Canberra, today launched the inaugural Napier Waller Art Prize, the first ever national art prize offered exclusively to Defence personnel.
The $10,000 prize is open to all current and former Defence personnel. It aims to promote the healing potential of art for servicemen and servicewomen and to raise a broader awareness of the military experience and the impact of service on the individual.
For Country, for Nation, the Australian War Memorial's first exhibition dedicated exclusively to exploring Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander stories of military service, will tour nationally from April 2018 until 2021.
The Victoria Cross (VC) medal group of First World War veteran Private Reginald 'Roy' Inwood of the 10th Battalion AIF will tomorrow go back on display in the Hall of Valour for the final year of the centenary period.
In October and November 2018 the Australian War Memorial will deliver a moving program of commemorative events to mark the centenary of the Armistice.