Australian War Memorial collection

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About the Memorial The Australian War Memorial combines a shrine, a museum, and an extensive archive. Its collections, commemorative ceremonies, exhibitions and research help Australians remember, interpret, and understand the Australian experience of war and its enduring impact on Australian society. Collection It was in August 1916 that Charles Bean, then the Australian official war correspondent, and later the official historian, developed the idea for a memorial museum. The organisation of the collection began in May 1917 under John Treloar, a young army officer who was later appointed Director of the Memorial. He laid the foundation for all of the Memorial’s collections, which include objects, works of art, photographs, film, sound recordings, official and personal records, books, maps, and ephemera. The collection includes material from 1789 to the present.

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Unidentified crew member on HMAS Hobart

from Australian War Memorial collection

  • 28 older comments, and then…
  • Rodrigo Perez said:
    extraordinary
  • vijipaul said:
    very nice shot
  • Danial Yahya said:
    yah nazi walla
  • Grahame Hall said:
    An amazing, and very strong profile. -- http://blog.flickr.net/en (?)
  • calingo said:
    Beautiful

Lifeboat carrying men of the 1st Divisional Signal Company, 25 April 1915

from Australian War Memorial collection

  • 1 older comment, and then…
  • Percita said:
    An eerie shot - the fading with time adds a certain poignancy to the smiles on the faces of these men - can't help but wonder what happened to them on that day...
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    Seen on your photo stream. (?²ˣ)
  • nettyj1 said:
    my great grandad was there that day, he died on the first day of the landings, we dont have a photos of him in his uniform... very sad plan to go to the anzac day service in turkey next year.
  • Patrick Castelli said:
    My great grandfather fought and was wounded in Gallipoli, he was in the Kings Own Scottish Borderers KOSB. Here's a couple of photos of him later on in the war. [http://www.flickr.com/photos/patrick_castelli/5922054314/] [http://www.flickr.com/photos/patrick_castelli/5922055084/]
  • brl35scr said:
    Atatürk said " Don't cry mothers of Anzaks, your sons were be our sons because they slept ( dead) in our home ( in Gelibolu ). Wars are everytime soooo bed....
  • Els said:
    The smiles on those young faces strike at my heart... The events of Gallipoli still throw up a howl of pain in so many of us.

A cat on HMAS Encounter

from Australian War Memorial collection

  • 72 older comments, and then…
  • Tro8 said:
    I encountered with to be lucky
    この写真に出会えたのは幸運だと思う
  • Copper Kettle said:
    Upped to wiki
    commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A_cat_on_HMAS_Encounter.jpg
  • birdie.pruett said:
    awesome
  • Equal Ducks said:
    a gorgeous fella - or maybe it's a fella-ess! doesn't matter.
  • Minaluche said:
    It's fantastic!

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