Encyclopedia
The Memorial receives many public inquiries covering a wide range of topics. The Encyclopedia features answers to frequently asked questions about Australians at war. It will allow you to search the contents of the Memorial's databases, and provides links to other resources.
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- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in the Australian Defence Force
- AE1 and AE2 submarines
- Afghanistan, 2001-present
- Air raids on the Australian mainland
- Amiens gun
- Angel of Mons
- ANZAC acronym
- Anzac badge A
- Anzac biscuits
- Anzac commemorative medallion and badge
- Anzac Day
- Anzac Hall
- Anzac Parade memorials
- Anzac spirit
- Armidale, HMAS
- Army numbers
- Artists, official war artists
- Atatürk
- Australia–Japan Research Project
- Australian Army
- Australian Army war diaries
- Australian Flying Corps
- Australian Imperial Force Order of Battle, 1914–18
- Australian military units
- Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force (ANMEF)
- Australian Red Cross
- Australian War Memorial: origins
- Australian War Memorial summer scholarships
- Australian Women's Army Service (AWAS)
- Australian Women's Land Army (AWLA)
B
- Battlefield tours
- Battle of Britain
- Battle of Britain lace panel
- Bean, Charles
- Beersheba, attack on
- Biographies: who's who in Australian military history
- Birdwood, William Riddell
- Blamey, Thomas Albert
- Boer War (South African War), 1899–1902
- Boer War records
- Boxer Rebellion (China), 1900–01
- Boy soldiers
- Brisbane Line
- Bullwinkel, Vivian
C
- Canberra, HMAS
- Carley float
- Casualty: definition
- Centaur hospital ship
- Central West Boomerangs recruiting march
- Chalk badges of Wiltshire
- Changi
- Changi quilts
- Chaplains, Australian Army, First World War
- Chauvel, Henry (Harry) George
- Christmas books
- Colonial period, 1788–1901
- Colour patches
- Coo-ees recruiting march
- Conscription
- Conscription during the First World War, 1914–18
- Conscription during the Second World War, 1939–45
- Conservation
- Coral and Balmoral, battle of Fire Support Bases
- Coral Sea, battle of the, 4–8 May 1942
- Cowra breakout
- Crete, 1941
D
- D-Day
- Darwin air raids
- Davis, Neil Brian
- Deakin, Vera
- Desertion and the death penalty
- Dickin Medal for animals and birds
- Dioramas
- Donaldson, Mark Gregor Strang
- Donating items to the Memorial
- Drip rifle
- Dungarees recruiting march
- Dunlop, Sir (Ernest) Edward "Weary"
E
- El Alamein
- Elliott, Harold Edward "Pompey"
- Empire Air Training Scheme
- Enlistment standards
- Enigma
- Eternal flame
F
- Family history
- Female Relative Badge
- Field punishment
- First World War, 1914–18
- First World War biographies of generals
- First World War Official Histories
- Florence Nightingale award
- French–Australian League of Help
- Fromelles, battle of
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H
- Hall of Memory
- Harefield Park Hospital (No. 1 Australian Auxilliary)
- Home front: Second World War
- Horrie the wog dog
- Horses
- Howell-Price brothers
I
- Identity discs: "dog tags"
- Indigenous defence service
- Indonesian Confrontation, 1963–66
- Iraq: the First Gulf War, 1990-91
- Iraq: the Second Gulf War, 2003-09
J
- Jacka, Albert
- Japanese midget submarine
- Jaywick, Operation
- Jeffrey, Agnes Betty
- Journal of the Australian War Memorial
K
- Kangaroos recruiting march
- Kapyong
- Keighran, Daniel Alan
- Kirkpatrick, John Simpson
- Kokoda Track/Trail
- Kookaburras recruiting march
- Korean War, 1950–53
- Korean War, United Nations Force contributions
- Krait, MV
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M
- Malayan Emergency, 1950–60
- Man in the mud
- Martin, James Charles (Jim), 1901–15
- Maryang San
- Medals
- Memorial scroll and plaque, 1914–18
- Men from Snowy River recruiting march
- Menin Gate at midnight
- Menin Gate lions
- Mention in despatches
- Menzies's, Prime Minister Robert Gordon, wartime broadcast
- Merchant Navy: Second World War
- Missing in action in Korea
- Missing in action in Vietnam
- Monash, John
- Montevideo Maru
- Morant, Harry "Breaker"
- Morshead, Leslie James
- Mothers' and Widows' Badge
- Mutinies: 1st AIF
N
- National Service Scheme
- National Service Scheme, Vietnam
- North Russia Relief Force, 1918–19
- N'oublions jamais l'Australie [Let us never forget Australia]
- Nurses memorial
- Nurse survivors of the Vyner Brooke
O
- Oaths of enlistment
- Ode: For the fallen
- Official History: First World War
- Order of battle – Gallipoli
- Official History: Second World War
- Official records
- Official war artists
- Official war photographers
P
- Peacekeeping
- Peacekeepers in Indonesia: then and now
- Peacekeeping: faces of Australian peacekeeping
- Periscope rifle
- Personal service records information (Australian service)
- Perth, HMAS
- Photograph database
- Pigeons in war
- "Polly", Kittyhawk A29-133 Curtiss P-40E
- Poppies
- Princess Mary's Christmas gift
- Prisoners of war: Ballarat memorial
- Prisoners of War: First World War
- Prisoners of war: Second World War –Europe
- Prisoners of war: Second World War – prisoners of the Japanese
- Prisoners of war: Second World War – prisoners of the Japanese: civilian internees, Pacific and South-East Asia
- Prisoners of war: Korean war
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R
- Rank
- Rationing: food and clothing
- Rationing: petrol
- Recessional
- Recruiting marches: First World War
- Red Baron (Baron von Richthofen)
- Red Cross emblem
- Regimental numbers
- Remembrance Day
- Reserved occupations
- Rising Sun badge
- Roberts-Smith, Benjamin
- Roll of Honour
- Roll of Honour circulars from the First World War, 1914–18
- Rouse/Reveille
- Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF)
- Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) aircraft
- Royal Australian Air Force service numbers
- Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) squadron codes (Second World War)
- Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) squadron histories
- Royal Australian Navy (RAN)
- Royal Australian Navy (RAN) badge
- Royal Australian Navy (RAN) fleet
- Royal Australian Navy (RAN) fleet entry of 1913
- Royal Australian Navy: Reports of Proceedings
- Royal Australian Navy service numbers
- Royal Australian Navy (RAN) ship histories
S
- "Sandy" (Major General Sir William Bridges' horse)
- Saunders, Captain Reg
- Savo Island
- Second World War, 1939–45
- Second World War Official Histories
- Service numbers
- Service records
- Sheean, Edward "Teddy"
- Silver War Badge
- Simpson and his donkey, John Simpson Kirkpatrick
- Slouch hat
- Soldier's kit, First World War (1914)
- Souvenirs and trench art
- Statistics: Australian casualties in the Vietnam War, 1962–72
- Statistics: Deaths as a result of service with Australian units
- Statistics: frequently asked questions about Australian military statistics
- Sudan (NSW Contingent), March to June 1885
- Sydney II, HMAS and the Kormoran
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U
- Uniforms and equipment, Australian military
- Unit histories
- United States citation: 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment
- United States forces in Australia, 1939–45
- Universal Service Scheme, 1911–29
- Unknown Australian Soldier eulogy
V
- Vampire, HMAS
- Victoria Cross
- Victory gardens
- Victory in Europe (VE) Day
- Victory in the Pacific (VP) Day
- Vietnam, National Service Scheme
- Vietnam Veterans' memorial
- Vietnam War, 1962–75
- Voluntary Aid Detachments (VAD)
- Von Richthofen, Baron
W
- War graves
- War memorials
- War trophies, First World War
- Wake, Nancy ("The white mouse")
- Wallabies recruiting march
- Wallaby airlines
- Waratahs recruiting march
- White, Cyril Brudenell Bingham
- Who's who in Australian military history
- "Winnie the war winner"
- Women's Auxiliary Australian Air Force (WAAAF)
- Women's Royal Australian Air Force (WRAAF)
- Women's Royal Australian Army Corps (WRAAC)
- Women's Royal Australian Naval Service (WRANS)
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