Commemorations, memorials and war graves

The Office of Australian War Graves (OAWG) is part of the Department of Veterans’ Affairs. It has three distinct roles: to maintain war cemeteries and individual war graves within Australia and the

Sandakan Memorial Park is located on the site of the former Sandakan Prisoner of War (POW) camp. Within the park, an interpretive pavilion provides information on the history of the park. A path winds

On Friday 20 September 2024, the Department of Veterans' Affairs delivered a nationally televised commemorative service to mark the 25th anniversary of Australian service in Timor-Leste, at the

Following the end of the Gallipoli campaign, April– December 1915, the Australian Imperial Force (AIF) began to move to France in March 1916. The 1st and 2nd Divisions were in trenches near

The defence of Northern Australia By late 1941, Darwin and the Northern Territory were assuming a role as a strategic base for defence forces and this role increased with the entry of Japan into the

This memorial is a lasting tribute to those Australians who lost their lives in defending those values which are the foundation of the democracy and freedom shared and cherished by Australia and the

’The Battle of the Somme’ started on 1 July 1916. To reinforce its army, the Germans began to bring troops from other fronts. When battalions from Lille were reported entraining for the Somme, the

2015 Gallipoli Anzac Day Commemorative Services Booklet, including the Orders of Service for the Dawn Service, Lone Pine Australian Service and Chunuk Bair New Zealand Service.

The Australian Remembrance Trail along the Western Front is an Australian Government initiative to establish, in cooperation with French and Belgian authorities, a commemorative trail highlighting

The Department of Veterans’ Affairs (DVA) was scheduled to conduct a national commemorative service marking the 50th anniversary of Operation Ivanhoe and the Battle of Nui Le. This service was to be