National Vietnam Veterans Museum Open
National Vietnam Veterans Museum 25 Veterans Drive, Phillip Island, AustraliaNational Vietnam Veterans Museum Open During Summer School Holidays: Daily* from 10.00am - 5.00 pm Outside of School Holidays** Wednesday to Monday from 10.00am - 5.00 pm *Except Good Friday, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and Boxing Day. **The Museum is closed on Tuesdays during non-school holiday periods for maintenance, training, planning and administration.
The Anzac Battlefield: Landscape of War and Memory – Last days
The Shrine of Remembrance Birdwood Avenue, Melbourne, AustraliaThe enduring fascination with Gallipoli is explored in this exclusive exhibition which presents some 100 items recovered from the Joint Historical and Archaeological Survey of the Gallipoli battlefield (2010 ‚Äì 14) supported by the Australian, New Zealand and Turkish governments. Historical and geographical context is provided by maps and engravings on loan from the University […]
Australian Police Arms and Accoutrements – Colonial to Present
Eley Park Community Centre 87 Eley Road, Blackburn South, AustraliaAustralian Police Arms and Accoutrements - Colonial to Present.This is Major Noel Hall Award night. PLEASE CONTACT THE GUILD FOR THE START TIME. The Guild holds monthly meetings on the last Monday of the month at Eley Park Community Centre, 87 Eley Road, Blackburn South, Melbourne (Melways ref: 61-H5). We warmly welcome, and encourage, all […]
Battleships at War 1941/42.
Melbourne Naval Centre (ESU Building) 146W Toorak Road, South Yarra, AustraliaPart one of 'Episodes of the Royal Navy, Battleships at War 1941/42.' This is part of a series of eleven DVD presentations featuring archival film from the Imperial War Museum, London. The Complete set has been presented to the Victoria Chapter of the NHS by Captain David Mc Fall FCII MN of the Maritime Model […]
Bayonets
Eley Park Community Centre 87 Eley Road, Blackburn South, AustraliaBayonets.This is Major Noel Hall Award night. PLEASE CONTACT THE GUILD FOR THE START TIME. The Guild holds monthly meetings on the last Monday of the month at Eley Park Community Centre, 87 Eley Road, Blackburn South, Melbourne (Melways ref: 61-H5). We warmly welcome, and encourage, all prospective members to come along to one of […]
Militaria
Eley Park Community Centre 87 Eley Road, Blackburn South, AustraliaMilitariaThis is Major Noel Hall Award night. PLEASE CONTACT THE GUILD FOR THE START TIME. The Guild holds monthly meetings on the last Monday of the month at Eley Park Community Centre, 87 Eley Road, Blackburn South, Melbourne (Melways ref: 61-H5). We warmly welcome, and encourage, all prospective members to come along to one of […]
Britannia Goes to War.
Melbourne Naval Centre (ESU Building) 146W Toorak Road, South Yarra, AustraliaFrom Naval Video Time Capsules, Episodes of the Royal Navy, we view Part 2 'Britannia Goes to War'. Produced from rare archival film from the Imperial War Museum London, this one hour video profiles almost all the types of warships of WW2. From Spithead reviews to the Home and Mediterranean fleets exercising off Gibraltar. From […]
Gallipoli 1915: a century on
An international conference hosted by the Australian War Memorial and the Australian National University Llewellyn Hall, Australian National University, Canberra. The Gallipoli campaign of 1915 was one of the most controversial campaigns of the First World War. The major allied powers aimed at shortening the war by eliminating Turkey, but the campaign ended in complete […]
The Borella Ride
In 1915, Albert Borella journeyed through 1,000 kilometres of Northern Territory‚Äôs outback from Tennant Creek to Darwin to enlist in World War I. He fought at Gallipoli and the Western Front; was wounded, commissioned on the battlefield, and awarded the Victoria Cross, the highest honour for valour in combat. From 20 February to 3 March […]
Fort Queenscliff Museum School Holiday Tours – Last days
Fort Queenscliff Museum King Street, Queenscliff, AustraliaEnjoy the rare opportunity to tour a 19th Century Coastal Artillery Fort. Fort Queenscliff is one of Victoria's most important heritage sites and one of the largest and best preserved forts in the country. Enjoy the rare opportunity to tour a 19th Century Coastal Artillery Fort (operating as an Australian Army Base) with over 150 […]
The Major-General Pompey Elliott 2015 Annual Reunion
"The Brass Tavern" 144 Pascoe Vale Rd, Moonee Ponds, Vic, AustraliaThw Memorial Service and Luncheon presented by 58/32 Infantry Battalion Association Inc. You are cordially invited to attend The Major-General Pompey Elliott 2015 Annual Reunion To be held on Friday 20th March 2015 Memorial Service 11.30a¬∑m to 12.30pm Pre -luncheon drinks 12.30pm to I.OOpm "The Brass Tavern" 144 Pascoe Vale Rd, Moonee Ponds Ladies most […]
Stretcher-Bearers: Saving Australians From Gallipoli To Kokoda
The Shrine of Remembrance Birdwood Avenue, Melbourne, AustraliaAustralian soldiers praised stretcher-bearers on every battlefield of both world wars. From the landing at Gallipoli to the last campaigns of 1945, in desert, jungle, mountains and mud, Australian stretcher-bearers routinely risked their lives to save others. To win that praise, all bearers paid a high price. Their job was intensely dangerous and no category […]