In January 1916, William boarded the troopship Commonwealth and returned to Australia. While he convalesced at home in ...

Alice Ross-King was born in Ballarat, Victoria, on 5 August 1887 to Archibald and his wife, Henrietta. When Alice was still young the family moved to Perth, where as the result of an accident Alice's ...

[B&W filmed by RAN Photographer Warren Russell] Survivors of the HMAS Melbourne USS Frank E Evans collison in the ships mess. Wounded being treated. Shot of the damaged bow of HMAS Melbourne. Wessex ...

On the night of 31 May 1942 three Japanese midget submarines entered Sydney harbour. One became entangled in the boom net across the harbour, and her occupants blew her up. A second entered the ...

Arthur Blackburn, a lawyer, became the first South Australian to receive the Victoria Cross. At the 1915 landing on Gallipoli, it is believed that he and another man penetrated further inland than ...

This term relates to the three major German attacks on the Western Front in late March, April and May 1918, known collectively as the "Kaiserschlacht" (Kaiser's Battle) offensive. Using troops ...