A creative public program at the Australian War Memorial will combine public activities, displays, installations and events for the five week period from 5 October to Remembrance Day, on 11 November 2018.
On this day 25 March 1945
Lieutenant A. Chowne is posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross at Dagua, New Guinea.
What's New At the Memorial
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'You just tried your best to keep yourself alive'
He was cut off from his platoon for 14 days with only a couple of biscuits to eat, and was shot by the Japanese at Kokoda, but Cyril Allender still considers himself lucky.
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A sign of the times
It appears on everything from to tea cups to tea towels, but the Keep Calm and Carry On poster was almost lost and forgotten.
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The healing power of art
The inaugural Napier Waller Art Prize is the first national art prize offered exclusively to Defence personnel.
