David Savage AM, served as an AusAID Stabilisation Advisor with the Coalition’s Provincial Reconstruction Team in Afghanistan from 2011-12. He became Australia’s first civilian casualty in Afghanistan when his patrol was attacked by a child suicide bomber. David described his Continue reading
The son of the second premier of Western Australia, Hugo Throssell (then a lieutenant) was awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions at Hill 60 on Gallipoli in August 1915. Severely wounded in the engagement, he later suffered from cerebrospinal Continue reading
One of the most significant items at the Australian War Memorial is a uniform of the Australian Imperial Force. It was collected by Australia’s official historian of the Great War, Charles Bean, on 30 July 1918. Bean photographed Giles (left) Continue reading
James enlisted in the Army in 1996 and at was almost immediately posted to Singleton Townsville. In 1999 he was posted to 4RAR (Commando) as a Company medic and was deployed with the Company to East Timor two years later. In Continue reading
Private Douglas Grant, 13th Battalion, was born into a traditional Aboriginal community in the Bullenden Kerr Ranges, Northern Queensland, in the early 1880s. In 1887 his parents and much of his Aboriginal community were killed in what was believed to Continue reading
Jordan discharged from the Army after five years’ service, including an operational tour to Afghanistan. Jordan said his experiences as a soldier combined with prolonged unemployment and financial stress, as well as a lack of direction in life, contributed to Continue reading
