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The Australian War Memorial (AWM) is a national war memorial, museum and archive dedicated to all Australians who died as a result of war, including peacekeeping duties and armed conflict. The AWM is located in Campbell , a suburb of the Australian capital city of Canberra .
The Remembrance Driveway in Australia is a road and memorial system of arboreal parks, plantations, and road-side rest areas that provide a living memorial in honour of those who served in the Australian Defence Forces in World War II, the Korean War, Malayan Emergency and the Vietnam War, and who continue to serve around the world.
The Rockingham Naval Memorial Park, opened in 1996, is dedicated to the Royal Australian Navy and its activities during World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War. [5] The memorial consists of three main parts, a walk way with commemorative plaques, the HMAS Orion fin and the HMAS Derwent gun turret.
The Australian National Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux is the main memorial to Australian military personnel killed on the Western Front during World War I.It is located on the Route Villiers-Bretonneux (D 23), between the towns of Fouilloy and Villers-Bretonneux, in the Somme département, France.
Anzac Parade is a significant road and thoroughfare in the Australian capital Canberra, used for ceremonial occasions and the site of many major military memorials.. Named in honour of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) of World War I, Anzac Parade joins Gallipoli Reach of Lake Burley Griffin in the south and the Australian War Memorial to the north.
With its 'Eternal Flame', the Shrine is a war memorial dedicated to the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (Anzacs). The Shrine of Remembrance is a major Brisbane landmark of cultural, architectural and historic importance and is a key component of the Queensland Heritage listed square [ 1 ] and annually hosts ceremonies for ANZAC Day and ...
Mont Saint-Quentin Australian war memorial; N. Royal Australian Navy Memorial; R. RAAF Memorial, West Island; Regimental Square; Remembrance Driveway (Australia) S.
A war memorial in Melbourne was proposed as soon as the war ended in November 1918. [8] In the early 1920s the Victorian state government appointed the War Memorials Advisory Committee, chaired by Sir Baldwin Spencer, which recommended an "arch of victory" over St Kilda Road, [6] the major boulevard leading out of the city of Melbourne to the south.