The Australian flag can evoke a range of feelings from pride and camaraderie to exclusion and division. Here are some reasons ...

Australia says it will appoint a special investigator to consider prosecutions over alleged war crimes by its soldiers in Afghanistan. In recent years, reports have emerged alleging unlawful ...

There is "credible evidence" that Australian elite soldiers unlawfully killed 39 people during the Afghan war, a long-awaited report has found. The Australian Defence Force (ADF) has released ...

Ultimately the National Security Committee agreed to deploy an additional 53 Australian Defence Force personnel to help train the Iraqi army, and committed to the continued presence of Australian ...

After the Battle of Vevi, a small number of soldiers from the two Australian ... Stories from Australians who served in World War II, including some who are no longer with us.

Despite the efforts of recruitment offices to deny entry into the army to non-white Australians, Australian Chinese were so determined to play their part that they often had to lie about their ...

Merle and her sister Alva, an army nurse ... stories The National Archives of Australia has been painstakingly digitising over a million World War II service records of men and women.

Oscar Jenkins was a regular citizen when he joined the Ukrainian International Legion. Now the Australian government has been making "urgent enquiries" with Russian authorities about a report the ...

Source: Supplied by Amarinder Bajwa Contribution of Sikh troops The association of the Sikhs with the Australian Army can be traced as far back as 1885 when soldiers from the British Indian Army ...