Australia’s defence force is a multi-service organisation made up of the Royal Australian Navy, the Australian Army and the Royal Australian Air Force. The armed forces have three primary functions: to defend Australia’s national interests; to support international peace and security through military means; and to assist in the event of civil emergencies within Australia
Australia no longer has conscription. The minimum age at which an individual may volunteer for military service is 17 years of age. The following links will take you to websites with a variety of military related information.
See also our pages
On Flanders Fields and The Ode
Australian Military Rank Equivalents
Australian Military Slang
Royal Australian Air Force
- Royal Australian Air Force
- Official Newspaper of the Royal Australian Air Force
- Royal Australian Air Force Aeronautical Information Service (RAAF AIS)
- Royal Australian Air Force Assoc. (RAAFA)
- Australian Air Force Cadets
Australian Army
Anzac
- Anzac Day
- Anzac government site
- Anzac.org
- Anzac
- Remembrance Day
- Australian Flying Corps
- Anzac Research
- Australian Light Horse
- Anzac Day Tradition
Veterans and Support Associations
- KVAA – Korea Veterans Assoc of Australia
- Australian Peacekeepers and Peacemakers
- Legacy
- RSL National Branch
- RSL Honour Board Project – Victoria
- Australian War Veterans
- Vietnam Veterans Association of Australia
- Vietnam Veterans Counselling Service
- Vietnam veterans Federation of Australia
- Defence Community Organisation
- Australian Naval Institute
- Australian Centre for Maritime Studies
- Naval Historical Society of Australia
- Naval Association of Australia
- Naval Officers Club
- Submarines Australia
- 2 Comp Ord – 2nd Advanced Ordnance Depot Vietnam 1966-72
- Australian Army Trackers & War Dogs Assoc
Historical Records, Museums,War Graves, and Memorials
- Australian War Memorial
- War Memorials in Australia
- NSW – War Memorials
- QLD – War Memorials
- WA – War Memorials
- WA – War Memorials of South West WA
- VIC – Shrine of Remembrance
- Australian War Graves
- Office of Australian War Graves
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- RAAF Museum
- WA – RAAF Association Museum Museum
- VIC – RAAF Museum – Point Cook
- Australian National Maritime Museum
- National Museum of Australia
- Museum Victoria
- Military Historical Society of Australia
- Australians at War
- National Archives of Australia
- Archives of Australia
- Australian Memorial Plaques
- Australians Who Died in Vietnam
Royal Australian Navy
- Naval Association of Australia
- Royal Australian Navy
- Official Newspaper of Royal Australian Navy
- Royal Australian Navy Band
- Australian Navy Cadets
See also our Lest We Forget cards
Historical Photo Archive
- WWI Pictorial Honour Roll of South Australians
- Australian War Graves Photographic Archives
- Visit Gallipoli commemorative site
- World War 2 Nominal Roll
Australian Government
- Department of Defence
- Minister of Defence
- Secretary of Defence
- Chief of the Defence Force
- Department of Veterans Affairs
- Veteran’s Review Board
- Commonwealth & Defence Force Ombudsman
- Defence Housing
- Department of Defence Library
- Defence Legal
- Defence Jobs
- Australian Defence Force Cadets
- Australian Defence Force Academy