<!DOCTYPE html>
<html prefix="content: http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/dc: http://purl.org/dc/terms/foaf: http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/og: http://ogp.me/ns# rdfs: http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema# sioc: http://rdfs.org/sioc/ns# sioct: http://rdfs.org/sioc/types# skos: http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core# xsd: http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema# schema: http://schema.org/ dbpedia-owl: http://dbpedia.org/ontology/ dbpprop: http://dbpedia.org/property/ ecrm: http://erlangen-crm.org/current/" xml:lang="en" lang="en">
<head>
    <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge" />
  <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
  <link rel="shortcut icon" href="//www.awm.gov.au/favicon.ico" type="image/vnd.microsoft.icon" />
  <title>Australian War Memorial</title>
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
  <link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="//www.awm.gov.au/sites/default/files/cdn/css/http/css_KO5xexnkEds2gy-e0fgqK_PIcI7iLLTDytVfhPwlK3c.css" media="all" />
<link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="//www.awm.gov.au/sites/default/files/cdn/css/http/css_txAOoBWamp9KScqqG04HPMjMSgne-_v52UEicCTWFmw.css" media="print" />
  <script type="text/javascript" src="//www.awm.gov.au/sites/all/themes/awm/js/jquery-1.11.0.min.js?v=1.4.4"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="//www.awm.gov.au/misc/jquery.once.js?v=1.2"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="//www.awm.gov.au/misc/drupal.js?nj9q9b"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="//www.awm.gov.au/sites/all/modules/awm/awm_dashboard/js/awm_dashboard_navigation.js?nj9q9b"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="//www.awm.gov.au/sites/all/themes/awm/js/core.js?nj9q9b"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="//www.awm.gov.au/sites/all/themes/awm/bootstrap-2.3.2/js/bootstrap.min.js?nj9q9b"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="//www.awm.gov.au/sites/all/themes/awm/js/jquery.columnizer.min.js?nj9q9b"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="//www.awm.gov.au/sites/all/themes/awm/js/scripts.js?nj9q9b"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
<!--//--><![CDATA[//><!--
jQuery.extend(Drupal.settings, {"basePath":"\/","pathPrefix":"","ajaxPageState":{"theme":"awm","theme_token":"8uv81eGyAcLvn09OtMXrPO3mCV9HHvfE2Il-ezrGSns","js":{"misc\/jquery.js":1,"misc\/jquery.once.js":1,"misc\/drupal.js":1,"sites\/all\/modules\/awm\/awm_dashboard\/js\/awm_dashboard_navigation.js":1,"sites\/all\/themes\/awm\/js\/core.js":1,"sites\/all\/themes\/awm\/bootstrap-2.3.2\/js\/bootstrap.min.js":1,"sites\/all\/themes\/awm\/js\/jquery.columnizer.min.js":1,"sites\/all\/themes\/awm\/js\/scripts.js":1},"css":{"sites\/all\/themes\/awm\/bootstrap-2.3.2\/css\/bootstrap.css":1,"sites\/all\/themes\/awm\/bootstrap-2.3.2\/css\/bootstrap-responsive.css":1,"sites\/all\/themes\/awm\/css\/awm.css":1,"sites\/all\/themes\/awm\/css\/print.css":1}}});
//--><!]]>
</script>


</head>
<body class="html not-front not-logged-in no-sidebars page-blog page-blog-feed awm-theme-page" >
    <div id="header">
  <div id="hd" class="container">
    <div class="row">
      <div id="logo" class="span9">
                <a href="/" title="Home"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="//www.awm.gov.au/sites/all/themes/awm/logo.png" alt="Australian War Memorial" /></a>      </div>
    </div>
  </div>
</div>

<div id="nav">
  <div class="container">
    <div class="navbar">
      <div class="navbar-inner">
        
        <a class="btn btn-navbar" data-toggle="collapse" data-target=".nav-collapse"><i class="icon-align-justify icon-white"></i> Menu</a>
        
                       <div id="site-search">
        <form method="get" action="/search/all/">
        <div class="input-append">
            <label for="site_search_widget_search" class="element-invisible">Search terms</label>
            <input type="text" name="query" class="span4" value="" placeholder="Search" />
            <input type="hidden" name="op" value="Search" />
			<input type="hidden" name="section[]" value="events" data-selgroup="events" />
			<input type="hidden" name="section[]" value="units" data-selgroup="units" />
			<input type="hidden" name="section[]" value="places" data-selgroup="places" />
            <input type="hidden" name="section[]" value="people" data-selgroup="people" />
            <input type="hidden" name="section[]" value="articles" data-selgroup="articles" />
            <input type="hidden" name="section[]" value="books" data-selgroup="books" />
            <input type="hidden" name="section[]" value="collections" data-selgroup="collections" />
            <button type="submit" name="submit" class="btn"><i class="icon-search"></i></button>
        </div>
        </form>
        </div>
        
                                <div id="hd-acc">
                    <ul id="account_widget">
	<li><a href="https://secure.awm.gov.au/account/sign_in/" rel="nofollow">Sign in</a></li>
</ul>          
<ul id="cart_widget">
	<li>
		<a href="https://secure.awm.gov.au/cart/" id="cart_status" rel="nofollow"><strong id="cart_status"><i class="icon-shopping-cart icon-white"></i> Cart</strong></a>
	</li>
</ul>        </div>
        
        <div class="nav-collapse collapse">
            <div id="navigation">
    <div id="navcontainer">
	<div class="menu-block-wrapper menu-block-1 menu-name-main-menu parent-mlid-0 menu-level-1">
  <ul class="nav"><li class="first leaf menu-mlid-12283"><a href="/">Home</a></li>
<li class="leaf has-children menu-mlid-12291"><a href="/about/">About</a></li>
<li class="leaf active-trail menu-mlid-15664"><a href="/blog/" title="" class="active active-trail active">Blog</a></li>
<li class="leaf has-children menu-mlid-14536"><a href="/1914-1918/">Centenary</a></li>
<li class="leaf has-children menu-mlid-12284"><a href="/visit/">Visit</a></li>
<li class="leaf has-children menu-mlid-12285"><a href="/commemoration/">Commemoration</a></li>
<li class="leaf has-children menu-mlid-12286"><a href="/atwar/">War history</a></li>
<li class="leaf has-children menu-mlid-12287"><a href="/people/roll-search/all/" title="">People</a></li>
<li class="leaf has-children menu-mlid-12288"><a href="/search/all/?op=Search&amp;format=list" title="">Collection</a></li>
<li class="leaf has-children menu-mlid-12289"><a href="/education/">Education</a></li>
<li class="leaf has-children menu-mlid-12292"><a href="/shop/">Shop</a></li>
<li class="last leaf menu-mlid-12293"><a href="/contact/">Contact</a></li>
</ul></div>
    </div>
  </div>
        </div>
        
      </div>
    </div>
  </div>
</div>


<div id="bd" class="container">
  
  <div id="content" class="row ">
    
 
   	<div class="span12">
  	<ul class="breadcrumb"><li><a href="/">Home</a><span class="divider">/</span><a href="/blog/">Blog</a></li><li class="active"><span class="divider">/</span></li></ul>  	</div>  

     
                  
      
              <div class="span9">
     
	    	    
	         

        		  
      
      
        
            
            
             <div class="view view-awm-blog view-id-awm_blog view-display-id-page_1 view-dom-id-473cb63be20d3a0f9c68747f616771d0">
        
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
</div>       
                  
	</div> 
                         <div id="sidebar" class="span3">
              <div class="block block-views block-awm_blog-block_1">
   <h2 class="block-title">Latest blog posts</h2>
   <div class="view view-awm-blog view-id-awm_blog view-display-id-block_1 view-dom-id-dcf2d594890d6399ad73826ca934f742">
        
  
  
      <div class="view-content">
            <ul>            <li class="views-row views-row-1 views-row-odd views-row-first">  
  <div>        <span><a href="/blog/2015/02/06/building-butts-and-bayonets-guide-moulding-and-casting-replica-rifes/">Building Butts and Bayonets; A guide to moulding and casting replica rifles for the FWW dioramas</a></span>  </div></li>
          <li class="views-row views-row-2 views-row-even">  
  <div>        <span><a href="/blog/2015/01/27/new-acquisition-eric-thake/">New Art Acquisition by Eric Thake</a></span>  </div></li>
          <li class="views-row views-row-3 views-row-odd">  
  <div>        <span><a href="/blog/2015/01/28/deep-respect-bede-tongs-oam-mm/">In deep respect - Bede Tongs OAM MM</a></span>  </div></li>
          <li class="views-row views-row-4 views-row-even">  
  <div>        <span><a href="/blog/2015/01/27/memorial-box-banter-part-vii/">Memorial Box Banter - Part VII</a></span>  </div></li>
          <li class="views-row views-row-5 views-row-odd views-row-last">  
  <div>        <span><a href="/blog/2015/01/23/stitches-and-signatures/">Stitches and signatures</a></span>  </div></li>
      </ul>    </div>
  
  
  
  
  
  
</div></div><div class="block block-menu block-menu-awm-blog-categories">
   <h2 class="block-title">Blog Categories</h2>
   <ul class="nav"><li class="first leaf"><a href="/blog/about/" title="">About</a></li>
<li class="leaf"><a href="/blog/category/aircraft-1914-1918/" title="Aircraft 1914 - 1918">Aircraft 1914 - 1918</a></li>
<li class="leaf"><a href="/blog/category/art/" title="Art">Art</a></li>
<li class="leaf"><a href="/blog/category/new-acquisitions/" title="New acquisitions">New acquisitions</a></li>
<li class="expanded"><a href="/blog/category/education/" title="Education at the Memorial">Education at the Memorial</a><ul class="nav"><li class="first last leaf"><a href="/blog/category/memorial-box/" title="Memorial box banter">Memorial box banter</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li class="leaf"><a href="/blog/category/remember-me-lost-diggers-vignacourt/" title="Remember Me: the lost diggers of Vignacourt">Remember Me: the lost diggers of Vignacourt</a></li>
<li class="leaf"><a href="/blog/category/artist-residence/" title="Artist in residence">Artist in residence</a></li>
<li class="leaf"><a href="/blog/category/first-world-war-centenary/" title="First World War Centenary">First World War Centenary</a></li>
<li class="leaf"><a href="/blog/category/anzac-connections/" title="Anzac Connections">Anzac Connections</a></li>
<li class="expanded"><a href="/blog/category/battlefield-tours/" title="Battlefield Tours">Battlefield Tours</a><ul class="nav"><li class="first last leaf"><a href="/blog/category/simpson-prize-2014/" title="Simpson Prize 2014">Simpson Prize 2014</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li class="expanded"><a href="/blog/category/collection/" title="Collection">Collection</a><ul class="nav"><li class="first leaf"><a href="/blog/category/conservation/" title="Conservation">Conservation</a></li>
<li class="leaf"><a href="/blog/category/collection-highlights/" title="Collection Highlights">Collection Highlights</a></li>
<li class="last leaf"><a href="/blog/category/mht/" title="Military Heraldry and Technology
">Military Heraldry and Technology</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li class="leaf"><a href="/blog/category/diary-anzac/" title="Diary of an Anzac">Diary of an Anzac</a></li>
<li class="expanded"><a href="/blog/category/exhibitions/" title="Exhibitions">Exhibitions</a><ul class="nav"><li class="first leaf"><a href="/blog/category/anzac-voices/" title="Anzac Voices">Anzac Voices</a></li>
<li class="leaf"><a href="/blog/category/love-and-war/" title="Of love and war">Of love and war</a></li>
<li class="leaf"><a href="/blog/category/1941-tobruk/" title="1941, Tobruk">1941, Tobruk</a></li>
<li class="leaf"><a href="/blog/category/george-lambert-gallipoli-and-palestine-landscapes/" title="George Lambert: Gallipoli and Palestine Landscapes">George Lambert: Gallipoli and Palestine Landscapes</a></li>
<li class="leaf"><a href="/blog/category/nurses-zululand-afghanistan/" title="Nurses: from Zululand to Afghanistan">Nurses: from Zululand to Afghanistan</a></li>
<li class="leaf"><a href="/blog/category/lawrence-arabia-and-light-horse/" title="Lawrence of Arabia and the Light Horse">Lawrence of Arabia and the Light Horse</a></li>
<li class="last leaf"><a href="/blog/category/flanders-fields-1917/" title="To Flanders Fields, 1917">To Flanders Fields, 1917</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li class="leaf"><a href="/blog/category/family-history/" title="Family history">Family history</a></li>
<li class="leaf"><a href="/blog/category/news/" title="News">News</a></li>
<li class="leaf"><a href="/blog/category/opinion-views-and-commentary/" title="Opinion, views and commentary">Opinion, views and commentary</a></li>
<li class="leaf"><a href="/blog/category/tobruk-diaries/" title="Tobruk diaries">Tobruk diaries</a></li>
<li class="leaf"><a href="/blog/category/personal-stories/" title="Personal Stories">Personal Stories</a></li>
<li class="last leaf"><a href="/blog/category/wartime/" title="Wartime">Wartime</a></li>
</ul></div>        </div>
      
      </div>
</div>


<div id="footer">
  <div class="container">
          <div class="block block-block block-11">
   <div class="container">
	<div class="row" id="ft">
		<div class="block">
			<div class="span3">
				<h2>Museum</h2>
				<ul>
					<li><a href="/visit/">Visitor information</a></li>
					<li><a href="/research/">Research Centre</a></li>
					<li><a href="/events/">Events</a></li>
					<li><a href="/exhibitions/">Exhibitions</a> | <a href="/exhibitions/travelling/">On tour</a></li>
					<li><a href="/collection/conservation/">Conservation</a></li>
					<li><a href="/blog/">Blog</a></li>
					<li><a href="/media/">Media</a></li>
					<li><a href="/employment/">Jobs</a></li>
				</ul>
			</div>
			<div class="span3">
				<h2>Research</h2>
				<ul>
					<li><a href="/research/family-history/">Family history</a></li>
					<li><a href="/research/infosheets/">Information sheets</a></li>
					<li><a href="/people/roll-search/roll_of_honour/">Roll of Honour</a></li>
					<li><a href="/histories/">Official Histories</a></li>
					<li><a href="/units/">Australian military units</a></li>
					<li><a href="/encyclopedia/">Encyclopedia</a></li>
					<li><a href="/glossary/">Glossary</a></li>
					<li><a href="/publications/">Publications</a></li>
				</ul>
			</div>
			<div class="span3">
				<h2>Participate</h2>
				<ul>
					<li><a href="/about/friends/">Friends of the Memorial</a></li>
					<li><a href="/battlefield-tours/">Battlefield tours</a></li>
					<li class="ft_social" id="ft_fb"><a class="external" href="http://www.facebook.com/AWMemorial">Facebook</a></li>
					<li class="ft_social" id="ft_twttr"><a class="external" href="http://twitter.com/AWMemorial">Twitter</a></li>
					<li class="ft_social" id="ft_flkr"><a class="external" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/australianwarmemorial/">Flickr</a></li>
					<li class="ft_social" id="ft_flkr_c"><a class="external" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/australian-war-memorial/">Flickr Commons</a></li>
					<li class="ft_social" id="ft_yt"><a class="external" href="http://www.youtube.com/user/AustWarMemorial">YouTube</a></li>
				</ul>
			</div>
			<div class="span3 pagination-centered ">
				<ul>
					<li><img alt="" height="60" src="//www.awm.gov.au/images/logo/AWM-2010-FT.png" width="79"></li>
					<li><a href="/about/">About</a></li>
					<li><a href="/copyright/">Copyright</a></li>
					<li><a href="/about/disclaimer/">Disclaimer</a></li>
					<li><a href="/about/privacy/">Privacy Statement</a></li>
					<li><a href="/contact/">Contact</a></li>
				</ul>
			</div>
		</div>
	</div>
</div>
</div>  </div>
</div>  <script type="text/javascript">
<!--
  var _gaq = _gaq || [];
  _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-400084-1']);
  _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']);

  (function() {
    var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true;
    ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js';
    var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s);
  })();
//-->
</script>

</body>
</html>
