In 1916, Prime Minister Billy Hughes called for a plebiscite on the issue of conscription for war service. He hoped to make military service compulsory.

This is an extract from a poster outlining regulations from the War Precautions Act during the First World War.

This is the application of widow Jeanie O'Kane for a war pension, after the death of her daughter, Nurse Rosa O'Kane, from the Spanish flu.

Find and view army service records for Australian servicemen and women from the Second World War in our collection.

War does not end when peace is declared.

This is a newspaper article about Australian plans for war orphans, Second World War.

A poster with a message for the Australian public, regarding the danger of spreading information about Australia's war movements.

In response to the refugee crisis following World War II, the UN formed the International Refugee Organisation in 1946.

This printed document, entitled The Great War 1914–1919, shows the number of men in Australia who enlisted for military service during the First World War.

This guide covers records related to Japanese war crimes in the Pacific theatre of the Second World War.

To support our US allies, Australia sent almost 60,000 service personnel to South Vietnam from 1962 to 1975 to fight the spread of communism. Conscription forced many of these troops to serve.

The National Archives Adelaide Office holds a range of records dealing with internees, aliens and prisoners of war during World War II.

More than 200 Australians of Chinese heritage enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force during the First World War.

Information about World War II Army pay files held in Adelaide.

Information on researching World War I internee, alien and POW records held in Adelaide.

An estimated 1,000 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people served with the Australian Imperial Force in the First World War.

This fact sheet provides information on National Archives records about industrial development after World War II.

War widows learning new trades in classes offered by the Repatriation Department.

This fact sheet provides information on World War I internee, alien and POW records held in Sydney.

Letter confirming status of payment of war gratuity.