AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL

[Photo: Façade of the Australia War Memorial, Canberra, Australia]

Australian War Memorial Official Website:

The Australian War Memorial combines a shrine, a world-class museum, and an extensive archive. The Memorial's purpose is to commemorate the sacrifice of those Australians who have died in war. Its mission is to assist Australians to remember, interpret and understand the Australian experience of war and its enduring impact on Australian society.

Wikipedia:

The Australian War Memorial is Australia's national memorial to the members of all its armed forces and supporting organisations who have died or participated in the wars of the Commonwealth of Australia.

Photograph at the Australian War Memorial Museum

Large Australian and American forces fought in the south-West Pacific to regain New Guinea, the Philippines and Borneo.

Caption of the photo: Fulfilling his promise – “I shall return”—General Douglas MacArthur strides ashore at Leyte in the Philippines in October 1944. The main objective of MacArthur’s campaign in the south-western Pacific was to liberate the Philipines.