In the lead up to Remembrance Day, many will be considering ways to personally recognise and commemorate those who have lost their lives or suffered in wars, conflicts and peace operations.
Our Remembrance Day Kitbag is designed to support you in commemorating Remembrance Day in a way that is personal to you.
Our Kitbag contains a range of resources you can customise to suit your event. This includes a recommended order of service, sample speeches, music suggestions and the Ode of Remembrance. The Kitbag also includes veterans’ reflections, the history of Remembrance Day and craft activities.
We encourage you to explore the Remembrance Day Kitbag on the Anzac Portal. All resources are free to download and use.
To help commemorate Remembrance Day, we have also posted a commemorative pack of posters, education resources and a 2026 calendar to ex-service organisations, schools and other associations across the country.
The commemorative pack includes the 2025 Remembrance Day poster, which honours the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War and the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the Office of Australian War Graves (OAWG). The OAWG plays a significant role in commemoration and remembrance by maintaining war cemeteries, individual war graves and memorials for members of the Commonwealth forces who died during the First and Second World Wars. The poster features a member of the Australian Defence Force in Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea where Australian Navy, Army, Air Force and Merchant Navy members are commemorated.
The pack contains a second commemorative poster to acknowledge the 75th anniversary of the formation of the Royal Australian Army Nursing Corps (RAANC) in February 2026. The poster recognises and thanks the RAANC for the continued role it plays in conflicts, as well as peace, humanitarian and disaster-relief operations.
The 2026 DVA wall calendar honours the dedication and commitment of national servicemen from the National Service Training Scheme 1951-1959 and the National Service Scheme 1965-1972. More than 280,000 young Australian men were called up for national service in the two separate schemes during the cold war.
A variety of classroom-ready resources are available in the pack to help students learn more about Australia’s military history and take part in commemoration activities.
Digital copies of the commemorative pack are accessible on the Anzac Portal.
For a physical copy, please email education@dva.gov.au.
