Deep inside the Australian War Memorial is one of the country's most controversial artworks. Some in the Middle East say it should be returned home.
Tucked away inside the Australian War Memorial, beneath thousands of names of the fallen, among weapons and mementos from past conflicts, is a mosaic.
Dr Emily Robertson, a war historian at the Australian National University, explains, "Essentially, Australia, as a dominion of the British Empire, was obliged to go to [this] war". Among the surprised Australians discovering the mosaic was military chaplain Reverend William Maitland Woods.Dr Robertson sums up Rev Maitland Woods as "a really interesting character".
"These men took so much pride, this was part of their ANZAC story, to have found the mosaic," Dr Robertson says.
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