The gendered experience of women veterans within military institutions is underexplored in Australian research. Participation of Australian women in the military has grown over the last decade particularly. Female veterans, like their male counterparts, describe great value from service and loyalty to the institution. Despite this, the experience can also be challenging for women in a male dominated institution. Existing data contained in government reports and qualitative research papers describes women veterans as a population vulnerable to sexual violence during service and homelessness, family breakdown, poverty and high rates of suicide post discharge. Military institutions represent and value martial masculinity and understanding of the lived experience of women within this environment is poor, rendering them silenced and invisible. This invisibility has recently been linked to gender-based barriers to supports through transition out of service, for physical and mental health issues, social connection and access to Veterans’ Affairs entitlements. In a current sociological study on Australian women veteran experiences of service, interview data highlights the salience of moral injury. Recent psychological research has established that moral injury is closely linked with both military service and increased risk of suicide, with female veterans at overall higher risk than males. This presentation considers the way moral injury is conceived in the field and how well it captures women veterans’ experience. Early analysis of the data indicates a prevalence of various forms of Military Institutional Abuse as the key causation for moral injury on this population. A draft typology of these experiences will be discussed with views for further work on broadening and developing this model.