| Australian War Memorial (AWM)
  GPO Box 345, Canberra ACT 2601 Telephone: +61 2 6243 4211
 
        The Australian War Memorial (AWM) is located in Canberra as a memorial to Australian military history, museum
          and research facility covering  Australian military history
        during all wars and conflicts.  The   rest of the collection and restoration facility is stored at the Treloar Technology Centre (AWM Annex).
 Aircraft Hall
 Previously known as the Bradbury Aircraft Hall displays restored aircraft.
 
 DH98 Mosquito PR.41 Serial Number A52-319
 Displayed suspended from the ceiling at the entrance to Aircraft Hall.
 
 A6M2 Model 21 Zero Manufacture Number 5784 Tail  V-173
 Displayed suspended from the ceiling in Aircraft Hall.
 
 P-40E "Polly"  Serial Number A29-133
 Displayed in a diorama in Aircraft Hall.
 
 Wirraway Serial
            Number A20-103
 Displayed with fuselage skin removed at Aircraft Hall.
 
 Hawker Sea Fury
 
 Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15bis
 
 P-51D Mustang Serial Number A68-648
 
 Ki-43-II Oscar  Manufacture Number 5465
 Abandoned Alexishafen, salvaged 1984 the rear fuselage and engine on display the wings and center section are  at AWM Annex.
 
 AWM Aircraft Hall also displays many smaller aviation artifacts and wreckage including:
 
 75mm
          Type 88 Anti-Aircraft Gun Serial
            Number 1000
 Recovered from Buna Airfield in 1973, displayed at the museum
 
 Hudson Mk I Serial
            Number A16-19 (engine no. 1)
 First Australian aircraft lost during the Second World War in the Pacific
 
 Boston  A28-29  (control column)
 Control column  crashed November 3, 1943 into Jacquinot Bay
 
 Boomerang A46-134 (.303 caliber machine gun)
 Crashed December 31, 1943 on Shaggy Ridge
 
 P-40E Kittyhawk  A29-92 (.50 caliber machine gun)
 Crashed August 27, 1942 piloted by Peter Turnbull. Machine gun recovered
        by 61 Battalion
 
 G4M1 Model 11 Betty Manufacture Number 2656 (control horn)
 Crashed April 18, 1943 control horn recovered from the crash site is on display
 
 Second World War Hall
 Relics and displays related to the Pacific Theater
 
 Spitfire Mk IIA Serial Number P7973
 
 Hudson Mk I Serial
          Number A16-19 (Engine No. 2)
 First Australian aircraft lost during the Second World War in the Pacific
 
 Universal Carrier LP2 Serial Number 1022
 Captured by the Japanese on Ambon and used for the remainder of the Pacific War.
 
 General Stuart M3 Tank Serial Number 2033
 Recovered
            from Buna, the turret and portion of the tank are displayed
        at the museum.
 
 Type 
          A Midget Submarine
 Tail section only of HA-21 Type A Midget Submarine (M22).
 
 ANZAC Hall
 During 2001, ANZAC Hall was opened to the  north of the original building.
 
 Lancaster  "G for George" Serial Number W4783 Code AR-G
 Displayed in ANZAC Hall in the "Striking by night" exhibit.
 
 Type A Midget Submarine (Composite)
 Restored from salvaged subs using the bow of HA-21 (M22) and stern of HA-27 (M27).
 
 HMAS Kuttabul
 Wheelhouse from ship sunk by midget submarine attack.
 
 Postwar Gallery
 Relics and displays related to conflicts after the Second World War, including the Korean War and Vietnam War
 
 Meteor F.8 Serial Number A77-368
 Served with RAAF 77 Squadron, RAAF, during the Korean War. Nose and cockpit section displayed.
 
 Hall of Valour
 The Australian War Memorial has the largest collection of Victoria Cross medals in Australia.  The following medals related to the Pacific Theatre are currently on display:
 
 Victoria Cross (VC)
 Lt Col Charles Groves Wright Anderson, Australian Army
 Lt Albert Chowne, Australian Army
 Sgt Thomas Currie Derrick, Australian Army
 Pte Richard Kelliher, Australian Army
 Pte Bruce Steel Kingsbury, Australian Army
 Pte John Bernard Mackey, Australian Army
 F/Lt William Ellis Newton, RAAF
 
 George Cross (GC)
 Pte Benjamin Gower Hardy, Australian Army
 Pte Ralph Jones, Australian Army
 
 
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