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Australian War Memorial (AWM)
LinkGPO 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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