Australian War Memorial (AWM)
 GPO Box 345, Canberra ACT 2601
Telephone: +61 2 6243 4211
Impressive museum
and research facility the covers Australian military history
from all wars and conflicts. Also, their website is a powerful
research and search tool. Also, there is the separate AWM Annex,
the Treloar Technology Centre, where restoration work takes
place and relics that are not on display in the main museum
are kept.
Bradbury Aircraft Hall
DeHavilland
DH98 Mosquito
PR.41 Serial
Number A52-319
CAC
Wirraway Serial
Number A20-103
P-40E "Polly" Serial Number A29-133
A6M2
Model 21 Manufacture
Number 5784 Tail V-173
Ki-43-II OscarManufacture
Number 5465
Spitfire
Mark IIA Serial Number P7973
Lockheed Hudson Serial
Number A16-105
Lockheed
Hudson Serial
Number A16-19
Engines displayed, first Australian aircraft lost during the Pacific War.
Aircraft Relics on Display In
Bradbury Aircraft Hall
A-20C Boston A28-29 Control Column
Control column from bomber that crashed November 3, 1943 into Jacquinot
Bay
Boomerang A46-134 Machine Gun
Crashed December 31, 1943 on Shaggy Ridge
P-40E Warhawk A29-92 Machine Gun
Crashed August 27, 1942 piloted by Peter Turnbull. Machine gun recovered
by 61 Battalion.
Second World War Hall
Relics and displays related to the Pacific Theater
Bren Gun Carrier LP-2 Number 1022
Captured by the Japanese on Ambon and used during the war
General
Stuart M3 Tank Serial
Number 2033
Recovered
from Buna, the turret and portion of the tank are displayed
at the museum
75mm
Type 88 Anti-Aircraft Gun Serial
Number 1000
Recovered from Buna Airfield in 1973, displayed at the museum
Type
A Midget Submarine
Tail section only of HA-21 (M22)
ANZAC Hall
Contains many other relics from WWII, including the Lancaster bomber, captured German aircraft and the Midget Submarine that attacked Sydney Harbor.
Type A Midget Submarine
Restored from salvaged subs HA-21 (M22) and HA-14 (M27)
HMAS Kuttabul
Wheelhouse from ship sunk by midget submarine attack
Last Updated
October 6, 2009
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