The Treasures of the Anzac Memorial exhibition will be closed from 24 March to 6 April. The exhibition will reopen on Monday, 7 April.

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28 March

— 1918

Battle of Morlancourt, France. The 10th and 11th Infantry Brigades occupied a ridge overlooking Morlancourt and helped to stem German advances during the Spring Offensive on the Somme.

— 1918

Sergeant Stanley McDougall is awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions at Dernancourt, France. McDougall attacked two German machine-gun teams, killing their crews. He then attacked a second wave of Germans, and when a German officer aimed his pistol at some Australians, McDougall killed him with a rifle and bayonet. Twenty-two Germans were killed and thirty were captured, due largely to his actions. Eight days later he would also be awarded a Military Medal.