The Treasures of the Anzac Memorial exhibition will be closed from 24 March to 24 April. The exhibition will re-open on Friday, 25 April.

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On this day

18 April

— 1941

Battle of Tempe (Pinior) Gorge, Greece. The Australian 2/2nd and 2/3rd Battalions and the 21st New Zealand Battalion stemmed a German advance, enabling the Allies to establish a defensive line across the Thermopylae Peninsula.

— 1942

Prime Minister Curtin handed operational control of all combat sections of the Australian Navy, Army, and Air Force to Lieutenant General MacArthur.

— 1966

The first National Service troops departed for service in Vietnam.