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

Support the Memorial

Support the Memorial as a volunteer, a donor or by donating objects to the collection

Buy a star

Make a financial donation

Veteran programs

Volunteer your time

Donate an object

Every object tells a story

On this day

29 March

— 1900

Battle of Karee Siding, South Africa. Troops from NSW Mounted Rifles, NSW Lancers, and 1st Australian Horse were part of an Allied force of 9000 men which engaged 3500 Boers. The battle was won by the Allies but at a cost of 189 casualties compared with Boer losses of only 34.

— 1941

Battle of Matapan, Greece. HMA Ships Perth, Stuart and Vendetta participated in the battle off Crete destroying Italian naval supremacy in the Mediterranean.

— 1970

No 35 Squadron, RAAF, lost its only Caribou aircraft to enemy action during the Vietnam War.