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scott powell
28th July 2008, 23:47
I had the chance to visit the Australian War Memorial in Canberra Australia last year, and was enthralled at the exibitions
scott powell
28th July 2008, 23:50
several rooms were dedicated to the Aussie 'digger' of the First World War
scott powell
28th July 2008, 23:52
This uniform still had the mud from Gallipoli dried on it,and the display an exausted digger mired in the mud was wrenching
scott powell
28th July 2008, 23:56
the displays of the VC's were mindblowing, everywhere were medal displays
scott powell
28th July 2008, 23:58
more VC's
scott powell
29th July 2008, 00:00
These items were Manfred Von Richtofen's triplane, i could imagine his tumbs on the triggers of the control stick
scott powell
29th July 2008, 00:09
The german uniform displays were equally impressive
scott powell
29th July 2008, 00:12
There was a display of german medals,as well as a good display of a german paratrooper
scott powell
29th July 2008, 00:14
the weapons displays were interesting as well
scott powell
29th July 2008, 00:16
more uniform displays
scott powell
29th July 2008, 00:19
an SE 5 A and a captured german tank made good displays
scott powell
29th July 2008, 00:21
more displays
scott powell
29th July 2008, 00:24
World War One weapons and equipment displays
scott powell
29th July 2008, 00:27
First World War uniform displays
scott powell
29th July 2008, 00:30
these pics have hardly scratched the surface of the treasures this musuem holds. if you ever get the chance to vist,its a trip of a lifetime
RaymondG
29th July 2008, 06:06
Excellent thread Scott and thanks for posting it. It is a museum I may never get to visit so thank you for my guided tour :thumbup:

Raymond
scott powell
29th July 2008, 23:45
Excellent thread Scott and thanks for posting it. It is a museum I may never get to visit so thank you for my guided tour :thumbup:

Raymond

thanx raymond,glad you enjoyed!
Adrian Stevenson
5th August 2008, 07:29
Hi Scott, my Mother in Law visited the museum while over in Oz and she said Lez and I would have loved it. I can certainy see why she said that from your photos. Thanks for showing them.

Cheers, Ade.
Bob Hartman
23rd August 2008, 01:54
Scott...thanks for posting the great pics of the Australia War Memorial museum. The displays of large equipment were particularly interesting.
scott powell
23rd August 2008, 04:13
Scott...thanks for posting the great pics of the Australia War Memorial museum. The displays of large equipment were particularly interesting.

thanx bob! i could have spent a week there, they had several large artillery pieces that caught my eye,as well as the Komet,Zero and ME109 in the aviation section
ApathyL
1st December 2008, 05:21
Nice photos!! hope you dont mind me posting some more...

cheers, Les.

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ApathyL
1st December 2008, 05:29
The rudder here below is the one from the Bf110`s flown by Heinz Wolfgang Schnaufer night fighter ace...:w00t:
Norman LaBarge
1st December 2008, 20:33
Excellent pictures. Looks like a great museum. I understand that there are only 2 original WW1 German built Albatros fighters left in the world. One is in the Smithsonian in Washington DC, (seen that one). The other one is in Australia. Is it in this museum? If so, did you happen to get any pictures.
Thanks,
Norm