Aerial starboard view of cruiser HMAS Sydney, circa 1940Royal Australian Navy Captain John Collins aboard HMAS Sydney, 22 July 1940Crew of cruiser HMAS Sydney, circa late 1940 or early 1941RMS Queen Mary (right), RMS Queen Elizabeth (left), and HMAS Sydney (foreground) off Wilson
Aerial starboard view of cruiser HMAS Sydney, circa 1940Royal Australian Navy Captain John Collins aboard HMAS Sydney, 22 July 1940Crew of cruiser HMAS Sydney, circa late 1940 or early 1941RMS Queen Mary (right), RMS Queen Elizabeth (left), and HMAS Sydney (foreground) off Wilson's Promontory, Victoria, Australia, 4 Sep 1941
Memo from Australian Secretary to the War Cabinet Frederick Shedden to John Curtin, the first formal advice to the Prime Minister that the HMAS Sydney was believed lost, 25 Nov 1941
Memo from Australian Secretary to the War Cabinet Frederick Shedden to John Curtin, the first formal advice to the Prime Minister that the HMAS Sydney was believed lost, 25 Nov 1941
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