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"What may the wreck of the Sydney reveal", published in Warship Vol 42; the RUSI Journal United Service in Feb 2008, and in the Australian Naval Institute's Headmark in Dec 2007, was the first battle-damage assessment of what the wreck of the Sydney—if it was found—would look like.
- 19 November 1941
Thomas Welsby Clark, 20, joined the HMAS Sydney just four months before it was ambushed by a German raider in the Indian Ocean in 1941. All 645 men on board the ship died - one of Australia's...
May 1, 2015 · The HMAS Sydney was lost in November 1941 in a battle with the German cruiser Kormoran, which also sank. All 645 crewman on board the Australian light cruiser perished. An expedition to survey the historic World War II shipwreck appears to have uncovered why the Sydney was so quickly disabled.
Mar 18, 2008 · The remains of the light cruiser HMAS Sydney were discovered on Sunday, 66 years after it sank on November 19 1941, after a battle with the German vessel DKM Kormoran in the worst naval...
Nov 19, 2021 · 19th November 2021. Comments (15) Tom Lewis. The identity of the HMAS Sydney crew member now revealed, whose body was recovered in World War II and buried at Christmas Island, focuses attention once again on the final fight of this gallant warship.
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Nov 17, 2021 · A seaman, known as the Unknown Sailor, was discovered on Christmas Island after The Sydney sank in a World War II battle on November 19, 1941. His grave was found in 2006 but it is only now that technological advances are thought to have helped reveal his identity.
Nov 19, 2021 · Eighty years after the Australian warship HMAS Sydney (II) sunk off the West Australian coast, the only body recovered from the tragedy has now been identified. New DNA evidence has confirmed Able Seaman (AB) Thomas Welsby Clark from New Farm in Brisbane as the previously unidentified sailor.
