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HMAS Sydney (D48)
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HMAS Sydney, named for the Australian city of Sydney, was one of three modified Leander-class light cruisers operated by the Royal Australian Navy. Ordered for the Royal Navy as HMS Phaeton, the cruis
HMAS Sydney in 1936
HMAS Sydney in 1936
Sailors working on the 6-inch (150 mm) diameter barrels of "A" turret, following the Battle of Cape Spada in 1940
Sailors working on the 6-inch (150 mm) diameter barrels of "A" turret, following the Battle of Cape Spada in 1940
Sydney, circa 1935
Sydney, circa 1935
4-inch guns on HMAS Sydney
4-inch guns on HMAS Sydney
Thomas Welsby Clark
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S4449 Able Seaman Thomas Welsby Clark was a sailor in the Royal Australian Navy, whose body was found on a life raft in the Indian Ocean, near Christmas Island, on 6 February 1942.
HMAS Sydney (D48)
…Germany in early 1947. On 6 February 1942, a Carley float containing a dead body was spotted just off Christmas Island and towed ashore. Examination of the raft and its occupant led the island's inhabitants to believe that they were from Sydney. Although a 1949 investigation conducted by the Royal Navy stated the raft was not…
Clark in 1940, as an Ordinary Seaman on HMAS St Giles
Clark in 1940, as an Ordinary Seaman on HMAS St Giles