John Augustine Collins
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Vice-Admiral Sir John Augustine Collins, was a Royal Australian Navy officer who served in both World Wars, and who eventually rose to become a vice admiral and Chief of Naval Staff. Collins was one o
Captain John Collins in 1943
Members of the Australian Mission Group at the Japanese surrender talks. Left to right: Commodore John Collins; Lieutenant General Frank Berryman; Captain Roy Dowling; Air Commodore Raymond Brownell.
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
John Augustine Collins
…Collins was one of the first graduates of the Royal Australian Naval College to attain flag rank. During the Second World War, he commanded the cruiser HMAS Sydney in the Mediterranean campaign. He led the Australian Naval Squadron in the Pacific theatre and was wounded in the first recorded kamikaze attack, in…
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
Sydney, circa 1935
4-inch guns on HMAS Sydney