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On Thursday, 20 November 1941, the HMAS Sydney (II) was lost with all hands. The cruiser had a total complement of 42 officers and 603 ratings, including nine sons of Victoria Park.
These are the names of those nine sailors, men who lived and loved and called Victoria Park home prior to enlistment in the Royal Australian Navy during World War II:
ANDREWS, Arthur John
Able Seaman
F1877
BAVERSTOCK, Ernest George
F2603/18
BEVAN, Hanbury Victor
F2649/16
DOXEY, Alexander Harold
23010
HARRINGTON, Albert Frederick
Leading Seaman
21073
KEENAN, Francis Bernard
Stoker
23289
REDFEARNE, Charles Hugh
24042
WARD, Frederick Ernest Charles
24049
WITTON, Bertram Linsay
Leading Telegraphist
F2207
Read the official ships history of HMAS Sydney (II) as published by the Royal Australian Navy
Part One [PDF version] | Part One [original version on RAN website]
Part Two [PDF version] | Part Two [original version on RAN Website]
- With special thanks to Neville Browne JP who alerted us to this fact of history -