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Afternoon in the tropics
Art
Maker: Norton, Frank
From above the Compass Platform looking over "A" and "B" turrets onto the fo'castle. Officers and men are carrying out short range pistol practice at target rigged to the starboard guard rail of HMAS ...ART23515
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Australia Service Medal : Shipwright 3rd Class R B Hopcraft RAN
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Australia Service Medal. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL33845.005
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Bourne, C.A. (Flying Officer, b: 1920)
Manuscript
Maker: Bourne, C A
Manuscript titled `HMAS Sydney/HMT Aquitania'. Discusses whether the Aquitania might have broken radio silence to report the location of survivors from the German raider `Kormoran' after its battle wi...MSS1624
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Chalk drawing of HMAS Sydney (II)
Heraldry
Maker: Sampson, Louis Nicholas
Chalk sketch on soft particle board depicting a port view of HMAS Sydney with a cloudscape background and soaring seagulls. Written in chalk below the Sydney is, 'GOOD LUCK TO THE AIR BOYS FROM HMAS S...RELAWM30766
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Decorated floral handkerchief : Able Seaman R M Vogt, HMAS Sydney
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Square cream handkerchief with hemmed border and simple silk-screened floral print in red, yellow and green.REL36471.002
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Decorated floral handkerchief : Able Seaman R M Vogt, HMAS Sydney
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Square cream handkerchief with hemmed border and simple silk-screened floral print in red, yellow and green.REL36471.001
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Decorative folding fan : Able Seaman R M Vogt, HMAS Sydney
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
White plastic folding hand fan with 28 leaves enclosed by a pair of endguards, one of which has broken off at the base and is missing; the other has been repaired with sticky tape. Each leaf is identi...REL36472
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Defence Medal : Shipwright 3rd Class R B Hopcraft, RAN
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Replica Defence Medal. Modern copy, replacing original lost medal. No inscription.REL33845.003
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INDIAN OCEAN. 1941-11-25. SURVIVORS FROM THE GERMAN AUXILARY CRUISER KORMORAN, WHICH SANK AND WAS ...
Photograph
Maker: Rippon, Richard G
INDIAN OCEAN. 1941-11-25. SURVIVORS FROM THE GERMAN AUXILARY CRUISER KORMORAN, WHICH SANK AND WAS SUNK BY HMAS SYDNEY (II), RECEIVE DRY CLOTHING ABOARD THE MERCHANT VESSEL CENTAUR. (NAVAL HISTORICAL C...305988
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Mitchell, Charles McGregor (Paymaster Sub Lieutenant; RAN)
Private Record
Maker: Mitchell, Charles McGregor
Collection relating to the Second World War service of Paymaster Sub Lieutenant Charles McGregor Mitchell, Royal Australian Navy. The collection consists of a letter, dated 9 November 1941, from Mitc...PR04480
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Mothers and Widows badge : Mrs F Vogt
Heraldry
Maker: G & B Rodd
Mothers and Widows' badge with one star on suspension bar. The reverse is impressed with serial number N137 and marked with the phrase 'Issued by the C'Wealth Govt', the maker's name and the date, 194...REL36474
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Night encounter, HMAS Sydney and HMAT Zealandia
Art
Maker: Norton, Frank
While escorting SS "Zealandia" in the Indian Ocean, opportunity was taken to carry out an exercise using the transport as a suspicious vessel. Leaving her charge and returning at high speed on a new c...ART30017
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One of the lifeboats from the British merchant ship Centaur alongside full of German sailors ...
Photograph
Maker: Haberfeld, Erwin Jan
One of the lifeboats from the British merchant ship Centaur alongside full of German sailors recovered after their lifeboat was swamped. The German auxiliary cruiser Kormoran (HSK-8), formerly the pa...305986
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One of the lifeboats from the British merchant ship Centaur (P4), a motor boat, coming alongside ...
Photograph
One of the lifeboats from the British merchant ship Centaur (P4), a motor boat, coming alongside full of German sailors recovered after their lifeboat was swamped. The German auxiliary cruiser Kormor...100015
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Pacific Star : Shipwright 3rd Class R B Hopcraft, RAN
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Pacific Star. Modern copy, replacing original lost medal of 1939-45 Star. Stamped 'COPY' on reverseREL33845.002
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Rooke, Neville St R (Flight Lieutenant, No. 4 Sfts RAAF b.1914 - d.1988)
Private Record
Maker: Rooke, Neville St R
FLYING LOGBOOK AND NAVIGATOR'S LOG SHEETS MAINTAINED FOR THE SEARCH FOR HMAS SYDNEY AND LATER DISCOVERY OF THE GERMAN RAIDER KORMORAN LIFE BOAT WITH SURVIVORS, 26-29 NOV 1941. ALSO CONTAINS CORRESPOND...PR88/119
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1939-1945 Star : Able Seaman R M Vogt, HMAS Sydney
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
1939-1945 Star. Unnamed as issued. Contained in original box of issue. One of Vogt's parents has written in ink on the lid 'Our dear Son Ronald Matthew'. The box also contains a 'With Compliments' car...REL36473
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1939-45 Star : Shipwright 3rd Class R B Hopcraft, RAN
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
1939-45 Star. Modern copy, replacing original lost medal of 1939-45 Star. Stamped 'COPY' on reverseREL33845.001
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Talking to the transports
Art
Maker: Norton, Frank
An exchange of signals between escort and transport. A flag hoist (right hand corner) is being hauled down while from the top of the starboard flag-lockers a signalman sends a message by semaphore. Th...ART30030
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Two lifeboats from the British merchant ship Centaur along side with sailors from the German ...
Photograph
Maker: Haberfeld, Erwin Jan
Two lifeboats from the British merchant ship Centaur along side with sailors from the German raider Kormoran. The third lifeboat, beyond the Centaurs lifeboats, and full of water, is a lifeboat from ...305987