HMAS Sydney liberty men at the Fleet Club, Able Seaman (AB) Edmund Sturgeon Rolfe, Leading ...

Accession Number 002454
Collection type Photograph
Object type Negative
Maker Parer, Damien Peter
Place made Egypt, Egypt: Alexandria
Date made 22 July 1940
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

HMAS Sydney liberty men at the Fleet Club, Able Seaman (AB) Edmund Sturgeon Rolfe, Leading Stewards 21317 Walter Edward Bettinson and R. Edwards. AB Rolfe and Leading Steward Bettinson were killed in action when HMAS Sydney was sunk by the Kormoran, with the loss of all hands on 20 November 1941.