Aboard HMAS Sydney in Australian waters - Engineer Commander Lionel Sydney Dalton DSO in the ...

Accession Number 005715
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Hendy, F
Hendy, Les
Place made At sea
Date made 6 February 1941
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Aboard HMAS Sydney in Australian waters - Engineer Commander Lionel Sydney Dalton DSO in the engine room. Dalton was killed in action when HMAS Sydney was sunk after the action with the German raider Kormoran in the Indian Ocean on 20 November 1941. (NEGATIVE BY L. HENDY).