Collection type | Library |
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Author | Lewis, Tom, 1958-, author.; |
Call Number | 940.545994 L676t |
Document type | Monograph |
Year | [2016]. |
Pagination | 317 pages : some colour illustrations, maps, some colour portraits ; 25 cm. |
Publisher | Avonmore Books, |
Note | Includes bibliographical references and index. "No-one will ever know what made him do it. Teddy Sheean was part of the evacuation of his warship, the corvette Armidale sinking fast while around it swarmed Japanese aircraft, shooting with abandon. Teddy turned back to his gun, an Oerlikon 20mm anti-aircraft cannon with a borad leather strap to secure the gunner. he bagan firing... a courageous Tasmanian determined to do his best to save his mates and his ship... This book focuses on a naval sailor who should have received a VC."--Back cover. |
Place made | Kent Town, S. Aust. : |
Teddy Sheean, a Tasmanian hero... : and other brave warriors of the Royal Australian Navy / [Tom Lewis]. Honour denied : Teddy Sheean, a Tasmanian hero ... and other brave warriors of the Royal Australian Navy
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- Sheean, Teddy, 1923-1942.
- Rankin, Robert, 1907-1942.
- Waller, Hector, 1900-1942.
- Armidale (Corvette)
- Australia. Royal Australian Navy History.
- Australia. Army Medals, badges, decorations, etc.
- Sailors - Australia - Biography.
- Heroes - Australia - Biography.
- Heroes - Tasmania - Biography.
- World War, 1939-1945 - Naval operations, Australian.
- Australia - History, Naval.