HMAS Sydney

More information about the Sydney taken from Australian sources. I am still amazed why American media is not covering it.

April 16th

From the Herald Sun-- A wreck site ceremony to be held at the largest-ever loss of life on an Australian warship. Ted McGowan, a retired Melbourne magistrate, was a young child when he lost his brother Thomas on the Sydney. He was one of the fortunate-five descendants able to be taken to the wreck for the special ceremony.

Also present for the ceremony:

Retired Commodore Rory Burnett, the son of the Sydney's captain.

Robyn Leitch, daughter of Petty Officer Edgar Morris.

John Bournes, nephew of Able Seaman John McDonald.

A commemorative cartridge engraved with the names of the Sydney's crew was dropped in the ocean along with a wreath-laying ceremony

MCGOWAN's QUEST

Ted McGowan has spent more than a decade trying to find out the identity of the sailor who washed up on the shore of Christmas Island in 1942, a few months after the Sydney's demise. He wanted to find out if this sailor was his brother.

You can find out more about it on McGowan's website "Mystery on Christmas Island."
Margaret Morse, daughter of Petty Officer John Davey.