What Happened to the Crew of the HMAS Sydney?

Ever since that fateful day in 1941, when the HMAS Sydney was sunk in a horrific battle with the German raider Kormoran (which also sank), there has been the question of what happened to the crew of the Sydney, all of whom died. Surely, some of them made it off the ship before it sank, but other than one body, which drifted ashore months later at Christmas Island.

Now, scientist Leon de Yong says any floating bodies eventually succumbed to the elements, and sank, but eventually refloated as gasses were released in the dead bodies. They might have floated for another ten days, but, by then, the air search had ended.

There still is the theory that some might have floated ashore, but were secretly buried by security forces.

This is Probably a Mystery That Will Always Remain. --Cooter