A phase of life aboard an Australian warship in war-time is strikingly portrayed in this drawing by Frank Norton, recently appointed official artist to the Royal Australian Navy. The drawing was made in "B" turret of H.M.A.S. Sydney between the hours of 8 p.m. and midnight. Although this unit of the ship's armament was at the time "closed up" and the men were reading ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Thu 13 Mar 1941, Page 8
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