THE Australian cruiser, H.M.A.S. Canberra was sunk in action off the Solomon Islands on August 9. Casualties on the ship, which had a full ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 126 wordsTHE H.M.A.S. CANBERRA in action, firing her forward eight-inch guns with full calibre charges during battle practice. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 17 wordsSYDNEY, Thursday. — Mrs. Frank Getting, widow of Capt. Getting, said tonight that her husband had died as he would ...
Article : 127 wordsALTHOUGH mortally wounded, Captain Frank Edmond Getting, commander of H.M.A.S. Canberra, sat on a stool on the bridge and directed final operations just before the cruiser sank off the ...
Article : 373 wordsCapt. Frank Edmond Getting. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 4 wordsBuilt at Clydebank, Scotland. was a cruiser of the Kent class, completed in 1928. She was commissioned in the Royal Australian ...
Article : 219 wordsSOMEWHERE IN AUSTRALIA, Thursday. — A cocky Japanese pilot, who apparently imagines himself an Asiatic Richthofen, has been ...
Article : 97 wordsA U.S. soldier writing a final note on a trunk before boarding ship at an embarkation port ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 28 wordsPERTH, Thursday. — By 28 votes to 16, N. Aitken, a deaf and dumb lad, was today adjudged best and fairest player for the ...
Article : 67 wordsBATTLE scenes aboard H.M.A.S. Canberra before the cruiser was abandoned and the work of doctors among the wounded at their stations were described by survivors who landed yesterday ...
Article : 617 wordsSYDNEY, Thursday. — Mount Keira mine on the south coast, together with its employees, will be the subject of another report to Canberra— ...
Article : 123 wordsSYDNEY, Thursday.—All survivors of H.M.A.S. Canberra would be granted 14 days leave to enable them to proceed to their homes ...
Article : 57 wordsKALGOORLIE, Thursday. — The body of William Lockhart, 72. was discovered hi a 200ft. shaft near [?]lie last Monday. ...
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The Sun News-Pictorial (Melbourne, Vic. : 1922 - 1954; 1956), Fri 21 Aug 1942, Page 3
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