MAKE A MEME View Large Image Sheean (AWM 044154).jpg AWM Caption PORTRAIT OF TWO AUSTRALIAN SAILORS IDENTIFIED ON THE RIGHT IS H1617 ORDINARY SEAMAN Edward Teddy Sheean RAN WHO WAS KILLED ON 1 DECEMBER 1942 DURING AN ATTACK BY JAPANESE AIRCRAFT WHICH SUNK HMAS ARMIDALE ...
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Keywords: Sheean (AWM 044154).jpg AWM Caption PORTRAIT OF TWO AUSTRALIAN SAILORS IDENTIFIED ON THE RIGHT IS H1617 ORDINARY SEAMAN Edward Teddy Sheean RAN WHO WAS KILLED ON 1 DECEMBER 1942 DURING AN ATTACK BY JAPANESE AIRCRAFT WHICH SUNK HMAS ARMIDALE AFTER THE ORDER TO 'ABANDON SHIP' ORDINARY SEAMAN TEDDY SHEEAN ALTHOUGH TWICE WOUNDED STAYED AT HIS POST AT THE AFT OERLIKON GUN BRINGING DOWN AN ENEMY BOMBER HE WAS STILL FIRING WHEN THE SHIP SANK FOR HIS PART IN THIS ACTION ORDINARY SEAMAN SHEEAN WAS POSTHUMOUSLY AWARDED A 'MENTION IN DESPATCHES' THE SAILOR AT LEFT IS UNIDENTIFIED Portrait zweier australischer Seeleute Der links abgebildetete Matrose ist unbekannt Der rechte ist Edward Teddy Sheean Er wurde am 1 Dezember 1942 bei einem japanischen Luftangriff getötet watermark 044154 Australian War Memorial AWM catalog number 044154 Sourced from http //www awm gov au/database/collection asp Higher resolution images may be ordered through the AWM Source email from the AWM to Nick Dowling 6 January 2006 Copyright The AWM record for this photo states that the copyright status is 'clear' The photo was taken prior to December 1942 The copyright has expired on this image Higher resolution versions of this image may be ordered through the AWM Website at www awm gov au PD-Australia Sailor suits Sailor caps Black and white photographs
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