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Photograph 002427 Second World War, 1939-1945ALEXANDRIA, EGYPT. CLEANING OPERATIONS IN THE RIGGING ABOARD HMAS SYDNEY AFTER DAMAGE IN THE SUCCESSFUL NAVAL ACTION AGAINST THE ITALIAN CRUISER BARTOLOMEO COLLEONI.

The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
ABOARD HMAS SYDNEY THE ONLY CASUALTY IN THE SUCCESSFUL ACTION AGAINST THE ITALIAN CRUISER BARTOLOMEO COLLEONI, ABLE SEAMAN D. THOMPSON (LEFT), WITH LEADING SICK BAY ATTENDANT C.J. WILSON AND SICK BAY ATTENDANT D.E. SHELLEY.
ALEXANDRIA, EGYPT. CLEANING OPERATIONS IN THE RIGGING ABOARD HMAS SYDNEY AFTER DAMAGE IN THE SUCCESSFUL NAVAL ACTION AGAINST THE ITALIAN CRUISER BARTOLOMEO COLLEONI.

ALEXANDRIA, EGYPT. HMAS SYDNEY IN HER GLORY, SHOWING HER HOLES PROUDLY, AFTER THE SUCCESSFUL ACTION AGAINST THE ITALIAN CRUISER BARTOLOMEO COLLEONI.

Crew members of HMAS Sydney cleaning guns after the successful action against the Italian cruiser Bartolomeo Colleoni. On the left is Ordinary Seaman - H. McMahon and AB Alexander Harold Doxey. Doxey

Group portrait of unidentified officers and crew of the RAN light cruiser HMAS Sydney after the successful action against the Italian Cruiser Bartolomeo Colleoni on 19 July 1940. Men are crowded on
Crew members of the RAN light cruiser HMAS Sydney (II) peer through a hole in the forward funnel. The damage was sustained in action against the Italian Cruiser Bartolomeo Colleoni off Cape Spada, Cr

Two invalid sailors, Able Seaman S F Willis (left) and Petty Officer C C Williams (right), on the deck of the 2/1st Hospital Ship Manunda which brought them back to Melbourne. They were serving on HMA