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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA. HMAS AUSTRALIA AFTER HER RETURN FROM THE ALLIED INVASION OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. THE "AUSTRALIA" SUFFERED DAMAGE AND LOSSES AT THE LANDING AT LEYTE ISLAND IN 1944-10, AND AT LINGAYEN GULF, LUZON, IN 1945-01. IN THE LATTER ACTION WHILE FULFILLING HER BOMBARDMENT & SUPPORT OBLIGATIONS, SHE SUSTAINED FOUR DIRECT HITS BY ENEMY AIRCRAFT & ONE NEAR MISS, AGAIN SUFFERING SEVERE DAMAGE & HEAVY CASUALTIES. (IN THIS PHOTOGRAPH PORTION OF HER FORWARD FUNNEL IS MISSING AS A RESULT OF A JAPANESE KAMIKAZE (SUICIDE PLANE) CRASHING ABOARD DURING THIS ACTION.)
Sydney, NSW. c. 1945. HMAS Australia after her return from the Allied invasion of the Philippine Islands. The Australia suffered severe damage and losses at the landing at Leyte Island in October 1944
HMAS Australia after her return from the Allied invasion of the Philippine Islands. The Australia suffered severe damage and losses at the landing at Leyte Island in October 1944, and at Lingayen Gulf
HMAS Australia after her return from the Allied invasion of the Philippine Islands. The Australia suffered severe damage and losses at the landing at Leyte Island in October 1944, and at Lingayen Gulf
HMAS Australia after her return from the Allied invasion of the Philippine Islands. The Australia suffered severe damage and losses at the landing at Leyte Island in October 1944, and at Lingayen Gulf
Fittings on the deck of HMAS Australia damaged by Japanese Kamikaze attacks. HMAS Australia was hit by five Japanese suicide bombers during the Lingayen Gulf operation and fought off a number of other
Damage to part of the superstructure of HMAS Australia inflicted by a Japanese Kamikaze attack in January 1945. The plate has been hit so violenty eight of the steel rivets on the seam have popped. HM
