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MELBOURNE, VIC. C. 1941. CAPTAIN JOSEPH BURNETT RAN WHO WAS IN COMMAND OF HMAS SYDNEY WHEN SHE WAS LOST DURING AN ENGAGEMENT WITH THE GERMAN RAIDER STEIERMARK (KORMORAN) OFF THE WESTERN AUSTRALIAN COAST 1941-11-19.
NAVY BOARD, MELBOURNE, VIC. 1945-11. SURVIVORS OF THE GERMAN RAIDER "STEIERMARK" ("KORMORAN") RECEIVING CLOTHING AFTER THEIR RESCUE. THE "STEIERMARK" WAS SUNK BY THE HMAS "SYDNEY" OFF THE WEST AUSTRAL
NAVY BOARD, MELBOURNE, VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA. 1945-11. SURVIVORS OF THE GERMAN RAIDER "STEIERMARK" ("KORMORAN") WHICH WAS SUNK BY THE AUSTRALIAN CRUISER, HMAS "SYDNEY" OFF THE WEST AUSTRALIAN COAST ON T
HMAS CERBERUS, FLINDERS NAVAL DEPOT, VIC. 1943-08-26. TWO BROTHERS, CADET CAPTAIN PATRICK (LEFT) AND CADET RORY BURNETT, SONS OF THE LATE CAPTAIN J. BURNETT, WHO WAS IN COMMAND OF THE HMAS SYDNEY WHEN
HMAS CERBERUS, FLINDERS NAVAL DEPOT, VIC. 1943-08-26. MRS J. BURNETT, WIFE OF THE LATE CAPTAIN J. BURNETT, WHO WAS IN COMMAND OF THE HMAS SYDNEY WHEN SHE WAS SUNK DURING THE ENGAGEMENT WITH THE GERMAN
CAPTAIN J. BURNETT RAN ON THE BRIDGE OF HMAS SYDNEY. CAPTAIN BURNETT WAS LOST IN THE SINKING OF THE SYDNEY IN ITS ACTION WITH THE GERMAN AUXILIARY CRUISER KORMORAN ON 1941-11-19.
Original BCOF Public Relations caption: Lt P R Burnett, Rylstone NSW, and Lt J Melzer (with beard), Alderley, Brisbane, take a farewell look at Japan from the deck of HMAS Bataan. Lt Burnett is the so
