P03645.002 Accession Number: P03645.002

Description

Portrait of 21905 Able Seaman Rex Cooper of Randwick, NSW. Enlisting in the navy at the age of twelve, Cooper spent his entire service on board HMAS Sydney (II) as a Seaman Torpedoman. He was one of the 645 crew who were killed during the HMAS Sydney's engagement with the German auxiliary cruiser HSK Kormoran on 19 November 1941.

Details

Accession Number
P03645.002
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Print
Physical Description
Support: Paper (Fibre-based)
Date Made
c 1938
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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