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HMAS Sydney medal, 1940
This is an example of the medal awarded to the Captain and crew of HMAS Sydney on 11 February 1941 when the ship returned to Australia after war service in the Mediterranean. Sailing off Western Australia later the same year the Sydney was sunk by a German raider with the loss of all 645 aboard.
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Transferred from National Gallery of Victoria, 1976
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