Image Gallery: November 2008
18 November 2008
Relatives of HMAS SYDNEY II, depart for the memorial service
More than 280 relatives of the Ship’s company of HMAS SYDNEY II joined the Commander Australian Fleet, Rear Admiral Nigel Coates RAN, and the HMAS MANOORA Ship's company for morning tea, before they leave port for the site where the ceremony will take place tomorrow.
| 20081118adf8114832_012 Invited guests arrive onboard HMAS MANOORA for the depature to the HMAS SYDNEY II memorial service from Geraldton Western Australia. (Date taken: 18 November 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20081118adf8114832_039 HMAS MANOORA departs from Geraldton, Western Australia with invited family members from the crew of HMAS SYDNEY II, for the memorial service over the site of HMAS SYDNEY II. (Date taken: 18 November 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20081118adf8114832_059 HMAS MANOORA departs from Geraldton, Western Australia with invited family members from the crew of HMAS SYDNEY II, for the memorial service over the site of HMAS SYDNEY II. (Date taken: 18 November 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20081118adf8114832_061 HMAS MANOORA departs from Geraldton, Western Australia with invited family members from the crew of HMAS SYDNEY II, for the memorial service over the site of HMAS SYDNEY II. (Date taken: 18 November 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20081118adf8114832_067 HMAS MANOORA departs from Geraldton, Western Australia with invited family members from the crew of HMAS SYDNEY II, for the memorial service over the site of HMAS SYDNEY II. (Date taken: 18 November 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20081118adf8114832_101 HMAS Manoora departs from Geraldton, Western Australia with invited family members from the crew of HMAS SYDNEY II , for the memorial service over the site of HMAS SYDNEY II. (Date taken: 18 November 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20081118ran8106603_004 Invited guests arrive onboard HMAS MANOORA for the departure to the HMAS SYDNEY II memorial. (Date taken: 18 November 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20081118ran8106603_014 Commander Paul Mandziy, Commanding Officer HMAS MANOORA, greets the Fleet Commander, Rear Admiral Nigel Coates, prior to departing for the HMAS SYDNEY II memorial. (Date taken: 18 November 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20081118ran8106603_019 Petty Officer Stores Naval Renai Irvine talks to guests on arrival to HMAS MANOORA, prior to departing for the HMAS SYDNEY Memorial. (Date taken: 18 November 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20081118ran8106603_027 L-R: Seaman Communication Information Systems Sarah Godfrey, Margaret Parker, Leading Seaman Communication Information Systems Susie Sountornsorn and Seaman Communication Information Systems Meaghan Diver, show Margaret around the ship prior to departing for the HMAS SYDNEY II memorial. (Date taken: 18 November 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20081118ran8106603_034 Able Seaman Emily Murphy helps Bob Herington onboard for the HMAS SYDNEY II memorial. Bob served in the merchant navy during World War II, joining at the age of 15. Bob lost his brother, 2nd Class Stoker Henry Herington, 18 on HMAS SYDNEY II. (Date taken: 18 November 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20081118ran8106603_043 Alison Gall, her brother John Casket, Kevin Peterson (HMAS Sydney Association), John Harrison and Midshipman Di Gennaro talk in the hangar of HMAS MANOORA, prior to departing for the HMAS SYDNEY II memorial. (Date taken: 18 November 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20081118ran8106603_051 Denise Harris, who never met her father (AB Dennis Paling who was lost on HMAS SYDNEY II), holds her only piece of memorabilia of her father – a 1942 parade pipe, with Leading Seaman Boatswain's Mate Mathew Estcourt from HMAS MANOORA. (Date taken: 18 November 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20081118ran8106603_082 Invited guests aboard HMAS MANOORA in Geraldton Western Australia, for the overnight cruise to the site of the resting place of HMAS SYDNEY II, where a memorial service will be conducted tomorrow. (Date taken: 18 November 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20081118ran8106603_088 Invited guests aboard HMAS MANOORA in Geraldton Western Australia, for the overnight cruise to the site of HMAS SYDNEY II. (Date taken: 18 November 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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