Interesting, in light of posts #16 and #17:
maltaStar.com Quote:
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Lost and Found: Bring on another inquiry. In 1998, the inquiry of the sinking of the HMAS Sydney found after 66 years in the bottom of the seas about 150 km off the Western Australian coast produced more than 5000 pages of evidence in 19 volumes covering a total of 23km of shelf space. The Federal Government has just announced a fresh inquiry into the sinking of this warship. Experts believe the solar images from the deep will throw some light on how the warship and all 645 hands were lost without trace after a fierce battle. I have just found out that in fact the HMAS Sydney had spent almost a year in the Mediterranean and was refitted at the Malta Dockyard before returning to Australian waters in January 1941. The HMAS Sydney sank on the 14 November 1941. The names of the two Maltese on the ship, Salvatore Zammit and Samuel Psaila are commemorated at Plymouth UK Naval Memorial (panel 62 column1). They are not on the Australian WW2 Memorial Roll of Honour... |