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67 years since HMAS Canberra was sunk with the loss of 84
As the years stumble by, today, August 9, 2009 is the 67th. anniversary of the sinking of the RAN heavy cruiser HMAS Canberra. That fateful night 84 crew members died and over 1,000 United States Navy personnel were also killed. As the ranks of Canberra survivors thin each year, nonetheless, we all recall with sadness those shipmates who that night paid the price for freedom. With the passing of the years those thoughts do not diminish our sense of loss, and we think of loved ones whose husbands, lovers, sons, brothers did not survive the Battle of Savo Island. We REMEMBER and SALUTE YOU. See "H.M.A.S. Canberra and the Battle of Savo Island"
Canberra sinks with Savo Island in the background Illustration of Canberra at sea prior to Savo. Killed in action and died of wounds, 9th August, 1942, H.M.A.S. Canberra and the Battle of Savo Island ALLEN Arthur William ANDERSON George Edward ASHER William Westley BOWRON Lawrence Herbert BOYLE Redmond Thomas BROOKS William George BULMER Clyde Mathew BURK Royce Eugene CALLAGHAN Godferey Frederick CHAPMAN Geoffrey CLEAVES John Isaac COATES Stanley CONNORS Alfred James CROFT Joseph DANIELS James MacDonald DOGGETT Robert George DONAVAN Kevin John DYKE William Douglas EGGINGTON V.R. ELLIOTT Thomas Kendall EVANS Richard Percy FENTIMAN Douglas FOULKES John Walton FRYIRS James Henry GASTON John Hough GETTING Frank Edmond GREEN Aubrey Leslie HAINING James Arthur HALL Harold Edward HAMILTON George Ernest HARRIS James Colman HARRISON Ernest HASSALL Gordon Albert HUTCHINSON Raymond Arthur HAZELTON Douglas Urenfell HOLE Donald Maxwell IRELAND William Jghn JONES George JONES Robert William JOYCE Edmond Victor KEATS Horace Russell KIDD Jamcs Arthur LULHAM Alfred Norman MANNERS William Campbell MARTIN Leonard George MILLER Reginald George MORROW William Henry MURCHISON Duncan J. McCORMACK James McDONALD John McDONALD Walter James McELHENNY Robert Ernmett McGREGOR James Mr.KENZIE Donald Charles McPHERSON Ronald Clivc O'DONNLLL Thom4a Aubrcy OLIVER Rex Robert Dare O'ROURKE Cecil Thomas PHILLIPS Geoffrey Belfield PITCHER Ronald Alfred ROBERTS Kenneth Graham ROBERTSON Gordon lack ROSS Wedlace Montrose ROWLEY John Hobart SALAMON Frank Robcrt SEYMOUR Leslie James SIMMONDS Bernard Whitney SHEPPARD Henry Bwart SLOSS Vivian Percy SMITH Allan Norman SMITH Charles Sidncy SMITH Robert Lawson STAFFORD Malcolm DeEsphire STRACHAN John TH0MAS James Frederick THOMPSON Leslie George THURLOW William James TILLING Harold James VANCE J.W. WARREN Herman Gordon WILKINSON Herbert Sidney Roy WINTER Robert Edward WITT Harold Theodore YONGE Brabazon Duke
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