Memorial to HMAS Sydney

West Coast Australia


Some 8km north of the T-junction at the end of Blowholes Rd, this lonely little cairn commemorates the 1941 naval battle between the German Kormoran and HMAS Sydney II. All 645 lives aboard the Sydney II were lost.


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