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English: AWM Caption: PORTRAIT OF TWO AUSTRALIAN SAILORS. IDENTIFIED ON THE RIGHT IS H1617 ORDINARY SEAMAN EDWARD (TEDDY) SHEEAN, RAN, WHO WAS KILLED ON 1 DECEMBER 1942 DURING AN ATTACK BY JAPANESE AIRCRAFT WHICH SUNK HMAS ARMIDALE. AFTER THE ORDER TO 'ABANDON SHIP' ORDINARY SEAMAN TEDDY SHEEAN, ALTHOUGH TWICE WOUNDED STAYED AT HIS POST AT THE AFT OERLIKON GUN BRINGING DOWN AN ENEMY BOMBER. HE WAS STILL FIRING WHEN THE SHIP SANK. FOR HIS PART IN THIS ACTION ORDINARY SEAMAN SHEEAN WAS POSTHUMOUSLY AWARDED A 'MENTION IN DESPATCHES'. THE SAILOR AT LEFT IS UNIDENTIFIED.


Deutsch: Portrait zweier australischer Seeleute. Der links abgebildetete Matrose ist unbekannt. Der rechte ist Edward (Teddy) Sheean. Er wurde am 1. Dezember 1942 bei einem japanischen Luftangriff getötet.

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Australian War Memorial (AWM) catalog number 044154

Sourced from: http://www.awm.gov.au/database/collection.asp

The AWM allows the use of images from its online database whose copyright has expired for non-commercial purposes only on the condition that the AWM's watermark is not removed. Higher resolution images may be ordered through the AWM (Source: email from the AWM to Nick Dowling 6 January 2006).


Copyright: The AWM record for this photo states that the copyright status is 'clear'. The photo was taken prior to December 1942. The copyright has expired on this image. The AWM, however, requires that the AWM watermark is not removed and that permission be sought for commercial use. Higher resolution versions of this image may be ordered through the AWM Website at www.awm.gov.au

Public domain This image was created in Australia and is now in the public domain because its term of copyright has expired. According to the Australian Copyright Council (ACC), ACC Information Sheet G23 (Duration of copyright) (Sep 2005).
Type of material Copyright has expired if ...
 A  Photographs or other works published anonymously, under a pseudonym or the creator is unknown: taken or published prior to January 1, 1955
 B  Photographs (except A): taken prior to January 1, 1955
 C  Artistic works (except A & B): the creator died before January 1, 1955
 D  Published editions1 (except A & B): first published more than 25 years ago
 E  Commonwealth or State government owned2 photographs: first published more than 50 years ago

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