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English: AWM Caption: PORTRAIT OF 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'.


Deutsch: Portrait des einfachen australischen Seemanns Edward (Teddy) Sheean. Er wurde am 1. Dezember 1942 bei einem japanischen Luftangriff getötet.


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Sourced from: http://www.navy.gov.au/spc/history/people/sheean.html

Copyright: The AWM record for this photo states that the copyright status is 'clear'. The photo was taken prior to December 1942.

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