Category: HMAS Sydney (1944)

Categories: Royal Australian Navy Ships | Royal Australian Navy, World War II | Australian Defence Force, Malayan Emergency | Royal Australian Navy, Vietnam War

This category contains profiles of those who served aboard the HMAS Sydney (1944)

HMAS Sydney (R17/A214/P214/L134) was a Majestic-class light aircraft carrier operated by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). She was built for the Royal Navy and launched as HMS Terrible (93) in 1944, but was not completed before the end of the Second World War. The carrier was sold to Australia in 1947, completed, and commissioned into the RAN as Sydney in 1948.

Sydney was the first of three conventional aircraft carriers to serve in the RAN, and operated as the navy's flagship during the early part of her career. From late 1951 to early 1952, she operated off the coast of Korea during the Korean War, making her the first carrier owned by a Commonwealth Dominion, and the only carrier in the RAN, to see wartime service. Retasked as a training vessel following the 1955 arrival of her modernised sister ship, HMAS Melbourne, Sydney remained in service until 1958, when she was placed in reserve as surplus to requirements.

The need for a sealift capability saw the ship modified for service as a fast troop transport, and recommissioned in 1962. Sydney was initially used for training and a single supply run in support of Malaysia's defence policy against Indonesia, but in 1965, she sailed on the first voyage to Vũng Tàu, transporting soldiers and equipment to serve in the Vietnam War. Twenty-five voyages to Vietnam were made between 1965 and 1972, earning the ship the nickname "Vung Tau Ferry". Sydney was decommissioned in 1973. Wikipedia:_HMAS_Sydney

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Roy Dowling 28 May 1901 Condong, New South Wales, Australia - 15 Apr 1969

Gordon Hardcastle 09 Oct 1921 Buenos Aires, Argentina

Wilfred Harrington 1906 Maryborough, Queensland, Australia - 1965

David Martin 15 Apr 1933 Darling Point, New South Wales, Australia - 10 Aug 1990

Jack Mesley 11 Dec 1910 Brunswick, Victoria, Australia - 24 Feb 1987

Brian Murray 26 Dec 1921 Glen Huntly, Victoria, Australia - 04 Jun 1991

Richard Peek 30 Jul 1914 West Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia - 28 Aug 2010

William Robertson 04 Oct 1921 Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Jonathan Rogers 16 Sep 1920 Froncysyllte, near Llangollen, Denbighshire, Wales, United Kingdom - 10 Feb 1964

Rupert Rogers 24 Apr 1921 Cleveland, Queensland, Australia - 31 Oct 1999

Victor Smith 03 May 1913 Chatswood, New South Wales, Australia - 10 Jul 1998

Guido Willis 18 Oct 1923 Learmonth, Victoria, Australia - 15 Jun 2003

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