![]() ![]() The enemy is in sight.Īt last we have a chance to show that we can fight.Īction has been sounded off. "It brought to the forefront the self-confidence, conviction, integrity, leadership, compassion, objectivity, strength in adversity, fear and mateship held by the officers and crew but also respect for their enemy." "When you read the official things it's not the same as sitting down and reading about someone who was talking about things like, 'Yes we went out, yes his fellow comrade was knifed one night and the whole crew was very sombre'. "It really told a story of a group of officers and crew of the HMAS Sydney who were brave, who were one team," Mr Thomson said. ( Supplied: Cyril Nugent collection)īut for Mr Thomson, it's the sense of camaraderie among the HMAS Sydney crew that shines most brightly through Nugent's words. The young Nugent revelled in his first sightings of foreign lands.
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