HMAS Sydney II Memorial

The Memorial to 645 souls lost at sea.
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The Waiting Woman, her gaze forever fixed patiently on the horizon.
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HMAS Sydney II Memorial
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Memorial Name
HMAS Sydney II Memorial
Address

Gummer Avenue, Geraldton WA 6530

Memorial Type
Sculpture
Conflicts
Second World War, 1939–45
Dedication Date
18 Nov 2001
Memorial Designer

Joan Walsh Smith and Charles Smith designers Manufacturer / builder: Fondex Constructions

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Public

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The Memorial to 645 souls lost at sea.
The Dome consists of 645 steel gulls, representing those lost.
The Sanctuary
The Stele, metaphorically expressing the prow of HMAS Sydney (II)
The centrepiece beneath the Dome
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Details of The Stele and the Waiting Woman
The Waiting Woman
The Waiting Woman, her gaze forever fixed patiently on the horizon.
'Closing the Circle' - The Pool of Reflection
The Pool of Reflection
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The Waiting Woman
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“He died so young, but also with great pride”

She stands there, her gaze fixed forever on the horizon. Determination and hope mark her face as she holds her hat against the breeze that blows from the Indian

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HMAS Sydney liberty men at the Fleet Club, Able Seaman Edmund Sturgeon Rolfe, Leading Stewards Walter Edward Bettinson and R Edwards, 1940. Rolfe and Bettinson were KIA on the Sydney
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Leading Steward Walter Edward Bettinson, HMAS Sydney II

Walter “Wally” Bettinson was born on 8 March 1919 in the Sydney suburb of Marrickville, one of four children to John and Charlotte Bettinson. Bettinson enlisted

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Engine Room Artificer 4th Class Harold Nelson Richards, HMAS Sydney (II)
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Engine Room Artificer 4th Class Harold Nelson Richards, HMAS Sydney (II)

Harold “Rich” Richards was born on 5 July 1914 in Riverton on the Gilbert River in South Australia. The only child of Archibald and Violet Richards, by 1939, he

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