THE LIFE RAFT WASHED UP on Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean on February 6, 1942, almost three months after a German merchant raider sank the light cruiser HMAS off the coast of Western Australia, more thansunk on November 19, 1941, by the German cruiser For decades, however, the body went unidentified and became known as the legendary “unknown sailor.”
AUSTRALIA NAMES ITS “UNKNOWN SAILOR”
Mar 01, 2022
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