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Crew onboard HMAS SYDNEY (II) upon return to Sydney, 1941

From left to right: Lieutenant James Houston Simpson RANR (S), Lieutenant Commander Jack Cawston Bacon RN, Flight Lieutenant Thomas MacBride Price DFC RAAF, SYDNEY's Executive Officer Commander Thomas Hilken RN (holding the silver bowl), Lieutenant Ian Treloar RAN, unidentifed RAN Sub-Lieutenant (possibly Thomas Edgar Davis).

 

This photo is part of the Australian National Maritime Museum’s Samuel J. Hood Studio Collection. Sam Hood (1872-1953) was a Sydney photographer with a passion for ships. His 72-year career spanned the romantic age of sail and two world wars. The photos in the collection were taken mainly in Sydney and Newcastle during the first half of the 20th century.

 

The ANMM undertakes research and accepts public comments that enhance the information we hold about images in our collection. This record has been updated accordingly.

 

Photographer: Samuel J. Hood Studio Collection

 

Object no. 00020339-

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Uploaded on February 20, 2009
Taken on February 10, 1941