An Australian paratrooper from the Parachute Battalion Training Centre armed with an Austen Mark 1 submachine gun.

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Austen SMG

RAAF 454 Sqn Baltimores bombing the rail yards at Castelfranco Veneto 28 Dec 1944

Baltimore

On 19 November 1941, HMAS Sydney, a light cruiser of the Royal Australian Navy was lost with all 645 aboard following a battle with the German raider HSK Kormoran in the Indian Ocean off the Western Australian coast.The Kormoran was also sunk but 317 of its crew of 397 were rescued.