Historical information

From the Title page: "Lost - But Not Forgotten/ 'A Bitter Sweet Victory"/ HMAS SYDNEY/ In Memory of the 645".
From Back Cover: "A Memorial Book with over 200 personal photographs based on the/ lives and families of the crew lost on HMAS Sydney II, 19 Nov 1941".
Part of the "William (Bill) THOMASON" Collection.
Refer Cat. No. 4136P for more items.

Physical description

Soft cover book.
Cover - cardboard. Dark red and white colour print on front, spine and book. Cover illustrated in colour. Front montage of a sculpture of a woman with seascape in background.
Back - Top - a memorial dome, Lower - Memorial Rose garden.
249 pages - cut, plain, white colour paper. Illustrated black and white photographs and maps.
Front end papers - Gold colour adhesive label with black print.
Title page - handwritten information.

Inscriptions & markings

Handwritten information - blue ink pen. "Carnarvon book launch/ Keith Shegog/ 18th Nov '02"
Grey lead pencil - "$25". Adhesive label - black ink print.
"WINNER of the 2003/ Mavis Hoey Memorial Prize/ Awarded by the Port/ Adelaide Historical Society"