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SMH Thurs 19 July 1945 Welcome Banquet in London Guildhall for Australian Sailors

At the end of World War II, Australian sailors of the vessel HMAS AUSTRALIA are depicted as heroic warriors (young and bronzed) who are privileged to march the medieval streets of Old London to dine and mingle with the Admiralty in the bombed London…

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