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nii'vJ.io JYj:i i 1 1 "J':] ] 1; 1 Ã¢ÂÂ¢^_ j  21ST

The fast troop transport }11Lt=S SY DI i Y will col orate the

21st anniversary of her first commissioning, in Sydney on Friday

( December 12) with a reception on board for -past ca t ?ns of the

ship..

Among them will he sor_le of the [lost senior officers in

the Roy  ._ -. .. ustr .iiar1 RR^vv,

The reception will be held at noon on Friday, the day

S D111ff returns from her 15 t h voyage to Vi etnan.

SYDNEY will Le each Tort `_{aela_d.e torharrot.f (=1c ciber 9 with men of the Ninth Dat 'alion, IIAR, which v ae relieved by he

Eighth Battalion z1R.

The hosts for the 21st anniversary _arty will be the

Captain, Ca pt. DA .H. Clarke, Officers and ;"lief and Petty Officers

of the shir t s col[paizy.

Among the serving officers Â°ii o have been captains of

S DI; Y are Rear Admiral = ? .1. Pe e :, second Naval Member of the Naval

Board, near dmiral G.J.D. Crab'b, Fag Officer Commanding the :ti L1S1"ra? is n Fleet; Rear 1drei ^ l ',V.J.   )o ere, )_reC U >r of Joint ^? Captain   s o Commanding Officer   Service .^l^n^y J.Y. J^.. :^tcv^._lU^sn, Com,^n^^L , of 1f l4 A  1  3 O << l;a : Captain — Ili. S t rn of , Director General of Fighting

iO uipincnt;  and C'c;. p t aln K.W. S tr ands, Director General of Training.

Retired. officers include Roar ,'Ã¢ÂÂ¢-C:i,i rail 1 ) . M. Hurries, Rear

Admi r al iCY ' , Rear J.S.- l: Y,^t E.J. . ^. Ll^_C ilc:al, ^_C'r r Admiral 7 J.7 :lc;^^,:^ and vc'^^.vc,. ^1

Peel.

TIMAS SYDNEY was co mm issio71i:C at I)cvonport Dockyard,  rG', '':il! l end

as on aircraft carrier in the 1

1 .-N on 16 December 1 948 and sailed

on April 12, 1949, for Australia carrying her first squ= adrons of

Hawker Sea x ury and Faire; Firefly aircraft.

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She ,was origin ll laid :on in April 1943 as an aircraft

carrier of the Majestic class or the Loyal iTavy and launched on

September 30, 1944 k as :u:S ?L R E .

Erli.3 SYDIIY served in the _.O- '. 11 f/ar  uith distinction.

She was an observer ship at the ':ion to Belle Islands atomic test

in Au gust 1952 and in 10.53 she carried V: Lctoria Cross winners to

England f -

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,  C , '^ ^` ,  r J_  The  or ^:-^c. Coronation of her T.le  Queen.

from Novernber 1953 to i. a f 1954 SYD1 cl^;ain saw service

in i.oreaa.n waters.

With the impending arrival of TJl1fS _, i? CIP TE , S Ya^i l

was placed in training statue in April 1955, being paid off into the reserve in Sydney on January 22, 1953.

On August 7, 1912, = TfD I 1 " was Zecomi:ii sijncd as a fast

troo, transport and carried The `i.rst Batt alion, RAR, on her first

voyage to Vietnam in May, 1 `55.

While not Lndcrtai dng  the transport of ttroo s, JYDI C'' acts as ?. training ship in the ,-irst, ALl troll'an Training Squadron

(comprising 11llIAS SYDNVY, l ''i? t^ '^ fz."' l  and n I ^.i^ ^ r !i'.J 1s 1 al c a:i .^ J. J N.

CA1BER1A, 3 December, 1969.

