Sheean Memorial

absolutely love this!THIS STORY!! ❤The EDWARD 'TEDDY' SHEEAN Memorial and Sheean Walk is a military memorial at Latrobe.Edward 'Teddy' Sheean.Born at Barrington on the 26th of December in 1923, moved to Latrobe with his family in 1926.When the war came in 1939 the sheean family responded nobly.Edward 'Teddy' Sheean was drafted to the newly- commissioned corvette, HMAS Armidale, after conveying ships and ferrying troops in the New Guinea area, was ordered to Darwin in the darkest days of war in november 1942.On the 26th November HMAS Armidale left Darwin with reinforcements for the Australians fighting in Timor.It would be the last voyage That HMAS Armidale would make.The HMAS Armidale While en route to Timor in 1942 the Armidale was attacked from the air and destroyed. Although seriously wounded, Teddy Sheean manned an anti-aircraft gun in defence of the Armidale's survivors, remaining at the gun as the ship sank and sacrificing his life to save his shipmates. Teddy was posthumously Mentioned in Despatches, second only to a posthumous Victoria Cross. A Collins Class Submarine has been named after him - the first Australian warship to be named for a Junior Sailor of the Royal Australian Navy.

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