"Sheean had already cheated death once, before the fateful attack in December of 1942.Born in December of 1923, Teddy grew up in the small country town of Latrobe in the north of Tasmania, the fourteenth child of his parents James and Mary Jane.At 18, he followed in the footsteps of five of his brothers who had joined the armed forces — enlisting in the Royal Australian Naval Reserve in April 1941.The next year, Sheean was posted to Sydney where he was billeted at Garden Island in the requisitioned ferry Kuttabul, before joining his first ship as an Oerlikon anti-aircraft gun loader.By then, Australia had no illusions it could escape the war — Darwin had been smashed in two surprise raids by Japanese fighters and bombers on the morning of February 19, the first of what would be 64 attacks on the northern stronghold.In May 1942, Royal Australian Navy history records that Sheean was on home leave and not aboard when the Kuttabul was torpedoed by Japanese midget submarines that raided Sydney Harbour.Eleven days later, after his return to Sydney, Sheean was sent to his new posting aboard one of Australia's new minesweepers, the Bathurst class HMAS Armidale — its first mission to carry out "escort duties along the eastern Australian coast and in New Guinea waters", navy history notes.In October, Armidale set off for Darwin, with Ordinary Seaman Edward Sheean as crew member on one of three Oerlikon 20-millimetre anti-aircraft guns.In a 2017 speech to the Naval Historical Society about the sinking of the Armidale, historian and author Dr Kevin Smith explained the operating of the Oerlikon gun. Many impressionable young minds, however, absorbed its powerful message.Young Edward Sheean growing up amid the green farmlands and forests of Barrington south of Ulverstone in Tasmania, was one of those who almost certainly would have known the first line of this poem.At the 1916 Battle of Jutland, ship’s boy John Travers Cornwell, serving on HMS The story of Leading Seaman Taylor’s bravery would surely have spread later among sailors of the R.A.N.
"This is a welcome change of heart from the government and it shouldn't have required a review of the review to come to this determination," Mr Albanese told reporters in Sydney.War hero Teddy Sheean (with brother Mick on left) is to be awarded a posthumous Victoria Cross.Sign the petition to bring the AFL Grand Final to Optus Stadium!Clive Palmer vows to fight WA in High Court — again Edward "Teddy" Sheean (28 December 1923 – 1 December 1942) was a sailor in the Royal Australian Navy during the Second World War. "The ROP was both incomplete and, in part, inaccurate. Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Monday announced he had recommended to Queen Elizabeth that Ordinary Seaman Sheean be bestowed the highest military honour for his brave actions in World War II. "Each gun crew member trained to serve in all three positions. "The rear section was leaning on an angle, when the after Oerlikon gun started firing and I saw tracers actually hitting a dive-bombing Zero, which flew over my head and disappeared into the sea about a quarter of a mile away. Ordinary Seaman Sheean's story is well-known. They had some oars or paddles, but also used their hands. "It is a very strict procedure and there has to witnesses to vouch and testify for the application, many of which are not approved, perhaps receiving a distinguished service medal instead or lesser awards," he said. "When we first saw these different looking planes coming, we just knew we were in big trouble, and that our end might be near, so I quickly went to my hidey-hole, as I called it, and cringed in a corner, waiting to be blown to pieces.

"Survivor William Lamshed said he recalled first sighting the enemy aircraft.

What do you think? This was after an expert panel convened by Mr Morrison had found new and compelling evidence that the Latrobe-born member of the Royal Australian Navy had died in battle with Japanese aircraft while on the HMAS Armidale on December 1, 1941. Those on the raft were sighted and photographed by a Catalina aircraft on December 7There have been occasional but persistent suggestions that a Japanese submarine was most likely involved in their disappearance. We won't give up. "As she went down, Ted Sheean kept one of his guns firing, and went down with the ship," Mr Duckworth said. Teddy Sheean was the youngest member of HMAS Armidale when it was sunk on December 1, 1942.

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