Photos Taken in Sydney | World War II Database

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Australian soldiers carrying Billy Hughes along George Street, Sydney, Australia after his return from the Paris Peace Conference, 1919	John Curtin greeting Douglas MacArthur upon the US general's arrival at Sydney, Australia by air, 28 Mar 1942

Cruiser USS Chicago underway in Sydney Harbor, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, before the Japanese midget submarine attack that took place later that night, May 31, 1942	Hulk of Japanese Type A midget submarine recovered from Sydney Harbor after being destroyed in the 31 May 1942 raid, Jun 1942.

Royal Australian Navy personnel examining the hulls and pieces of the Japanese Type A midget submarines recovered from Sydney Harbor after the 31 May 1942 raid.	A Japanese Ko-hyoteki class midget submarine raised from of Sydney Harbor the day after the submarine attack in Sydney Harbor, New South Wales, Australia, Jun 1 1942

Japanese Type 98 torpedo that ran aground on Green Island in Sydney Harbor during the submarine attack 9 days earlier being prepared for recovery, Sydney, Australia, Jun 10, 1942. Note the sandbags.	Crews inspecting midship torpedo damage to the heavy cruiser USS Chester in the Sutherland drydock at Cockatoo Island Dockyard, Sydney, Australia, Nov 1942.

USS New Orleans in the Cockatoo Docks in Sydney, Australia as a temporary bow is being lowered into place after she was struck by a torpedo in the Battle of Tassafaronga that blew off 150 feet of her bow.	USS New Orleans underway from Sydney, Australia after being fitted with a temporary bow because she was struck by a torpedo in the Battle of Tassafaronga that blew off 150 feet of her bow.

Chinese military attachés in Sydney, Australia, 1945	Chinese military attachés near the Commonwealth General Assurance building in Sydney, Australia, 1945

RMS Queen Mary in Sydney harbor between Bradleys Head and Sydney Harbour Bridge, Australia, 1940s	HMS Formidable berthed at the Circular Quay, Sydney, Australia, circa Jan 1945

HMS Formidable going through the anti-submarine boom in Sydney harbor, Australia, mid-1945; photo taken from George's Head looking toward Green Point	Admiral Bruce Fraser and another officer watching HMS Duke of York entering Sydney Harbour, Australia, 29 Jul 1945

HMS Formidable and HMS Implacable entering Sydney harbor, Australia, 24 Aug 1945	QF 4.5-inch Mk III guns aboard HMS Formidable, Sydney harbor, Australia, 6 Dec 1945

USS Shangri-La at anchor, Syndney, Australia, Mar-Jun 1947	USS Shangri-La at anchor, Syndney, Australia, Mar-Jun 1947