HMAS Australia forward 8" gun turrets trained to starboard with the bridge in the foreground Aboard the bridge is Captain Emile F. V. Dechaineux facing to the right. On October 21, 1944 Dechaineux was one of the 25 killed when a Val crash [sic Ki-51B Sonia] crashed into the superstructure in Leyte Gulf. Credit: RAN via AWM 017623 Date: September 14, 1944
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