In a major breakthrough using DNA evidence, Able Seaman (AB) Thomas Welsby Clark has now been named as the “Unknown Sailor” from Australian warship HMAS Sydney (II) which sunk off the West Australian ...

The identity of the only body ever recovered from the lost war ship HMAS Sydney is expected to be announced tomorrow on the 80th anniversary of the ship's final battle. One sailor's body was ...

The loss of HMAS Sydney in 1941 was almost impossible for many Australians to comprehend, and over the years a number of theories have been put forward as to just what did happen on that fateful day.

The RAN says it is not interested in aiding an investigation of a new theory on the final, fatal moments of the HMAS Sydney in 1941. Another theory has emerged about what exactly happened in the final ...

On the 80th anniversary of the sinking of HMAS Sydney, which claimed 645 lives, the identity of the only body ever recovered has finally been revealed. The crew member, known as the unknown sailor, ...

You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. The biggest mystery in Australian maritime history is on the cusp of being solved through a DNA ...

In 1941 the pride of the Australian navy was sunk with 645 lives aboard. Its final resting place remained a mystery until 2008. ON 16 MARCH 2008, 200km off the coast of Shark Bay in Western Australia, ...

Thomas Welsby Clark has been named as the unidentified crew member of the HMAS Sydney whose body was found in a damaged lifeboat on Christmas Island three months after the Australian Navy’s crown ...

The remains of a man who died after the HMAS Sydney was ambushed and sunk by a German raider eight decades ago has been identified. Thomas Welsby Clark, then 21, was the man known as the Unknown ...