From the Archives, 1941: The sinking of the HMAS Waterhen
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FIRST NAVAL LOSS
Destroyer Sunk, But Crew Saved
HMAS Waterhen, to her crew “the old Chook”, was the Australian Navy’s first loss at the hands of the enemy in World War II.
Credit:Royal Australian Navy
Sydney, Friday – The Australian destroyer H.M.A.S. Waterhen has been sunk by enemy action in the Mediterranean. The Minister of the Navy, Mr Hughes, announced tonight that none of the personnel was lost.
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[ Editor’s Note: We are going to be mixing in more of our archival articles, especially by those who have passed on, many of them great talents, and sadly we are not seeing them replaced by equal quality often enough.
Alan Hart was one of those. He saw some of the Israeli-Arab wars up close and personal, including front line reporting from the Suez Canal when the British intervened. The year was 1967, when I was heading from Berkshire School to NC State, on the front end of my travels.
From his
“While covering the six-day war between Israel and its Arab neighbours, Hart was the first television reporter to reach the Suez canal with the Israelis, following their advance through the Sinai desert. Hundreds of Egyptian prisoners of war were seen surrendering on camera.