GOVERNOR-GENERAL TO ATTEND COMMEMORATION SERVICE AT GERALDTON (WA) TO HONOUR THOSE LOST ON HMAS SYDNEY II

17 November 2008

The Governor-General, Ms Quentin Bryce AC, and Mr Michael Bryce AM AE will attend the 2008 Sunset Service at Geraldton (WA) to commemorate the loss of HMAS SYDNEY II and her 645 crew on 19 November 1941.

The Governor-General will be the guest of the Mayor of Geraldton, Councillor Ian Carpenter, at the HMAS SYDNEY Memorial in Geraldton at 6.30pm on Wednesday 19 November 2008.

The following morning (9.30am Thursday 20 November 2008), the Governor-General and Mr Bryce will board HMAS MANOORA at Geraldton Wharf to meet the families of those lost on HMAS SYDNEY II.

Media Contact:
Brien Hallett
Deputy Official Secretary to the Governor-General
0409 158 942
Government House
Canberra