Thanks for logging in.

You can now click/tap WATCH to start the live stream.

Thanks for logging in.

You can now click/tap LISTEN to start the live stream.

Thanks for logging in.

You can now click/tap LATEST NEWS to start the live stream.

LISTEN
Watch
on air now

Create a 4BC account today!

You can now log in once to listen live, watch live, join competitions, enjoy exclusive 4BC content and other benefits.


Joining is free and easy.

You will soon need to register to keep streaming 4BC online. Register an account or skip for now to do it later.

Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement

Unknown Sailor named: Nation’s biggest maritime mystery solved 80 years on

Article image for Unknown Sailor named: Nation’s biggest maritime mystery solved 80 years on

Australia’s Unknown Sailor has been identified, 80 years since HMAS Sydney was sunk by a German vessel.

His body, which washed up on Christmas Island, was the only to be recovered from the sunken cruiser.

He has been identified as 21-year-old Brisbane man Thomas Welsby Clarke.

“It is just incredible,” Defence Minister Peter Dutton told Neil Breen. “It’s a great credit to everybody who’s been involved.

“The Australian Defence Force has a whole unit dedicated to trying to repatriate the remains of unknown soldiers.

“It provides focus again on the sacrifice that the Australian Defence Force men and women make.”

Press PLAY below to hear more on Thomas Welsby Clarke’s background 

Image: Getty 

Peter Gleeson
Advertisement