executive officer
Joseph Burnett.
Australian naval captain, commander of HMAS Sydney in World War II
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About Joseph Burnett
Joseph Burnett was a Royal Australian Navy (RAN) officer most widely known as the captain of the light cruiser HMAS Sydney in the battle between HMAS Sydney and HSK Kormoran on 19 November 1941. He fought in both the First World War and Second World War, serving in the RAN and the Royal Navy (RN), and went down with the Sydney off the coast of Western Australia.
Everything about Joseph Burnett →- Occupation
- executive officer
- Citizenship
- Australia
- Born
- December 26, 1899
- Died
- November 19, 1941