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Teddy Sheean
Edward "Teddy" Sheean (28 December 1923 – 1 December 1942) was a sailor in the Royal Australian Navy during the Second World War. Born in Tasmania, Sheean was employed as a farm labourer when he enlisted in the Royal Australian Naval Reserve in April 1941. Following training at HMAS ''Derwent'' and the Flinders Naval Depot, he was posted to Sydney, where he joined the newly commissioned corvette HMAS ''Armidale'' in June 1942. Sheean served aboard ''Armidale'' as she initially took part in escort duties along the eastern Australian coast and in New Guinea waters, before he transferred with the ship to Darwin in October, where ''Armidale'' was tasked with assisting Australian operations in Timor.
On 29 November 1942, ''Armidale'' set out for an operation to Betano, Timor, along with HMAS ''Castlemaine''. The two ships were attacked by Japanese aircraft along the way, and were subsequently late in arriving at their destination, missing a planned rendezvous with HMAS ''Kuru''. While returning to Darwin, the pair encountered ''Kuru'' south of Betano and it was decided by ''Castlemaine''s commanding officer—as the senior officer—that ''Armidale'' and ''Kuru'' should voyage to Betano. The two ships undertook different routes to Betano, during which both vessels came under aerial assault.
During a subsequent confrontation with thirteen Japanese aircraft on 1 December, ''Armidale'' was struck by two torpedoes and a bomb, and began to sink; the order to abandon ship was given. After helping to free a life-raft, Sheean was wounded by two bullets. He made his way to the aft Oerlikon 20 mm cannon and began to fire on the Japanese aircraft to protect those in the water. Sheean managed to shoot down one of the Japanese bombers, but was killed when ''Armidale'' sank. Many of the survivors credited their life to Sheean and he was posthumously Mentioned in Despatches. In 1999, the submarine HMAS ''Sheean'' was named in his honour, and efforts have been made to have Sheean belatedly awarded the Victoria Cross for Australia.
==Early life==
Sheean was born in Lower Barrington, Tasmania, on 28 December 1923, the youngest of fourteen children to James Sheean, a labourer, and his wife Mary Jane (née Broomhall). Soon after Edward's birth, the Sheean family moved to Latrobe, where he was educated at the local Catholic school. Following the completion of his schooling, Sheean gained casual employment working on several farms in the vicinity of Latrobe and Merseylea.〔
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