The cruiser HMAS SYDNEY, (CAPT J. A. Collins, RAN), joined the 7th Cruiser Squadron operating in the Mediterranean.
LEUT F. N. Cook, RAN, was rescued from the sea off Narvik, following the sinking of his ship, HMS CURLEW, (anti-aircraft cruiser), by German bombers. This was LEUT Cook’s second sinking in less then a year. He was also a survivor from the sinking of HMS ROYAL OAK, (battleship), which had been sunk at Scapa Flow, Scotland, by a German U-Boat, (U-47), in October 1939.