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80th anniversary of sinking of Montevideo Maru, Australia's worst maritime disaster, commemorated at Australian War Memorial

1,053 Australians died when the Montevideo Maru was sunk by an American submarine off the coast of the Philippine island of Luzon on July 1, 1942. (AAP/Australian War Memorial)

Descendants and families of those who died in Australia's worst maritime disaster have gathered at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra, to mark the 80th anniversary of the tragedy.

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