Kammala wannan jumla: A ranar 21 ga Oktoba, 1944, HMAS "Australia" yana tallafawa
saukar jiragen ruwa a Leyte Gulf. Daga tsibirin Leyte, masu bindigogi daga HMAS "Australia" da HMAS "Shropshire" sun harbe su kuma suka buga jirgin saman Japan. Da farko, jirgin ya tashi daga jiragen ruwa, amma daga baya ya juya ya nutse cikin "Australia". Jirgin ya yi karo da ginin "Australia" a saman gadar. Ko da yake bam mai nauyin kilogiram 200 da jirgin ya ɗauka bai fashe ba, an zubar da man fetur mai ƙonewa da tarkace a kan babban yanki. Dechaineux ya yi rauni ta hanyar shrapnel kuma ya mutu 'yan sa'o'i bayan haka. An binne shi a teku a wannan daren. Sauran ma'aikatan 30 sun mutu sakamakon harin; daga cikin wadanda suka ji rauni shine Commodore Collins.