The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Standard Imperial Japanese Navy officer's peaked cap cloth badge with salt water immersion damage. The gold anchor usually found centrally mounted is missing; and the gilded brass wreath decoration, as well as the surmounting silver cherry blossom are coated in verdigris.
This badge was removed from the uniform of one of the crew members of one of the two Japanese midget submarines which were recovered from Sydney Harbour in June 1942.
On the night of 31 May 1942 three Japanese midget submarines entered Sydney Harbour. One (HA-14) became entangled in the boom net across the harbour, and her occupants blew her up. A second (M-24) entered the harbour and fired torpedoes at the cruiser USS Chicago. They missed the Chicago but one hit the barracks ship HMAS Kuttabul, killing 21 naval ratings. This midget submarine disappeared, its fate a complete mystery until it was discovered by a group of amateur divers off Sydney's northern beaches in November 2006. A third midget submarine (HA-21) also entered the harbour but was destroyed by depth-charges before it fired any torpedoes.
The badge is from either Ha-14 or HA-21.
Japanese Midget submarine which is a composite of two submarines - the Ha-21 and the Ha-14. The original submarine type was constructed of 6.4mm steel plate in five sections: Forward section incorpor
Several men watch as a Japanese midget two-man submarine is raised from the harbour bed. The Japanese submarine, which attempted a raid on shipping in Sydney Harbour on 31 May 1942 was rammed and sunk
Name tag from uniform of Lieutenant Kenshi Chuman (Chuma). Commander of midget submarine Ha-14. This tag is from the uniform of one of the crewmen of the midget submarine HA-14, which was destroyed
This flag was recovered from one of the Japanese midget submarines which attacked shipping in Sydney Harbour in May 1942.
Stern portion of the Japanese midget submarine Ha 14, which had been carried by the I-27. Constructed from 6.4 mm steel plate with welded joints, twin contra rotating screws, protected within a propel
Imperial Japanese Nambu Type 14 semi-automatic pistol with cotton cord lanyard attached. The pistol fires an 8 x 22 mm round, with an 8 round box magazine. This Nambu Type 14 pistol was used by Lieu
