The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
SYDNEY, NSW. 1942-06-06. THE UPPER BODY OF A DEAD JAPANESE SUBMARINER REMOVED FROM THE WRECKAGE OF JAPANESE MIDGET SUBMARINE 14 (M27), RECOVERED FROM SYDNEY HARBOUR A FEW DAYS AFTER THE FAILED ATTACK ON 1942-05-31. THE SUBMARINE HAD BECOME ENTANGLED IN THE BOOM NET ACROSS THE HARBOUR AND THE CREW LATER SET OFF THEIR SELF DESTRUCT DETONATORS. THE BODY IS PRESUMED TO BE THAT OF PETTY OFFICER TAKESHI OMARI (OHMORI, OMORI, OR OURMORI) WHO WAS NAVIGATOR ON THE SUBMARINE UNDER LIEUTENANT KENSHI CHUMAN (CHUMA). THE BODIES OF THE SUBMARINERS WERE CREMATED WITH FULL NAVAL HONOURS TWO DAYS LATER AND THEIR ASHES PASSED ON TO THE JAPANESE AUTHORITIES. THE PHOTOGRAPH WAS TAKEN AT THE CITY MORGUE BY A PHOTOGRAPHER FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
Leather flying helmet with a fold-down brim secured by a single snap fastener. The helmet has a leather chinstrap with a leather covered steel buckle. At the ears are holes for the insertion of commun
SYDNEY, NSW. 1942-06-06. THE UPPER BODY OF A DEAD JAPANESE SUBMARINER REMOVED FROM THE WRECKAGE OF JAPANESE MIDGET SUBMARINE 14 (M27), RECOVERED FROM SYDNEY HARBOUR A FEW DAYS AFTER THE FAILED ATTACK
SYDNEY, NSW. 1942-06-07. THE UPPER BODY OF A DEAD JAPANESE SUBMARINER REMOVED FROM THE WRECKAGE OF MIDGET SUBMARINE 21 (M22), RECOVERED FROM SYDNEY HARBOUR A FEW DAYS AFTER THE FAILED ATTACK ON 1942-0
SYDNEY, NSW. 1942-06-07. THE UPPER BODY OF A DEAD JAPANESE SUBMARINER REMOVED FROM THE WRECKAGE OF MIDGET SUBMARINE 21 (M22), RECOVERED FROM SYDNEY HARBOUR A FEW DAYS AFTER THE FAILED ATTACK ON 1942-0
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
Leather flying helmet with a fold-down brim secured by a single snap fastener. The helmet has a leather chinstrap with a leather covered steel buckle. At the ears are holes for the insertion of commun
Circular shaped silver coloured metal 10 sec coin with a hole in the centre. Japanese kanji figures surround the hole. This 1928 issued (Showa 3) 10 sen coin found on the body of Petty Officer (PO)
