The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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 1942-05-31. THE SUBMARINE BECAME GROUNDED IN TAYLORS BAY, MOSMAN, AND THE TWO OCCUPANTS COMMITTED SUICIDE WITH BULLET WOUNDS TO THE HEAD. THE CREW WERE LIEUTENANT KEIU MATSUO AND PETTY OFFICER MASAO TSUZUKU. 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.
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
Studio portrait of Petty Officer (PO) Masao Tsuzuku, Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN). During the attack on Sydney Harbour on 31 May 1942 PO Tsuzuku's submarine became grounded in Taylor's Bay, Mosman and
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. 1942-06-06. 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
Bottle made of pale green glass, with a series of raised Japanese characters around the base. Empty lemonade bottle recovered from one of the midget submarines which attacked Sydney Harbour on the n
White cloth printed tag, mounted on white wool flannel, from uniform of PO 1st Class Masao Tsuzuku, crew member of midget submarine HA 21. Tag is printed with maunufacturer's details, with wearer's na
