128888
Photograph 128888 Second World War, 1939-1945JAPAN. 1941-11. FIRST SUB-LIEUTENANT KEIU MATSUO, COMMANDER OF I-22'S MIDGET SUBMARINE IN THE ATTACK ON SYDNEY HARBOUR ON 31 MAY 1942. HIS BODY WAS ONE OF FOUR RECOVERED. (DONOR: H. CLARKE).
128897 Accession Number: 128897
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ETA JIMA, JAPAN. MEMENTOS OF THE JAPANESE MIDGET SUBMARINE RAID ON SYDNEY HARBOUR ON 1942-05-31, ON DISPLAY IN THE REFERENCE HALL, MARINE SELF-DEFENCE ESTABLISHMENT. ALSO ON DISPLAY IS A PHOTOCOPY OF THE BODY BELT WORN BY LIEUTENANT KEIU MATSUO, COMMANDER OF MIDGET SUBMARINE FROM THE CARRIER SUBMARINE I-22, WHO LOST HIS LIFE IN THE SYDNEY HARBOUR RAID. THE ORIGINAL BELT IS IN THE COLLECTION OF OF THE AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL. (DONOR: H. CLARKE).
Curator's note: the senninbari belt was returned to Mrs Matsue Matsuo, Keiu Matsuo's mother, when she visited the Australian War Memorial on 1 May 1968.
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128897
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Colour: Black & white
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