The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Japanese naval issue pocket watch with a nickel case and ring, brass winder, white enamel dial with black numerals, separate second dial at bottom (graduated one to sixty), stop watch dial at top (graduated one to thirty), hour and minute hands, and a second sweep. The three hands are tipped with white radio active paint. The inside of the case is impressed 'SKS NICKEL 129978'. The outside of the case bears impressed Japanese characters which translate 'Luminous second watch, Type 1, naval' and the serial number ' No 1514'. A brown cotton sword knot for a senior naval non-commissioned officer or a junior officer, with two tassels, is attached to the top of the watch.
This watch was originally obtained from Stan Younger, a rigger at Garden Island naval base during the 1940s, who is thought to have salvaged it from Japanese midget submarine No 21 when it was raised from Taylors Bay in June 1942 after the raid on Sydney Harbour on the night of 31 May. The watch would have been used to gauge the success of the submarine's torpedo firing by measuring the time taken from the actual firing to the sound of an explosion. The sword knot attached to the watch is not integral to it but is thought to have been used to suspend the watch so that it was easy to locate and use in the dark interior of the submarine. It belonged one of the two crew members, Petty Officer Masao Tsuzuku or Lieutenant Keiu Matsuo.
Brown cotton sword knot, for a junior naval officer of senior non-commissioned officer, with two tassels and a plaited slide. This sword knot was originally attached to a watch which was obtained fr
A small square shaped piece of copper with some Japanese kanji figures impressed into it. A small hole has been punched through one corner and a piece of twine has been threaded through the hole. A l
Mechanical action clock mounted in cylindrical case with mounting lugs pierced for screw fastening to interior of submarine. On the lower part of the face is a serial number #1997. Around the rim of
Aluminium-bodied, grey painted telephone handset with a housing at each end capped with a nickel plated steel surround, enclosing a Bakelite earpiece and mouthpiece. The upper steel surround includes
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
50 mm square piece of steel naval shell fragment from a 140 mm shell. Part of the fragment is threaded, probably indicating that it is from the nose of the shell, near the fuze. This fragment is
