012596 Accession Number: 012596

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ON 31 MAY 1942, AUSTRALIA MADE ITS FIRST ACQUAINTANCE WITH JAPANESE SUBMARINES. THREE OF THEM SNEAKED INTO SYDNEY HARBOUR AND THEIR COMBINED EFFORTS RESULTED IN THE SINKING OF A SMALL HARBOUR VESSEL OF NO MILITARY VALUE. WITHIN AN HOUR OR SO OF THEIR ENTRANCE ONE HAD BEEN SUNK BY GUNFIRE AND THE OTHER TWO BY DEPTH CHARGES. THIS PHOTO SHOWS REAR ADMIRAL G.C. MUIRHEAD-GOULD, REPRESENTING THE U.S. NAVY, AFTER HE HAD PLACED A WREATH ON THE CENOTAPH IN HONOUR OF THE NAVAL MEN KILLED DURING THE JAPANESE SUBMARINE ATTACK IN SYDNEY HARBOUR.

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Accession Number
012596
Photographer
Unknown Australian Official Photographer
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
c June 1942
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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