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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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Unknown Australian Official Photographer
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Colour: Black & white
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Copyright expired - public domain
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