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MEMBERS OF THE JAPANESE IMPERIAL NAVY MIDGET SUBMARINE ATTACK GROUP WHO CARRIED OUT SIMULTANEOUS ATTACKS ON DIEGO SUAREZ (MADAGASCAR) AND SYDNEY HARBOUR ON 1942-05-31. THE MEMBERS ARE ABOARD THE MIDGET SUBMARINE MOTHER SHIP 'CHIYODA' SHOWN IN CREWS OF TWO WITH THE COMMANDING OFFICER OF EACH MIDGET SUBMARINE SEATED IN THE FRONT ROW WITH HIS CREW MEMBER STANDING BEHIND HIM. FRONT ROW - OFFICERS, FROM THE RIGHT: LIEUTENANT KATSUSUKE IWASE - DIED IN THE DIEGO SUAREZ ATTACK; LIEUTENANT COMMANDER MASAHARU OOTA WHO, ALTHOUGH A MEMBER OF THE DIEGO SUAREZ ATTACK GROUP, DID NOT TAKE PART DUE TO PROBLEMS SUFFERED BY HIS SUBMARINE ON THE WAY TO THE TARGET - HE WAS LATER LOST, PRESUMED DEAD, WHEN, AS A CREW MEMBER ON ONE OF THREE JAPANESE SUBMARINES DESPATCHED TO OPERATE WITH GERMAN SUBMARINE FORCES IN THE ATLANTIC, HIS SUBMARINE WAS SUNK IN THE BAY OF BISCAY; COMMANDER KEIU MATSUO - DIED IN THE ATTACK ON SYDNEY HARBOUR; COMMANDER SABUROO AKIEDA - DIED IN THE ATTACK ON DIEGO SUAREZ; COMMANDER KENSHI CHUUMA - DIED IN THE ATTACK ON SYDNEY HARBOUR; LIEUTENANT TEIJI YAMAKI WHO, ALTHOUGH A MEMBER OF THE SYDNEY ATTACK GROUP, DID NOT TAKE PART BECAUSE OF THE DEATH OF HIS CREWMAN IN A TRAINING ACCIDENT BEFORE THE OPERATION; AND LIEUTENANT COMMANDER KATSUHISA BAN OF THE SYDNEY ATTACK GROUP WHO WAS LOST, PRESUMED DEAD. BACK ROW - CREW MEN, FROM THE RIGHT; CHIEF PETTY OFFICER KOOZOO TAKADA - DIED IN THE DIEGO SUAREZ ATTACK; CHIEF PETTY OFFICER DAISEIKI TSUBOKURA - DID NOT TAKE PART IN THE ATTACK ON DIEGO SUAREZ BUT LATER DIED IN A SUBMARINE SUNK AT GUADALCANAL; CHIEF PETTY OFFICER MASAO TSUZUKU - DIED IN THE ATTACK ON SYDNEY HARBOUR; ENSIGN MASAMI TAKEMOTO - DIED IN THE ATTACK ON DIEGO SUAREZ; ENSIGN TAKESHI OOMORI - DIED IN THE ATTACK ON SYDNEY HARBOUR; CHIEF PETTY OFFICER SHIZUKA MASUMOTO - KILLED IN A BATTERY EXPLOSION ACCIDENT DURING TRAINING BEFORE THE ATTACK ON SYDNEY HARBOUR; AND ENSIGN MAMORU ASHIBE OF THE SYDNEY ATTACK GROUP WHO WENT MISSING, PRESUMED DEAD.
Group portrait of Midget Submarine trainees in training in Kure, Japan. Identified front left is Lieutenant (Lt) Keiu Matsuo; and rear left is Lieutenant Kinshi Chuma both commanders of Midget Submari
JAPAN. 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).
Dark blue cotton commemorative scarf (furoshiki) bearing a poem composed by Mrs Matsuo. The poem has been printed on to the furoshiki in white characters. The poem on this scarf was composed by Mrs
JAPAN. 1942. PORTRAIT OF LIEUTENANT KINSHI CHUMA (REAR), COMMANDER OF I-27'S MIDGET SUBMARINE AND LIEUTENANT KEIU MATSO (RIGHT) COMMANDER OF I-22'S MIDGET SUBMARINE WHICH MADE AN UNSUCCESFFUL ATTACK O
JAPAN. C. 1941. PORTRAIT OF FIRST SUB-LIEUTENANT KATSUHIA BAN, COMMANDER OF I-24'S MIDGET SUBMARINE IN THE ATTACK ON SYDNEY HARBOUR ON 1942-05-31. THE MIDGET APPARENTLY ENTERED THE HARBOUR AND ESCAPED
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
JAPAN. 1941-11. ON BOARD THE SHIP TAKITA-MARU, LIEUTENANT KEIU MATSUO, A CREW MEMBER OF I-22 CARRIER SUBMARINE IN THE ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOUR ON 1941-12-07. IN MAY 1942 MATSUO COMMANDED I-22'S MIDGET
Informal portrait of Petty Officer A S (Scotty) Guild, a crew member of the channel patrol boat HMAS Steady Hour (12). On 1 June 1942 HMAS Steady Hour, captained by Lieutenant A G Townley, RANVR, alo
