The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Several men watch as a Japanese midget two-man submarine is raised from the harbour bed. The Japanese submarine, which attempted a raid on shipping in Sydney Harbour on 31 May 1942 was rammed and sunk by gunfire before it could fire its torpedoes. A second submarine which successfully entered the harbour fired one of its torpedoes in an attack on USS Chicago, missed and hit the barracks ship HMAS Kuttabul, a converted ferry, and exploded, killing 21 naval ratings. The fate of this submarine was not known at the time; it was subsequently discovered on the seabed off the Northern Beaches in November 2006. The third of the two-men submarines became entangled in the harbour boom in its attempt to enter the harbour; her crew subsequently blew the submarine up.
60192 Leading Aircraftman Alexander G Farthing (left), a flight rigger with 75 Squadron RAAF, is haunched down on the cockpit sill of one its aircraft while its pilot, 402342 Flight Lieutenant (Flt Lt
Standard Imperial Japanese Navy officer's peaked cap cloth badge with salt water immersion damage. The gold anchor usually found centrally mounted is missing; and the gilded brass wreath decoration, a
The Sydney boom defences, looking from George's Head towards Green Point. The anti-submarine net was designed in January 1942, and its construction began that month. It was located at the narrowest po
Studio wedding portrait of F3222 Ordinary Seaman Arthur James Smith, Royal Australian Naval Reserve (RANR) from Marylands, Western Australia and his wife Hilda Edith Smith. After enlisting in the RANR
A floating crane raising one of the three Japanese Midget Submarines which attacked shipping in Sydney Harbour on the night of 31 May 1942. This is probably Midget Submarine No. 14 which was trapped i
PARTLY SUBMERGED RAN ACCOMMODATION SHIP HMAS KUTTABUL, DAMAGED DURING THE UNSUCCESSFUL JAPANESE MIDGET SUBMARINE ATTACK IN SYDNEY HARBOUR ON THE NIGHT OF 31 MAY 1942.
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
