The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
'Technical Report on Japanese Midget Submarines', prepared by Commander Urquhart and dated July 1942. This important work is based on information obtained from the investigations into two Japanese submarines (Numbers 14 and 21) which entered Sydney Harbour on the night of 31 May 1942. Both vessels suffered damage which rendered them inoperative and they were subsequently recovered. Report provides detailed analysis of components, equipment and is complete with drawings and photographs. Also included in collection is a certificate presented to Commander Urquhart by Task Force 37 (British Pacific Fleet) commemorating HMAS Napier's participation in the entry of Allied units into Tokyo Bay for the unconditional surrender of the Japanese Navy on 30 August 1945.
ORIGINAL TYPESCRIPT OF REMINISCENCES OF THE SALVAGE OF TWO JAPANESE MIDGET SUBMARINES FROM SYDNEY HARBOUR IN 1942 BY DIVER INVOLVED IN THE OPERATIONS
Small L-shaped piece of ferrous metal from one of the midget submarines that was sunk in Sydney Harbour Sunday May 31st 1942. The metal has a hole drilled through it at its widest end, and Japanese ch
Torn certificate of authenticity tied to small L-shaped piece of metal from one of the midget submarines that was sunk in Sydney Harbour Sunday May 31st 1942. Printed in blue, the text reads: 'A Guar
Chief Petty Officer Reginald James George Sparrow and Lieutenant Commander John Sydney Bovill examine a pistol and ceremonial sword taken from one of the Japanese midget submarines which attacked Sydn
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
Souvenir metal fitting taken from one of the Japanese midget submarines sunk in Sydney Harbour on 31 May 1942. The fitting comprises a rectangular piece of metal with a pair of beveled edges. A pair
