MELBOURNE, VIC. C.1942-11. THE MID-SECTION OF A JAPANESE MIDGET SUBMARINE IS TOWED THROUGH CITY ...

Place Oceania: Australia, Victoria, Melbourne
Accession Number P00455.008
Collection type Photograph
Object type Print
Maker Herald Newspaper
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

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Description

MELBOURNE, VIC. C.1942-11. THE MID-SECTION OF A JAPANESE MIDGET SUBMARINE IS TOWED THROUGH CITY STREETS DURING ITS EXHIBITION TOUR OF SOUTHEASTERN AUSTRALIA. THE SUBMARINE TOOK PART IN THE UNSUCCESSFUL ATTACK ON SYDNEY HARBOUR ON THE NIGHT OF 31 MAY 1942. (PHOTOGRAPH BY THE HERALD, MELBOURNE)