ON 31 MAY 1942, AUSTRALIA MADE ITS FIRST ACQUAINTANCE WITH JAPANESE SUBMARINES. THREE OF THEM ...

Place Oceania: Australia, New South Wales, Sydney
Accession Number 012579
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Unknown Australian Official Photographer
Place made Australia: New South Wales, Sydney
Date made 31 May 1942
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

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Description

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 THE BURIAL SERVICE BEING HELD FOR THE NAVAL MEN KILLED DURING THE JAPANESE SUBMARINE ATTACK IN SYDNEY HARBOUR.