Chief Petty Officer Reginald James George Sparrow and Lieutenant Commander John Sydney Bovill ...

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Accession Number P00455.018
Collection type Photograph
Object type Print
Maker Herald Newspaper
Place made Australia: Victoria, Melbourne
Date made November 1942
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

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Description

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 Sydney Harbour on the night of 31 May 1942. (Photograph by The Herald, Melbourne - published 4 December 1942)