The training submarine K9, was commissioned. K9 was laid down in K. M. de Shelde, Flushing, Holland, in 1922. She served with the Royal Netherlands Navy until 31 May 1942, when in Sydney Harbour she was accepted by the RAN for service, as an anti-submarine training target.
Australian Coastwatcher, LEUT G. Stevenson, AIF, was killed by the Japanese in Bougainville.