CMDR J. C. R. Proud, CBE, VRD, RANVR, was appointed Director of FELO. This organisation conducted the propaganda war in the Pacific for the Allies. One of its first operations ...
On This Day
Australian Naval History on 9 June 1942
The bodies of four crew members of the midget submarines sunk in Sydney Harbour were cremated with full military honours, at Rookwood Cemetery, Sydney. The ashes were later taken back ...
Australian Naval History on 8 June 1942
HMA Ships ARUNTA, KALGOORLIE, ROCKHAMPTON, DOOMBA, MORESBY, BINGERA, YANDRA, KYBRA, and WHYALLA were assigned to convoy escort duties from Sydney as a result of the Japanese raid on Sydney Harbour. ...
Australian Naval History on 7 June 1942
The Japanese submarine I-24 shelled the eastern suburbs of Sydney. On the same night I-21 shelled Newcastle. Damage in both attacks was negligible. ...
Australian Naval History on 6 June 1942
The Japanese submarine I-24 attacked the merchant vessel ECHUNGA, 17 miles south-east of Port Kembla, but was kept at bay by the ship’s gun, until HMAS KALGOORLIE, (corvette),arrived on the ...
Australian Naval History on 5 June 1942
Japanese Radio announced the loss of three midget submarines in an attack on Allied shipping in Sydney Harbour. ...
Australian Naval History on 4 June 1942
The Australian merchant ship IRON CROWN, was attacked and sunk by the Japanese submarine I-24, near Gabo Island. Loaded with manganese ore, the ship sank within a minute, and 37 ...
Australian Naval History on 3 June 1942
At 2200 hours the Australian coastal steamer AGE, came under attack from gunfire from a Japanese submarine, near Norah Head, NSW. The ship reached Newcastle without being hit. At midnight ...
Australian Naval History on 1 June 1942
During the attack on Sydney Harbour by Japanese midget submarines, a torpedo fired by one of the submarines at USS CHICAGO, (cruiser), missed the target and struck the sea wall ...
Australian Naval History on 31 May 1942
Three Japanese midget submarines were released from their mother submarines off the east coast of Australia and commenced an attack on Sydney Harbour. The alarm was raised when one of ...