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Location
| Address: | 11 Murphys Road, Wommin Bay Memorial Walk, Kingscliff, 2487 |
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| State: | NSW |
| Area: | AUS |
| GPS Coordinates: | Lat: -28.234409 Long: 153.565574 Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate. |
Details
| Monument Type: | Plaque |
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| Monument Theme: | Conflict |
| Sub-Theme: | WW2 |
| Actual Event Start Date: | 29-May-1942 |
| Actual Event End Date: | 01-June-1942 |
| Link: | http://www.warmemorialsregister.nsw… |
Dedication
SYDNEY HARBOUR BOMBINGS
1942
May 29th
3.00 am - Japanese subs arrive outside Sydney Heads.
May 30th
4.00 am - Japanese sent float plane over Sydney Harbour.
6.30 am - Due to fog float plane capsized.
May 31st
5.25 pm - 3 midget submarines are launched.
9.48 pm - 1st midget submarine caught in boom net.
10.35 pm - 2nd submarine enters the Harbour undetected
following a ferry.
10.52 pm - 1st submarine self destructs.
11.03 pm - USS Chicago spots 2nd submarine
11.14 pm - 3rd submarine attacked by HMAS Yandra but
didn't sink.
June 1st
12.25 am - Blackout. Garden Island Island flood lights turned off.
12.35 am- 2nd sub fires on USS Chicago but misses
target by 4 metres and hits the "Kuttabul".
1.30am - 2nd midget got out of the harbour but ran out of
fuel just outside Sydney Head and sank. It was found
in 2006.
2.56 am - USS Chicago sights the 3rd sub.
3.50 am - "Kanimbla" shoots the 3rd sub down and is blown
to the surface.
5.00am - 3rd sub is blown to the surface.
They came into the harbour
To everyone's surprise
The 21 that died that day
May they R.I.P. where they lay
In Memory of those who went down with
The Kuttabul
[Map of Sydney Harbour, indicating where submarines were found]
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