Image Gallery: June 2007
Commemoration services at Rookwood Cemetary and at HMAS Kuttabul for members killed on board HMAS Kuttabul
01 June 2007
The Royal Australian Navy has remembered the men whose lives were lost when three Japanese midget submarines attacked Sydney Harbour just after midnight on 1 June 1942.
The submarine M24 fired two torpedos at USS Chicago. The weapons missed their target but one torpedo detonated under the converted ferry Kuttabul, then used for sailors accommodation at Garden Island. The old ferry could not stand the shock and began sinking.
Twenty-one men on board Kuttabul died. Nineteen were Australian and two were from the Royal Navy.
Of the three midget submarines that attacked that night, two were destroyed. The bodies of four Japanese submariners were recovered. They were given funerals with full military honours and their bodies were cremated.
The fate of M24 remained a mystery until late last year when a group of recreational divers located the submarine around 5km off Bungan Head, Sydney. It is presumed the remains of the submarine's two crew members are contained in the wreck.
The name HMAS Kuttabul was passed on to the Navy base at Potts Point which administers Garden Island, where the ill-fated ferry was berthed.
| 20070531ran8113282_001_drn The sunken ferry, HMAS Kuttabul. (Date taken: 31 May 2007) Low Res | High Res |
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| 20070531ran8113282_001_drn File image of the ferry, HMAS Kuttabul. (Date taken: 31 May 2007) Low Res | High Res |
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| 20070531ran8113282_001_drn The commemoration service for members killed on board HMAS Kuttabul at Rookwood Cemetary. (Date taken: 31 May 2007) Low Res | High Res |
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| 20070531ran8113282_002_drn The commemoration service for members killed on board HMAS Kuttabul at Rookwood Cemetary. (Date taken: 31 May 2007) Low Res | High Res |
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| 20070531ran8113282_007_drn The commemoration service for members killed on board HMAS Kuttabul at Rookwood Cemetary. (Date taken: 31 May 2007) Low Res | High Res |
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| 20070531ran8113282_010_drn The commemoration service for members killed on board HMAS Kuttabul at Rookwood Cemetary. (Date taken: 31 May 2007) Low Res | High Res |
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| 20070531ran8113282_011_drn Mr Niel Roberts, the last known surviving member from the sinking of HMAS Kuttabul, at the commemoration service for members killed on board HMAS Kuttabul at Rookwood Cemetary. (Date taken: 31 May 2007) Low Res | High Res |
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| 20070531ran8113282_012_drn Commanding Officer HMAS Kuttabul, Commander Mark Todd lays a wreath in rememberance of the fallen at the commemoration service for members killed on board HMAS Kuttabul at Rookwood Cemetary. (Date taken: 31 May 2007) Low Res | High Res |
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| 20070531ran8113282_016_drn The commemoration service for members killed on board HMAS Kuttabul at Rookwood Cemetary. (Date taken: 31 May 2007) Low Res | High Res |
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| 20070531ran8113282_017_drn The commemoration service for members killed on board HMAS Kuttabul at Rookwood Cemetary. (Date taken: 31 May 2007) Low Res | High Res |
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| 20070531ran8113282_018_drn (L-R): Able Seaman Boatswains Mate Geoghgan, Ship's Warrant Officer Garry Osbourne and Leading Seaman Marine Technician Drady at the commemoration service for members killed on board HMAS Kuttabul at Rookwood Cemetary. (Date taken: 31 May 2007) Low Res | High Res |
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| 20070601ran8113282_002_drn The Catafalque Party during the memorial service at HMAS Kuttabul. (Date taken: 01 June 2007) Low Res | High Res |
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| 20070601ran8113282_004_drn Floral wreath at the memorial service at HMAS Kuttabul. (Date taken: 01 June 2007) Low Res | High Res |
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| 20070601ran8113282_005_drn Royal Australian Navy drummers during the memorial service at HMAS Kuttabul. (Date taken: 01 June 2007) Low Res | High Res |
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| 20070601ran8113282_007_drn The Catafalque Party during the memorial service at HMAS Kuttabul. (Date taken: 01 June 2007) Low Res | High Res |
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| 20070601ran8113282_009_drn A bugler plays The Last Post during the memorial service at HMAS Kuttabul. (Date taken: 01 June 2007) Low Res | High Res |
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| 20070601ran8113282_014_drn Members of the public during the memorial service at HMAS Kuttabul. (Date taken: 01 June 2007) Low Res | High Res |
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| 20070601ran8113282_017_drn The memorial service at HMAS Kuttabul. (Date taken: 01 June 2007) Low Res | High Res |
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| 20070601ran8113282_018_drn Seaman Writer Dale Kratzmann hoists the flag in preperation for the ceremony at HMAS Kuttabul. (Date taken: 01 June 2007) Low Res | High Res |
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| 20070601ran8116382_066_drn Naval officers salute the memorial during the ceremony at HMAS Kuttabul. (Date taken: 01 June 2007) Low Res | High Res |
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| 20070601ran8116382_087_drn The Catafalque Party during the ceremony at HMAS Kuttabul. (Date taken: 01 June 2007) Low Res | High Res |
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| 20070601ran8116382_118_drn The Catafalque Party during the ceremony at HMAS Kuttabul. (Date taken: 01 June 2007) Low Res | High Res |
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