| Accession Number | P11866.001 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Negative |
| Maker |
Moseley, Charles Howard Percy |
| Place made | Australia: New South Wales, Sydney, Bellevue Hill |
| Date made | 9 June 1942 |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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An unidentified Australian Department of Information (DOI) photographer, carrying his Speed ...
Description
An unidentified Australian Department of Information (DOI) photographer, carrying his Speed Graflex camera and case, walks amongst shell damage at the home of Mrs M McEachern on Bradley Avenue, Bellevue Hill. The damage was sustained just after midnight on the night of 8 June 1942. The shells were fired from the 140mm deck gun of the submarine I-24 (one of the ‘mother’ submarines for the Type A midget submarines) lying about 7 kilometres off the coast of Sydney. Ten 140mm shells were fired – nine were duds. The I-24 (accompanied by the submarine mother ships I-22 and I-27) had spent until 3 June waiting to retrieve their midget subs, but had given up on them and separated to harass Allied shipping along the east coast. Just after they had parted, the I-24 had spotted the merchant the Iron Chieftain and sunk her with two torpedoes. After spending another two days chasing merchant shipping off the coast of Wollongong, the I-24 returned to Sydney on 7 June and early in the morning of 8 June, fired the 10 shells from her deck gun.