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Copyright: The AWM record for this photo states that the copyright status is 'clear'. The photo was probably taken in 1942.

AWM Caption: MEMBERS OF THE JAPANESE IMPERIAL NAVY MIDGET SUBMARINE ATTACK GROUP WHO CARRIED OUT SIMULTANEOUS ATTACKS ON DIEGO SUAREZ (MADAGASCAR) AND SYDNEY HARBOUR ON 1942-05-31. THE MEMBERS ARE SHOWN IN CREWS OF TWO WITH THE COMMANDING OFFICER OF EACH MIDGET SUBMARINE SEATED IN THE FRONT ROW WITH HIS CREW MEMBER STANDING BEHIND HIM. FRONT ROW - OFFICERS, FROM THE RIGHT: LIEUTENANT KATSUSUKE IWASE - DIED IN THE DIEGO SUAREZ ATTACK; LIEUTENANT COMMANDER MASAHARU OOTA WHO, ALTHOUGH A MEMBER OF THE DIEGO SUAREZ ATTACK GROUP, DID NOT TAKE PART DUE TO PROBLEMS SUFFERED BY HIS SUBMARINE ON THE WAY TO THE TARGET - HE WAS LATER LOST, PRESUMED DEAD, WHEN, AS A CREW MEMBER ON ONE OF THREE JAPANESE SUBMARINES DESPATCHED TO OPERATE WITH GERMAN SUBMARINE FORCES IN THE ATLANTIC, HIS SUBMARINE WAS SUNK IN THE BAY OF BISCAY; COMMANDER KEIU MATSUO - DIED IN THE ATTACK ON SYDNEY HARBOUR; COMMANDER SABUROO AKIEDA - DIED IN THE ATTACK ON DIEGO SUAREZ; COMMANDER KENSHI CHUUMA - DIED IN THE ATTACK ON SYDNEY HARBOUR; LIEUTENANT TEIJI YAMAKI WHO, ALTHOUGH A MEMBER OF THE SYDNEY ATTACK GROUP, DID NOT TAKE PART BECAUSE OF THE DEATH OF HIS CREWMAN IN A TRAINING ACCIDENT BEFORE THE OPERATION; AND LIEUTENANT COMMANDER KATSUHISA BAN OF THE SYDNEY ATTACK GROUP WHO WAS LOST, PRESUMED DEAD. BACK ROW - CREW MEN, FROM THE RIGHT; CHIEF PETTY OFFICER KOOZOO TAKADA - DIED IN THE DIEGO SUAREZ ATTACK; CHIEF PETTY OFFICER DAISEIKI TSUBOKURA - DID NOT TAKE PART IN THE ATTACK ON DIEGO SUAREZ BUT LATER DIED IN A SUBMARINE SUNK AT GUADALCANAL; CHIEF PETTY OFFICER MASAO TSUZUKU - DIED IN THE ATTACK ON SYDNEY HARBOUR; ENSIGN MASAMI TAKEMOTO - DIED IN THE ATTACK ON DIEGO SUAREZ; ENSIGN TAKESHI OOMORI - DIED IN THE ATTACK ON SYDNEY HARBOUR; CHIEF PETTY OFFICER SHIZUKA MASUMOTO - KILLED IN A BATTERY EXPLOSION ACCIDENT DURING TRAINING BEFORE THE ATTACK ON SYDNEY HARBOUR; AND ENSIGN MAMORU ASHIBE OF THE SYDNEY ATTACK GROUP WHO WENT MISSING, PRESUMED DEAD. THE JAPANESE CAPTION FOR THE PHOTOGRAPH IS ALSO HELD BY THE WAR MEMORIAL.

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