Defence Ministers � Parliamentary Secretary for Defence ? Senator David Feeney ? 70th Anniversary of HMAS Kuttabul

Today Senator David Feeney, Parliamentary Secretary for Defence, attended a memorial service at the HMAS Kuttabul Memorial on Garden Island to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the attack on Sydney Harbour by Japanese midget submarines. We also pay our respects to the Japanese submarines who lost their lives in the attack, said Senator Feeney. One torpedo ran aground on the beach at Garden Island, while the second passed ahead of Chicago and under Dutch submarine K9, also moored off Garden Island, before detonating against the sea wall where Kuttabul was berthed.

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