WWII Japanese Midget Submarine Steering Wheel
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WWII Japanese Midget Submarine Steering Wheel, Brass and Oak with Japanese Calligraphy.
Recovered by a professional diver in Athol Bight, Sydney Harbour the morning after the Japanese midget submarine raid on Sunday May 31st 1942 and presented to E J Ward. The AWM Canberra exhibits a composite of the two submarines recovered from the harbour showing no wheel attached.
Provenance:
Edward John Ward MHR Federal member of Parliament for the seat of East Sydney 1931-1963 Minister for Labour and National Service (1942) and thence by descent.
Recovered by a professional diver in Athol Bight, Sydney Harbour the morning after the Japanese midget submarine raid on Sunday May 31st 1942 and presented to E J Ward. The AWM Canberra exhibits a composite of the two submarines recovered from the harbour showing no wheel attached.
Provenance:
Edward John Ward MHR Federal member of Parliament for the seat of East Sydney 1931-1963 Minister for Labour and National Service (1942) and thence by descent.
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WWII Japanese Midget Submarine Steering Wheel
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