JAPANESE SUBMARINE SIGHTED
NEAR FITZROY ISLAND DURING WW2

visits since 2 November 2000

The personnel of No. 28 Radar Station RAAF on Fitzroy Island reported a suspected Japanese submarine off the Island during WW2.

Can anyone give me some more details on this story?

REFERENCE BOOK

Bradley, Vera, "I Didn't Know That - Cairns and Districts Tully to Cape York, 1939-1946, Service Personnel and Civilians", Boolarong Press, 1995

Japanese submarine sightings around Australia during WW2

Ships attacked off the Australian coastline by Japanese submarines

Australian cities shelled by Japanese submarines

Reconnaissance flights over Australia from Japanese submarines during WW2

Japanese landings in Australia during WW2

German U-Boat attacks off the Australian Coast during WW2

Heaps of WW2 books available at Amazon.com

"Australia @ War"

This page first produced 2 November 2000

This page last updated 18 June 2005