MIDGET SUBMARINE ATTACK

Apart from the bombing of Darwin,next year is the 70th anniversary of the attack by three midget submarines on Sydney Harbour. A torpedo hit the converted ferry HMAS Kuttabul at Garden Island and killed 21 men on May 31 . Attempts are being made to contact descendants of those killed for a commemoration ceremony. Anyone with information should contact info@genesreunited.com. This writer was living in the harbour suburb of Kirribilli the night of the attack.My mother was out dancing with a seagoing gentleman at the time of the attack and had to dash home on a tram across the Harbour Bridge. A precocious brat, I was home , not alone, but with my French tutor. Some time after the attack, I was taken to see a midget submarine placed on display .