I was actually doing research on a different story when I stumbled upon the story of the attack on Sydney Harbour. In May and June the war was brought home to Australians on the east coast when the Japanese attacked Sydney Harbour from the sea. The Japanese planned to launch the midgets one after the other between and , from points 5—7 nmi 5. The first midget was to pass through the Heads just after , but heavy seas delayed her by over an hour. The other two midgets followed at twenty-minute intervals and were similarly delayed.

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By Lawrence Paterson. I enjoyed the May issue features on VE Day, particularly the article on the differences across Europe. In , however, after. Volunteers are invited to help transcribe the registers of a First World War military hospital for Men of Worth, a project researching the service of men and women from Keighley and the Worth Valley in West Yorkshire.