Japanese submarine periscope spotted from Newcastle shore during World War II

By Damon Cronshaw
June 16 2022 - 9:30am
Attack: A depiction of a Japanese submarine crew firing at Newcastle 80 years ago on June 8, 1942. Picture: Monty Wedd
Attack: A depiction of a Japanese submarine crew firing at Newcastle 80 years ago on June 8, 1942. Picture: Monty Wedd

In the early 1950s, New Lambton's David Stuart was reading the Newcastle Herald at the kitchen table while his mother was peeling beans and shelling peas.

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