The Krait, a Japanese fishing boat, now a public War Memorial

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AuthorJohn MorcombeDateApril 2021DescriptionA fascinating story from World War II.
For nearly 20 years, Pittwater was home to one of the most fascinating elements of Australian military history – a Japanese fishing boat that was used by a group of Australians to destroy Japanese shipping during World War II.
The boat was the Krait and the men who took it to Singapore during the darkest days of the war in the Pacific trained at a secret camp at Refuge Bay, just
around the corner from Pittwater.
Today the Krait is berthed at the Australian Maritime Museum, Darling Harbour, and open to the public as a floating war memorial and museum.
SubjectsWorld War IIKeywordsJapanese
Singapore
Bill Reynolds
Museum
war memorialCopyrightThis item may be used freely for research and study purposes, for all other uses contact Northern Beaches Council Library Local Studies. Please acknowledge that the item is courtesy of John Morcombe.

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The Krait, a Japanese fishing boat, now a public War Memorial