Japanese Americans Interned - San Jose, Ca April 11
1942, 15th March, San Jose, Ca
US-born five year old “Jack” Hideaki and his family, all citizens, are rounded up and interned until 1944.
Loss of HMAS Yarra, 4th March 1942 April 11
1942, 4th March
HMAS Yarra, under the command of Lieutenant Commander Robert ‘Oscar’ Rankin, is sunk while valiantly defending its convoy against a vastly superior Imperial Japanese Navy squadron commanded by Vice Admiral Nobutake Kondo.