ir head - G ould ▁and ▁over ▁ 2 0 0 ▁Navy ▁personnel ▁attended ▁a ▁bur ial ▁ceremony ▁for ▁these ▁sail ors . ▁On ▁ 1 ▁January ▁ 1 9 4 3 , ▁the ▁Navy ▁base ▁at ▁Garden ▁Island ▁was ▁commission ed ▁as ▁ ▁in ▁comm em oration ▁of ▁the ▁fer ry ▁and ▁the ▁lives ▁lost . ▁ ▁The ▁Austral ians ▁recovered ▁the ▁bodies ▁of ▁the ▁four ▁Japanese ▁crew ▁of ▁the ▁two ▁m idget ▁sub mar ines ▁s unk ▁in ▁Sydney ▁Har bour ▁and ▁had ▁them ▁cre m ated ▁at ▁Ro ok wood ▁C emetery . ▁For ▁the ▁cre m ation , ▁the ▁Al lies ▁d rap ed ▁the ▁Japanese ▁flag ▁over ▁each ▁coff in ▁and ▁rendered ▁full ▁naval ▁hon ours . ▁Mu ir head - G ould ▁was ▁critic ised ▁for ▁this , ▁but ▁def ended ▁his ▁actions ▁as ▁respect ing ▁the ▁courage ▁of ▁the ▁four ▁sub mar in ers , ▁regardless ▁of ▁their ▁origin . ▁Australian ▁polit icians ▁also ▁hoped ▁that ▁the ▁Japanese ▁Government ▁would ▁notice ▁the ▁respect ▁paid ▁to ▁the ▁sail ors ▁and ▁improve ▁the ▁conditions ▁Australian ▁prisoners - of - war ▁were ▁experien cing ▁in ▁Japanese ▁intern ment ▁cam ps . ▁Japanese ▁authorities ▁noted ▁the ▁fun eral ▁service , ▁but ▁this ▁did ▁not ▁lead ▁to ▁any ▁major ▁improvement ▁in ▁conditions ▁for ▁Australian ▁P OW s . ▁Following ▁the ▁use ▁of ▁the ▁m idget ▁sub mar in ers ' ▁fun eral ▁by ▁the ▁Japanese ▁for ▁propag anda ▁purposes , ▁the ▁Australian ▁High ▁Command ▁forb ade ▁similar ▁fun er als ▁for