Kokoda (77 page)

299
Kengora Tanaka,
Operations of the Imperial Japanese Armed Forces in the Papua New Guinea Theatre During World War II
, Japan Papua New Guinea Goodwill Society, 1980, p. 98.

300
G. H. Vernon,
A War Diary. The Owen Stanley Campaign, July–November 1942
, 253/5/8, AWM 54.

301
This is material drawn from an extensive interview conducted with Lawrie ‘Smoky’ Howson, on 5 November 1988, by Harry Martin and Milissa Byrne, for the Australian War Memorial.

302
Ina Bertrand (ed),
Cinema in Australia: A Documentary History
, University of NSW Press, Kensington, 1989, p. 214.

303
Neil McDonald,
War Cameraman: The Story of Damien Parer
, Lothian, 1994.

304
The Sun
, 22 April 1963.

305
David Day,
John Curtin
, p. 575.

306
From an article by Tony Stephens,
Sydney Morning Herald
, 13 May 1998, about Geoffrey Serle’s book
For Australia and Labor
, John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library, Curtin University of Technology.

307
The Guardian
, 6 August 2002.

308
Edwin P. Hoyt,
Warlord
, p. 212.

309
This account is taken from a radio documentary made by Phillip Knightly, ‘Chester Wilmot: War Correspondent’, ABC Parliamentary and News Network, 5 March 1995.

310
This account is drawn from
The Daily Mirror
, 17 January 1954.

311
Bill Edgar,
Warrior of Kokoda
, pp 181–82.

312
An account of Hideki Tojo’s death can be found in Edwin P. Hoyt,
Warlord
, pp. 1ff.

313
ibid, p. 224.

314
Chester Wilmot
The Struggle for Europe
, William Collins, London, 1952.

315
This account is drawn from the website:
http://www.hk.co.kr/event/jeonshin/w2/e_jsd_3.htm

316
Horner,
Blamey
, pp. 581–82.

317
Michael Gordon,
The Age
, 26 April 1992.

318
Frank Walker,
The Sun-Herald
, 2 July 1995.

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NDEX

Abuari, 277, 282, 307

‘Ack-Ack guns’, 78, 95, 113, 138

Advisory War Council, 131–132, 135

Akizawa, Toshiya, 309

Allen, Brigadier Arthur ‘Tubby’, 29, 30, 123, 237, 296, 308, 382, 413–414

Alola, 266, 307

Australian withdrawal from, 337

Japanese capture of, 337

parallel track to, 266-67, 277, 302-3, 307, 320, 335

Amaterasu
, 6

Ambasi, 172

Aquitania
, 28, 58, 66, 298

New Guinea, sailing for, 58–60

Arnold, Lieutenant General Hap, 400

Asahi Shimbun
, 389, 405

Australia
, 59

Australian Army

2/14th Battalion, 60–62, 122, 135, 212, 239–240, 464, 465

2/16th Battalion, 62, 63, 122, 135, 212, 239–240, 465

2/22nd Battalion, 48, 73, 216

2/27th Battalion, 62, 122, 135, 465

3rd and 4th Infantry Division, 34

7th Militia Brigade, 156

14th Militia Battalion, 12

21st Brigade, 229, 237

23rd Battalion, 34

32nd Battalion, 36

39th Battalion, 34–39, 51, 55, 58, 64–65, 141, 142, 173, 446, 465

48th Battalion, 48

49th Battalion, 141, 143

52nd Battalion, 37

53rd Battalion, 58, 66, 141–143

battalions, 39

defeat of Japanese, 444–445

first ambush of Japanese, 175–178

First Australian Imperial Force, 23

General Commanding Officer, 16

khaki clothing, 260–261

Middle East, in, 28, 47

oath, 36

Second Australian Imperial Force, 16

Australian Light Horse Regiment, 12

Australian New Guinea Administrative Unit (ANGAU), 68, 96

Avery, Alan, 322, 463

death of, 464

Awala, 97, 166, 171, 175–176

Australian ambush at, 176–178

Bacillary dysentry, 69

Baker, Newton D., 45

Basabua Beach, 169

Bataan Peninsula, 53, 103, 121, 124

Batchelor Airfield, 106

Battle of Beersheba, 12

Battle of Brigade Hill, 368–396

Battle of Midway, 134, 218

Battle of the Coral Sea, 128–129

Bean, Charles, 410

Benson, Father James, 170, 174–175, 196–200, 404, 455

Bethune, F. P. 288

Bidstrup, Captain Max, 203, 219–223, 245, 353, 434

Bisset, Butch, 2, 6, 271

CMF, in, 12

death of, 329

enlistment, 23–25

fighting by, 324

Middle East, 28

Powerhouse Club, 7, 12

Puckapunyal Training Camp, 25

shooting of, 325–3328

Syria, in, 60

Bisset, George and Olive, 111

death of Butch, 350–351

Bisset, Stan, 61, 63, 254, 271, 274–277, 315, 336, 337–339, 371, 382, 391

Battle of Isurava, 300

Blamey’s speech, 421–422

brother

death of, 329

shooting of, 326–328

childhood, 2

City of Paris
, in, 89

CMF, in, 12

Intelligence Officer of 2/14th Battalion, 89

James Fenimore
, boarding, 213

Kokoda Track, on, 355–356

marriages, 464

Melbourne Conservatorium of Music, 6

Middle East, 28

Military Cross, 464

1939 Wallabies Test Team, 13–14

Powerhouse Club, 7, 12, 213

retirement, 464

singing, 15–16, 271–272

World War II, declaration of, 15

Blamey, Major General Sir Thomas, 16, 30, 40, 67, 117, 127, 133, 136, 142, 232, 349, 383, 388, 406, 453

Brisbane, in, 193

Commander of Allied Land Forces, 119–121

controversial reputation, 16–17, 319

death of, 461

General Officer Commanding Australian Army, 16

Koitaki sports field, parade at, 419–422

MacArthur, meeting with, 427

Police Commissioner, 16

Port Moresby, arrival in, 393–394

press conference, 384–386

Rowell, meeting with, 399–400

speech by, 421–422

Boland, Jack, 301

Brens, 204

Brewer, Lieutenant Peter, 163, 205, 208

Brigade Hill, battle of, 368–396

Brown, Private Merv, 336

Bulolo, Japanese bombing of, 75–76

Buna, 133, 147–149, 163, 166

Australian capture of, 444

Burley, Sergeant F. B., 408

Burton, Private, 466

Bushido
, 8

Cameron, Major Alan, 216–218, 240, 434

Campbell, James, 138

Canberra
, 59

Cannibalism, 401–402

Caro, Lieutenant Colonel Albert, 371, 382

Cazaly, Roy, 4, 297

Chalk, Lieutenant, 176–177

Chamberlain, Neville war, declaration of, 13

Champion, Lieutenant Alan, 171

Changi prison camp, 82

Chauvel, Charles, 12–13

Chifley, Ben, 91

China, 26

Japanese invasion, 1937, 10

Churchill, Winston, 50, 57, 81, 83–87, 109

Citizens Military Forces (CMF), 12

City of Paris
, 89

Clark Field, 44

Japanese bombing of, 44–45

Clowes, General Cyril, 287

Colbran, Elaine, 7, 40, 55, 110, 181, 206, 279, 462

Comfort women, 101–103, 280

Conran, Colonel Hugh Marcell, 34–35, 51–53, 55, 113, 142

Cook, Captain James, 28

Cooper, Duff, 50

Corregidor, 53, 103, 106, 124–125

Cotter, Marie, 22, 146, 448, 449

Cowey, Staff Sergeant Jim, 225–226, 232–234

Curtin, John, 15, 47, 50, 75, 87, 91–92, 105, 117, 119, 140 ‘Battle for Australia’, 83

Battle of the Coral Sea, 129

Chester Wilmot meeting, 410

Christmas Day 1941, 54

Darwin, bombing of, 84–85

death of, 450

declaration of war on Japan, 48

fall of Singapore, 82

funeral, 451

MacArthur, conversation with, 387–388

New Year message, 1941, 56–57

Prime Minister, 40

Darley, Camp, 34, 51, 69

Christmas Day 1941, 54

Daru, 96 ‘Daru Derby’, 96

Darwin

Australian troops sent to, 48

Japanese bombing of, 84–85, 105

Davidson, Kelly, 131

Dawson, Joe, 4, 7, 40, 55, 109, 138–139, 206, 217, 292–294, 328, 362, 380, 437, 443–444

Acting Company Sergeant Major, as, 155

enlistment, 19–21

Gona, at, 433

hygiene, 70

Kokoda, at, 166

Kumusi River, at, 181

marriage of, 462

Oivi, at, 190

Popondetta, at, 432

Sergeant, 36

twentieth birthday, 65

de Meneses, Jorge, 2

Dean, Captain Cyril, 219–223, 354

Deniki, 164–165, 194–196, 201, 240

Japanese attack on, 242–244

Dickenson, Captain Gerry, 289

Diet, Japanese parliament, 5, 25

Dobodura, 197, 445

Dougherty, Brigadier Ivan, 427, 437, 442

Duffy, Dr Don, 322, 326

Dunkirk, 23–24, 82

Dupain, Max, 13, 21–22

Earl, Father Norbert ‘Nobby’, 144, 188, 222, 285, 305–306, 354

Eather, Brigadier Ken, 357, 384, 400, 426

Efogi, 13, 214, 357, 403

Eichelberger, General Robert, 393, 427

Elliott-Smith, Major Syd, 215

Embogi, 197

hanging of, 459

Emperor, 6

declaration of war on Allies, 46

service of, 8

Emperor Hirohito, 453

shooting of two key advisers, 10