Kokoda (79 page)

Marshall, General George C., 104, 107, 136

Medial treatment of wounds, 346–347

Melbourne Conservatorium of Music, 6

Menari, 163, 260, 361–362, 374, 403

Damien Parer at, 362

Menzies, Robert, 451

Attorney-General, 11

‘Pig-Iron Bob’, 11, 71

Prime Minister, 11, 25, 27, 461

war, declaration of, 14

Merritt, Captain, 115, 302

Metson, Corporal John A., 347, 382

Midway, 53

Milne Bay, 147, 156, 163

fighting at, 286–287

rout of Japanese at, 364–368

Misima, 127, 282

Mission Ridge, 359–361, 368–369

Montevideo Maru
, 152–153

sinking of, 154

torpedoing of, 153

Moore, Lieutenant Allan ‘Kanga’, 56, 437

Morobe

Japanese landing at, 133

Morris, Major General Basil

Moorhouse, 30, 67–70, 76, 100, 127, 148–149, 150, 238, 256

Morrison, Seargent Ted ‘Pinhead’, 188

Mortimore, Lieutenant Harry, 186–187

Mosquitoes, 68–69

Mount Bellamy, 114

Mount Ninderry, 464

Mount Tambu, 171

Mount Victoria, 65

Murdoch, Keith, 409–410

Murray, Leonard, 67

Myola, 215, 269, 274–275, 356–358

Nagano, Admiral Osami, 98

Nakahashi, Captain, 396 ‘Nanking Massacre’, 10, 31

Napa Napa Peninsula

53rd Battalion camping at, 66

Naro, 236, 243

National Security (Emergency Control) Regulations, 157

Native women, 80

feared rape of, 101

Nauro, 163, 403

Nazi Party, 30

New Caledonia

Japanese plan to capture, 100

New Guinea Volunteer Rifles, 49, 73, 137

New Hebrides

Japanese plan to capture, 100

Nik, 169–170

Nishimura, Corporal Kohkichi, 373, 375, 460–461

Nye, Captain Claude, 299, 372

O’Donnell, Lance Corporal Jim, 285

Oivi, 187

Japanese attack at, 189–193

Okada, Seizo, 389, 394, 402, 405

Onogawa, Lieutenant, 236

Operation MO, 132

Oro Bay, 166

Orokaiva tribe, 169

Ovuru, 459

Owen, Bill, 74, 156, 176, 184, 201–203

burial of, 224

death of, 208–209

discovery of body of, 224

Owen Stanley Range, 65, 100, 132

Page, Earle, 86

Palmer, Sergeant, 172, 196

Palmer, Vance, 105

Papua and New Guinea, 9

8th Military District, 67

39th Battalion, 142

arrival, 64–65

‘F’ grading, 143

Owen Stanley Range, over, 173

sailing, 58

53rd Battalion sailing for, 58

Australian territory, as, 2, 49

discovery, 2

German and British colonisation, 2

jungle, 465

languages, 2

natural resources, 32

Papuan Villager
, 33

preliminary Japanese invasion, 99

rainfall, 161

timelessness, 9

tribes, 2

villagers, 164

villages, 164

white ‘squattocracy’, 32

Papuan Infantry Battalion, 48, 149, 154, 175

Parer, Adrian, 7

Parer, Damien, 89, 200, 270, 273–274, 280–282, 311, 320, 358, 384, 448–450

birth, 3

cameraman, 13

Chester Wilmot, 30–31

death of, 449

Eora Creek, at, 353–355

Kokoda Front Line
, 392–394, 448

Kokoda Track, at, 249–251

Menari, at, 362

Mount Tambu, at, 171

Osmar White, journey with, 137–140, 145–147

Palestine, in, 29

photography, 7, 13

son, 450

war correspondent, 22–23

Parer, John and Teresa, 3, 89

Parer, Kevin, 76

Park, Okryon, 102–103, 280, 459–460

Parkinson, Sister Mavis, 170, 174–175, 196–200

murder of, 198, 459

Parr, Private ‘Snowy’, 209

Patton, General George S., 120, 458

Pearl Harbor, 42, 48

Japanese invasion, 43–46, 84

Pennycuick, RAAF Pilot Officer, 126–127

Pentland, Lieutenant Bill, 295

Percival, Lieutenant General Arthur E., 82, 453

Perry, Commodore Matthew Calbraith, 453

Perth
, 59

Philippines

fall of, 125

Phillips, Ray, 109–110, 217, 328, 362, 380, 432–433

death of, 444

‘pidgin English’, 78–80

Popondetta, 432

Port Moresby

2/14th and 2/16th, arrival of, 239–240

39th Battalion, arrival of, 64–65

Australian troops sent to, 48

Fairfax Harbour, 65

Japanese bombing of, 76, 123–124

Japanese decision to secure, 99, 166

Japanese troops heading towards, 126–127

Porter, Brigadier Selwyn, 382

Porters, 157

Potts, Brigadier Arnold, 229–230, 237–239, 246, 255, 274–277, 308, 317, 323, 349, 359, 378, 382, 414–415

Prince of Wales
, 49, 50

Puckapunyal Training Camp, 25

Pyke, Corporal, 191

Queen Mary
, 28

Rabaul, 147, 157

Australian troops sent to, 48

Japanese bombing of, 71–75, 95

Ramu, 447

Rangoon, Japanese approaching, 86 ‘Rape of Nanking’, 10, 101

Rapindik Native Hospital, bombing of, 71

Reading, Geoffrey, 416

Reilly, Corporal Joe, 285

Repulse
, 49, 50

Rhoden, Captain Phil, 213, 321, 355, 370, 371, 377–378

Richardson, Major General Robert C., 136

Rommel, General, 81

Roosevelt, President, 11, 43, 45, 85, 109, 117

economic sanctions against Japan, 11, 26, 27

Rowell, Colonel Sydney, 18, 236

General Blamey, meeting with, 399–400

Lieutenant General, 143, 245, 296, 366, 382–383, 398, 461

Royal Australian Air Force

24 Squadron, 72

Beaufighters, 432

Biscuit Bombers, 431

Catalinas, 95

Hudson, 95

Kittyhawks, 95, 112–114, 235

Wirraways, 72

Royal Endeavour
, 145

Russo–Japanese War 1904–05, 26

Saipan, 157

Sakamoto, Lieutenant, 303

Salamaua, 137, 147

Japanese bombing of, 75–76

Japanese landing at, 99

Samoa

Japanese plan to capture, 100

Samurais, 8

Sanopa, Lance Corporal, 191–193, 223, 226

Santamaria, Bob, 30

Sedgwick, General John, 207

Seekamp, Lieutenant, 175

Seven Mile Airfield, 112, 126, 203

39th Battalion camping at, 66

American transport aircraft at, 248

Japanese bombing of, 78

Seward, Captain, 438

Shedden, Frederick, 87

Shera, Captain John, 221

Shikoku, 4, 451

Shimada, Sergeant Yuki, 403

Sim, Sergeant Jack, 239

Simonson, Lieutenant Don, 243

Battle of Isurava, 284–286, 290

Simpson Harbour, 74

Japanese reinforcements at, 251

Singapore

British naval base, 49

fall of, 50, 82, 105

February 1942, 81–84

‘impregnable bastion’, 50

Slessor, Kenneth, 319

Solomon Islands

Japanese plan to capture, 100

Tulagi, capture of, 125

SS
Anshun
, 364

Stanley, Captain Owen, 65

Stevenson, Captain, 181

Steward, Captain ‘Blue’, 372

Sturdee, Lieutenant General, 143, 461

Sutherland, Chief of Staff General

Richard, 119, 173, 212, 238

Sword, Lieutenant Bob, 284, 290, 323, 441

death of, 442

Swords, Private Arthur, 191–193, 195

Symington, Captain Noel, 219–223, 232, 236

Syria, 30, 60

Tanaka, Lieutenant Colonel, 395

Templeton, Lieutenant Sam, 59, 69, 144, 149, 155, 162, 165, 171, 175–176, 180, 184, 190

disappearance of, 190

Templeton’s Crossing, 215, 354, 406

Thai–Burma railway, 82

Tibbets, Paul, 451–452

Timor, Australian troops sent to, 48

Tipton, Warrant Officer Les, 337

Titanic
, 28

Tobacco sticks, 158

Tobruk, 30, 31

Tojo, General Hideki, 31, 43, 44, 98, 132, 232, 452, 455

charges against, 456

death of, 456

Prime Minister, 31–32

‘Razor’, 31

‘Tol Massacre’, 75, 156

Tol Plantation, 74

Tomita, Colonel Yoshinobu, 426

Tonkin, Kevin, 372

Truk, 157

Truman, Harry, 456

Tsukamoto, Lieutenant Colonel, 226, 235–236

Tulagi

capture of, 125

Japanese at, 147

United States of America

economic sanctions against Japan, 11, 26, 27

US Army

Public Relations Division, 132

USS
Lexington
, 127, 128

USS
Mississippi
, 453

USS
Pierce
, 448

USS
Sturgeon
, 151

USS
Yorktown
, 127

Vasey, Major General George, 143, 415, 426

Vernon, Captain Doctor Geoffrey, 151, 157, 173, 188, 194, 206, 208, 455

Eora Creek, at, 239–240

Vichy French, 62

Victoria Cross

Albert Jacka, 61

Bruce Kingsbury, 323

Wainwright, Major General Jonathan M., 106, 121

Wairopi, 400

Wairopi Bridge, 180, 182, 423

Wake, 53

Wallabies 1939 Test Team, 13

Ward, Lieutenant Colonel K. H. 307