by David B Hill
travel to Southampton and voyage to Singapore 71–76, 78–83, 313
voyage in prahu from Tjibia Island to Merak 195–231
Hill, Pat 302, 303
Hill, Tim
Alynbank 60–71, 144
arrival in Britain 55–56
early friendship with Len Hill 4–6, 9–10
embarkation and voyage to Scotland 27, 28, 30, 32, 35–36, 37–38, 40–42, 46, 53, 279, 313
godfather to Len Hill’s son 307
ML310 motor launch 87–90, 98–106, 107–21, 128–30, 138, 141–42, 144, 148–49
ML311 motor launch 152–53, 158
ML311 motor launch sinking, Bangka Strait 160–61, 169, 174, 182, 187, 189, 203, 283–85, 290, 307
post-war life 307
prisoner of war 307, 323
Royal Navy training 59–60, 74, 77–78, 317
Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve, Auckland Division 4, 6, 7, 8, 16, 18, 19, 20
Singapore 84–87, 90–98, 120–24, 130–36, 147–48
travel to Southampton 71–76
voyage to Singapore 78–83, 313
Hokke, C (Captain of Sirius) 234, 306
Honig, Wim 262, 264–65, 276
Hornby, Edward 310
Houston 245
Hulbert, Jack 2–3, 6, 7, 8, 23–24, 307, 316
IFF (‘Identify friend or foe’) 64
Indian Army, 45 Brigade 107
Innes, G 242–43
Japan
attacks on evacuation fleets from Tjilatjap 266–67, 268–69
Bangka Strait attacks 160–70
declaration of war 79
HDML attacks 228
Java 234, 238, 240–56, 258–64, 292
Malacca Straits attack by aircraft 82–83
Malaya 101–02, 107–08, 109, 111, 112, 113–17, 118–19, 160, 168, 242, 300
Merak bombing 224–26, 230–31, 234–35
ML310 boarding, Tjibia Island 175–79
ML311 motor launch sinking 160–63, 169, 182, 228
Palembang capture 234
Patrick Heenan’s spying 159, 323
Prince of Wales and Repulse sinking 80, 159
Singapore 83–84, 87, 98–99, 101, 104–06, 112, 120–27, 133–34, 144–46, 149, 159, 229, 252–53
Sumatra 234
Java 144, 149, 157, 221, 223, 231, 233–64, 280, 283, 292
Java Sea 209–21, 238
Battle of the Java Sea 264
Johncock, T H S (Johnno)
ML310 motor launch 88, 111, 142, 145, 146
prisoner of war 309
repairs to prahu, Katjangan Island 190, 211, 214
shore leave, Singapore 132, 134–36
Tjibia Island 173, 180–81, 183, 185, 186, 187, 188, 192, 193, 194, 195–96, 239, 285
voyage to Singapore 81, 313
Johnson, Ronnie 88, 309
Johor Strait 127–28, 129, 138–40
Jupiter 252
Katjangan Island 160, 186, 188–92
Keeling, Ralph 310
Kindred, Jack
Alynbank 70
ML311 motor launch 88, 108, 137–38, 152, 153, 158
ML311 motor launch sinking, Bangka Strait 160–61, 169, 174, 182, 188
Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve 7
Royal Navy training and leave in Britain 74, 75, 78
shore leave, Singapore 95, 122, 123, 130–36
voyage to Britain 53
voyage to Singapore 80, 81, 313
KNIL (Dutch East Indies Army) 179, 193, 241, 249, 253–54
Kota 236–41
Kranji River 139
Kuttabul 290–91
Laboe 204–07, 209
Laburnum 84–87, 99, 120, 142
Leander 29
Lepar Island 204–07
Little, John 310
London 57–59, 71
Luckett, John 310
Malacca Straits 82–83, 126
Malaya 83, 100–02, 107–08, 109, 111–20, 127–28, 160, 168, 242, 249, 300
Māori
East Coast 49
inequalities 48, 49–50
land confiscations 49
tikanga 50–51
Māori Battalion (28th Battalion, 2NZEF) 27–28, 31, 36–38, 40–45, 48, 49–50, 52, 53
Māori concert parties 45, 52
Maryborough 227–29, 265, 268, 269, 270, 273, 277, 278, 279
Mata Hari 163
Mayfair Hotel, Singapore 93–97, 132–33, 145–47, 148, 203
Maynard, Stanley G F 87, 90, 99, 102, 109, 116, 117, 118, 119, 121, 128
McArthur, Alistair 7, 316
McMillan, Colin 99, 111, 128, 144, 158, 228
McVinnie brothers 7, 37, 42, 55, 56
Mediterranean Fleet 71
Merak 225–31, 234, 235
military police
Java 240–41, 244, 250
Singapore 135, 150, 152
United States Navy 293
Wellington 30
minesweepers 74, 305
Mission to Seamen, Auckland 9
ML310 motor launch
crew left on Tjibia Island to await rescue 190–94, 195, 237–38, 303–04, 305
departure of rescue party on repaired native prahu 185–96
evacuation of Singapore 149–53, 155–60, 301
Japanese attack, Bangka Strait and Tuju Islands 164–74
Japanese boarding, off Tjibia Island 175–79
Malaya 99–106, 107–19
‘On Active Service’ radio serial episode 319
repair attempt and Japanese bombing, Tjibia Island 180–85, 190–91
Singapore 87–90, 98–99, 120–21, 127–30, 136–45, 148–49
ML311 motor launch
evacuation of Singapore 151, 152–53, 155, 158
Japanese attack and sinking, Bangka Strait 160–63, 169, 182, 228, 290, 307
Malaya 99, 100–03, 107–09, 112
Singapore 87, 88, 89, 99, 121, 129, 130, 136, 137–38, 140, 144
ML403 motor launch 305
Morewa 23–24
Moses, Charles 264, 280
Muar 100–01, 107, 112, 128
Muntok 163, 165, 197
Naval Base, Devonport 8
‘Naval Mobilization Emergency Regulations’ 7
Neptune 71, 74, 77, 80
Neville, Bill (Lofty) 123, 142, 143
Alynbank service 60–71
arrival in Britain 55–56, 59
embarkation and voyage to Scotland 27, 28, 32, 35–36, 37–38, 39, 40, 42, 43–44, 46, 52, 53
photograph in uniform after Alynbank, before Singapore 316
Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve 4, 5, 6, 7, 17, 18, 19, 315
Royal Navy training 59–60, 74, 317
Solomon Islands 305
training on Wakakura 23
travel to Southampton and training on Attack 71–76
New Zealand Division
2nd, Second World War 74
Great War, known as ‘the Silent Division’ 71–72
New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 2nd
First New Zealand Echelon 19, 20
Second New Zealand Echelon 20, 29–33, 35–53, 86, 314
Ngata, Apirana 31, 49–50
Ngāti Porou 49
Nicolaas (Dutch Commandant) 195, 197, 198, 201, 204–08, 212, 214–15, 218, 219, 222, 223, 225, 227, 229, 230–31, 233, 254, 258
North Sea 60, 70–71, 168
Oldnall, Herb 310
Oudenaarde, Captain (of General Verspijk) 261–62, 264, 266, 267, 269, 270, 275, 283–84, 286
Paddon, William 309
Palmer, Charles (jnr) 14
Palmer, Charles (snr) 14–17
Pangkal Pinang 199, 200
Parata, Haami 40–45, 48–50, 54–55, 207, 296
influence on Len Hill 46–51, 55, 56, 65, 104, 153, 168, 196, 202, 209, 210, 303
Parit Jawa 109
Percival, Arthur 129, 136–37, 150, 159
Perth 245
Pool, Richard
Course fo
r Disaster (1987) 321–22
evacuation of Singapore 143–44, 151, 156
injured hand 157–58, 163, 164, 168
Japanese atack, Bangka Strait 168, 170
ML310 motor launch Gunnery Officer 138, 140, 142
prisoner of war 310
Raffles Hotel 130, 132
repairs to prahu, Katjangan Island 190
Royal Navy Local Operations, Singapore 109, 110, 127, 128
Tjibia Island 170, 171, 172, 175, 178, 180, 181, 185, 186, 187, 192, 193–94
Portland, Royal Navy training base 74, 77–78
Portsmouth 54, 59, 60
Prince of Wales 80, 85, 159
Prize 19
Pulford, Conway 150, 152, 156, 159, 164, 166, 167–68, 171, 172, 180, 305, 310
Queen Mary 35, 45, 51
Raffles Hotel, Singapore 83, 130–31, 132, 306
Repulse 80, 85, 109, 159, 160
Richardson, Warrant Boatswain 310
Robinson, Alfred 309
Robinson, James 310
Rose, Angus 144
Royal Air Force 121, 159, 310
Royal Australian Naval Volunteer Reserve 87
Royal Australian Navy (RAN) 82, 226–29, 237, 243, 279, 285, 288, 310
Commodore, China Force 237–40, 244, 246, 250, 251, 280, 284
Garden Island base, Sydney 290–91
Royal Australian Navy Volunteer Reserve 309
Royal Indian Navy 82
Royal Marines 107, 149, 151, 172, 310
Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, New Zealand 6–10, 13–15
Auckland Division Headquarters, Ngapona 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 14, 19, 20, 80, 86
Auckland Division social events 9
disestablishment 16–18
Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, New Zealand, Reservists’ war service
see also Royal New Zealand Navy Volunteer Reserve; and names of individual Reservists
on Alynbank 60–71, 128
arrival in Britain 54–59
embarkation and voyage to Scotland on Aquitania 26–53, 314
‘Mobilisation Fiasco’ 18
parade of inspection 10
Royal Navy training, St Vincent, Gosport 59–60, 317
signatures on concert programme, Aquitania 314
training in Britain 59–60
training in New Zealand 18–19, 23
Royal Navy, New Zealand Division 15, 19, 23–24, 31
Royal Navy (RN) 16
Alynbank anti-aircraft ship 60–61, 128
Coastal forces 78, 84–85, 88, 109
Fremantle 279
Java 242, 243, 248, 252
Laburnum, Volunteer Naval Reserve base in Singapore 84–87, 99, 120, 142
Mediterranean Fleet 71
Royal Fleet Auxiliary 234
sailors on ML310 87–88, 165, 237, 309, 310
Scheme B 20
Scheme Y 87
Singapore Naval Base 120–21, 127, 129
training, Portland 74, 77–78
training, St Christopher, Fort William 74, 77
training, St Vincent, Gosport 59–60, 317
Royal Netherlands Navy 82
Royal New Zealand Navy, establishment 73
Royal New Zealand Navy Volunteer Reserve 237, 247, 255, 259, 298–99, 309, 310
see also Fairmile motor launches; Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, New Zealand
Singapore 84–87, 90–98, 120–27, 130–36, 145–53
training in Britain 74, 77–78, 317
Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron 8, 86, 297
Russell, James Edward 309
sailing, Auckland and Hauraki Gulf 2–3, 8, 9, 24, 86
Sanders, William 19
Scammell, Leonard 311
Scapa Flow 60, 62, 63
Schief, Stan 310
Scorpion 90
Scotland 53, 54, 69–70, 77, 78
Second World War
declaration of war 7
departure of New Zealand troops 19–20, 23–24, 26–33
training and mobilisation of New Zealand forces 13–19, 23
Shackleton, Ernest 19
Shrimpton, Henry 314
Simson, Ivan 137
Singapore 74, 75, 77, 79, 80, 81, 119, 229, 300
evacuation 125, 144–53, 155–60, 252, 253, 258, 264, 305
Fairmile crews’ shore leave 90–98, 121–24, 130–36, 146–48
finding of crates of gold 134–36
Japanese attacks 83–84, 87, 98–99, 101, 104–06, 112, 120–27, 133–34, 144–46, 149, 159, 229, 252–53
motor launches based in 87–90, 99–100, 102, 105, 120, 125, 126–30, 136, 142, 144–45, 148–53
Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve base Laburnum 84–87, 99, 120, 142
Singapore Harbour Board 87
Sirius 229–30, 235, 306
Smethwick, Hector 310
Smith, Norman 310
Smith, William 310
Sneddon, James 310
Solomon Islands 299, 305, 315
Southampton 71, 72–73
Spooner, Ernest 322
evacuation of Singapore 125, 149–51, 152, 156, 157–58
Japanese attack, Bangka Strait 164, 166, 169
and Patrick Heenan 159
Tjibia Island 170–72, 173, 178, 179, 180–81, 185, 186, 188, 191–95, 199, 237–38, 245, 305, 309
Tuju Islands 163
St Christopher, Royal Navy training base, Fort William 74, 77
St Vincent, Royal Navy training base, Gosport 59–60
Stonor, Ian 151, 165, 170–71, 172, 173, 175, 179, 180, 181, 310, 323
Straits Settlements 83, 128–29, 137
see also Malacca Straits; Singapore
Strathallan 294
Stride, Reg 310
Sully, Samuel 310
Sumatra 82, 157, 160, 162, 166, 208, 209, 219, 234
Sunda Strait 221–24, 243, 265
Sussex 79
Swift, Harry 81, 93, 95, 99, 313
Tangaroa (sea) 210, 212, 222, 269
Tanjung Priok 235, 241, 243
Tāwhirimātea (wind) 209, 210, 221–22, 269
Texas National Guard 242
Thomas, Shenton 137
Titore 11, 22
Tjibia Island 170–74, 175–89, 284, 301
Tjilatjap 231, 233, 234, 238, 239, 240, 243, 245, 250, 251, 252–53, 254, 255, 257–65
Townsend, Edwin Richard 309
Tucker, Edward 309
Tuju (Seven) Islands 160, 163, 164, 166, 169–70, 195, 196
see also Katjangan Island; Tjibia Island
Tūmatauenga (god of war) 210
Turner, Jack 310
Tweedale, Alan 309
United States Navy 279, 292–93, 297
Ururoa 11, 22, 23, 48, 202
US3 convoy 38, 45–46, 51–52, 53–54, 58
Vampire 82
Vendetta 228
Victoria Cross 19
Victory 59
Wakakura 23, 39, 211
Warren, Alan 107
Wavell, Archibald 129
Welman, A E 77
Westforce 118
Williams, Henry, ‘The Mission boat accompanying a New Zealand war expedition’ 11, 22, 23
World War I see Great War
World War II see Second World War
Worsley, Frank 19
Wright, Reg 310
WS.12Z convoy 78–81
yacht clubs, Auckland 2
Yarra 264, 268–69
