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Page 38
42 Ibid.
43 Ibid., p. 108.
44 Ham (2007), p. 237.
45 Bill Akell interview, 7 June 2015.
46 McAulay (1986), p. 101.
47 Caulfield (2007), p. 303.
48 See Burstall (1986).
49 McAulay (1986), p. 102.
50 See McNeill (1993).
51 See Caulfield (2007).
52 See McAulay (1986).
CHAPTER 25
1 105 Field Battery [105 Fd Bty] Enclosure 4–5 (AWM 95 3/5/43), 1–31 August 1966.
2 Mollison (2006), p. 162.
3 McAulay (1986), p. 82.
4 See Burstall (1986).
5 Ibid.
6 McAulay (1986), pp. 103–4.
7 See Smith (2015).
8 Mollison (2006), p. 167.
9 McAulay (1986), pp. 103–4.
10 Grandin (2004), p. 181.
11 See Mollison (2006).
12 McAulay (1986), p. 104.
13 Ibid., p. 102.
14 See Anderson (2002).
15 Mollison (2006), p. 169.
16 See Caulfield (2007).
17 See McAulay (1986); O’Neill (1993).
18 See McAulay (1986).
19 See Anderson (2002); O’Neill (1993).
20 Ibid.
21 McAulay (1986), p. 105.
22 Ibid.
23 Australian Army commanders’ diaries 6 RAR (AWM 95 7/6/5), 17 August 1966.
24 Ibid.
25 McAulay (1986), p. 108.
26 See Grandin (2004); McFarlane (2000).
27 McAulay (1986), p. 196.
28 Mollison (2006), p. 173.
29 See Grandin (2004).
30 McAulay (1986), p. 196.
31 See Anderson (2002); Burstall (1986); McAulay (1986); O’Neill (1993).
32 McFarlane (2000), p. 265.
33 See Anderson (2002); O’Neill (1993).
34 O’Neill (1993), p. 336.
35 See Grandin (2004).
36 McAulay (1986), p. 107.
37 Ibid., pp. 107–8.
38 See McAulay (1986).
39 Ibid., p. 108; see also Smith (2015).
40 Kevin Miller interview, 8 June 2015.
41 O’Neill (1993), p. 338.
42 McGibbon (2010), p. 156.
43 See McAulay (1986).
44 Len Vine interview, 15 May 2015.
45 McAulay (1986), p. 109.
46 John Heslewood interview, 30 September 2014.
47 See Burstall (1986).
48 Grandin (2004), p. 202.
49 Bill Akell interview, 7 June 2015.
50 See Grandin (2004).
51 See Burstall (1986).
52 Mollison (2006), p. 176.
53 See McKay (1992).
54 Mollison (2006), p. 174.
55 See Grandin (2004).
56 Dapin (2014), p. 141.
57 Burstall (1986), pp. 119–20.
58 Mollison (2006), p. 174.
59 See Mollison (2006).
60 See Burstall (1986).
61 Mollison (2006), p. 171.
62 McAulay (1986), p. 111.
63 Burstall (1990), p. 104.
64 Len Vine interview, 15 May 2015.
65 McAulay (1986), p. 110.
66 O’Neill (1993), p. 338.
67 McAulay (1986), p. 112.
68 Ibid., p. 113.
69 Ibid.
CHAPTER 26
1 See Lamensdorf, J. D. (2006) Write Home for Me: A Red Cross Woman in Vietnam, Random House Australia, Sydney, p. 96.
2 Ibid.
3 See Burstall (1986).
4 Dapin (2014), p. 141.
5 Ibid., p. 140.
6 Ibid., p. 141.
7 See Buick & McKay (2000).
8 See Burstall (1986).
9 Caulfield (2007), p. 308.
10 See McKay (1992).
11 6 RAR commanders’ diaries (AWM 95 7/6/5), 18 August 1966.
12 See Burstall (1986).
13 Grandin (2004), p. 205.
14 Burstall (1986), p. 118.
15 McAulay (1986); O’Neill (1993); 6 RAR commanders’ diaries (AWM 95 7/6/5), 18 August 1966.
16 See Grandin (2004).
17 Ibid., p. 206.
18 See Grandin (2004).
19 Caulfield (2007), p. 308.
20 See McAulay (1986).
21 See Burstall (1986).
22 McAulay (1986), p. 113.
23 See Burke (2005).
24 McGibbon (2010), p. 157.
25 See Burstall (1986).
26 McAulay (1986), p. 114.
27 Burstall (1986), p. 121.
28 Mollison (2006), p. 178.
29 See Burstall (1986).
30 Caulfield (2007), p. 309.
31 Mollison (2006), p. 177.
32 Ibid., p. 178.
33 Ibid.
34 See McAulay (1986).
35 Ham (2007), p. 240.
CHAPTER 27
1 Lamensdorf (2006), p. 97.
2 Ibid.
3 Ibid., p. 98.
4 See McAulay (1986).
5 Ibid., p. 118.
6 Ibid.
7 6 RAR commanders’ diaries (AWM 95 7/6/5), 18 August 1966.
8 See Anderson (2002); McAulay (1986).
9 Burstall (1986), p. 121.
10 See McNeill (1993).
11 6 RAR commanders’ diaries (AWM 95 7/6/5), 18 August 1966.
12 See McNeill (1993).
13 See Caulfield (2007).
14 6 RAR commanders’ diaries (AWM 95 7/6/5), 18 August 1966.
15 See Grandin (2004).
16 Ibid., p. 198.
17 6 RAR commanders’ diaries (AWM 95 7/6/5), 18 August 1966.
18 See McAulay (1986).
19 Ibid., p. 119.
20 See Mollison (2006).
21 McAulay (1986), pp. 119–20.
22 Ibid., p. 119.
23 See Grandin (2004).
24 See McAulay (1986); Grandin (2004).
25 Quote McAulay (1986), p. 118.
26 See Grandin (2004).
27 See Caulfield (2007); McAulay (1986); McNeill (1993).
28 See Mollison (2006).
29 See Anderson (2002); McNeill (1993).
30 Mollison (2006), p. 185.
31 See McNeill (1993).
32 Grandin (2004), p. 214.
33 See Grandin (2004).
34 Mollison (1986), p. 188.
35 Kevin Miller interview, 8 June 2015.
36 See Anderson (2002).
37 Buick & McKay (2000), pp. 108–9.
38 See Burstall (1986).
39 John Robbins interview, 20 May 2014.
40 John Cash interview, 30 March 2015.
41 Grandin (2004), p. 216.
42 Bill Akell interview, 7 June 2015.
43 Steinbrook (1995), pp. 56–7.
44 See Picken (2012).
45 Mollison (2006), p. 184.
46 Smith (2015).
CHAPTER 28
1 McAulay (1986), p. 126.
2 See Grandin (2004).
3 McAulay (1986), p. 126.
4 Ibid.
5 Burstall (1986), p. 130.
6 See Grandin (2004).
7 Caulfield (2007), p. 312.
8 See Grandin (2004).
9 Caulfield (2007), p. 313.
10 Grandin (2004), p. 218; see also McGibbon (2010).
11 Caulfield (2007), pp. 314–15.
12 See Burstall (1986).
13 Burstall (1986), p. 126.
14 John Robbins interview, 20 May 2015.
15 Ibid.
16 Burstall (1986), p. 126.
17 Graham Smith interview, 26 May 2015.
18 See Burstall (1986).
19 See Grandin (2004); McNeill (1993).
20 Graham Smith interview, 26 May 2015.
21 See McAulay (1986).
22 Smith (2015), p. 165.
23 See Grandin (2004); Smith 2015.
24 Mollison (2006), p. 192.
25 See McAulay (1986); McFarlane (2000).
26 See McNeill (1993).
CHAPTER 29
1 Dapin (2014), p. 142.
2 Mollison (2006), p. 193.
3 McAulay (1986), p. 128.
4 Ibid.
5 See Grandin (2004).
6 Ibid.
7 See Grandin (2004); McNeill (1993).
8 McFarlane (2000), pp. 267–8.
9 Dapin (2014), p. 142.
10 Burstall (1986), pp. 131–2.
11 Ibid., p. 132.
12 Graham Smith interview, 26 May 2015.
13 Buick & McKay (2000), p. 116.
14 Ibid.
15 Mollison (2006), p. 194; see also Horner (1995).
16 McNeill (1993), p. 342.
17 See McAulay (1986); McNeill (1993).
18 Steinbrook (1995), p. 57.
19 See Burstall (1986); McAulay (1986); McNeill (1993).
20 See Mollison (2006).
21 Steinbrook (1995), p. 57; see also Mollison (2006).
22 Bill Akell interview, 7 June 2015.
23 Burstall (1986), p. 131.
24 Noel Grimes interview, 15 April 2015.
25 See Grandin (2004).
26 Dapin (2014), p. 142.
27 Stan Hodder interview, 8 August 2015.
28 McAulay (1986), p. 129.
29 Parr (2006), p. 55.
30 See McNeill (1993).
31 Burstall (1986), p. 133.
32 Dapin (2014), p. 143.
33 Ibid., p. 142.
34 Parr (2006), p. 56.
35 McAulay (1986), p. 129.
36 Dapin (2014), p. 143.
37 See Grandin (2004).
38 Caulfield (2007), pp. 316–17.
39 Dapin (2014), p. 144.
40 McAulay (1986), pp. 129–30.
41 See Caulfield (2007).
42 Ibid., pp. 319–20.
43 See McNeill (1993).
44 McAulay (1986), p. 130.
45 Tony Stepney interview, 17 April 2015.
46 Stan Hodder interview, 8 August 2015.
47 Mollison (2006), p. 198.
48 Ibid.
CHAPTER 30
1 McAulay (1986), p. 130.
2 Mollison (2006), p. 197; see also Graham Smith interview, 26 May 2015.
3 McAulay (1986), p. 130.
4 McAulay (1986), pp. 130–1.
5 Grandin (2004), p. 227.
6 Ibid., pp. 230–1.
7 Burstall (1986), pp. 133–4.
8 Parr (2006), p. 56.
9 Buick & McKay (2000), p. 113.
10 Grandin (2004), p. 231.
11 McAulay (1986), p. 131.
12 Ibid.
13 See Ham (2007).
14 Grandin (2004), p. 227.
15 McAulay (1986), p. 132.
16 Parr (2006), p. 57.
17 Buick & McKay (2000), pp. 114–15.
18 Caulfield (2007), p. 322.
19 Graham Smith interview, 26 May 2015.
20 See Burstall (1986).
21 Ibid., p. 135.
22 See Burstall (1986).
23 McAulay (1986), p. 132.
24 Mollison (2006), p. 197.
25 Ibid.
26 Pound (2008), p. 139.
27 John Heslewood interview, 30 September 2014.
28 See McNeill (1993).
29 Burstall (1986), p. 139.
30 McAulay (1986), p. 134.
31 Caulfield (2007), pp. 322–3.
32 Grandin (2004), p. 228.
33 Ibid., p. 229.
34 See Grandin (2004).
35 McAulay (1986), p. 135.
36 See Grandin (2004).
37 Burstall (1986), p. 140.
38 McAulay (1986), pp. 133–4.
39 Ibid., p. 137.
40 See Smith (2015).
41 See Anderson (2002).
42 McAulay (1986), p. 134.
43 See Anderson (2002).
44 Dapin (2014), p. 145.
45 Graham Smith interview, 26 May 2015.
46 Noel Grimes interview, 15 April 2015.
CHAPTER 31
1 See McNeill (1993).
2 Ibid.
3 McAulay (1986), p. 138.
4 McNeill (1993), p. 347.
5 Ibid., p. 348.
6 See Burstall (1986).
7 McAulay (1986), p. 140.
8 Mollison (2006), pp. 199–200.
9 Parr (2006), p. 57.
10 Ham (2007), pp. 244–5.
11 Bill Akell interview, 7 June 2015.
12 Parr (2006), p. 57.
13 Tony Stepney interview, 17 April 2015.
14 Noel Grimes interview, 15 April 2015.
15 Ham (2007), p. 245.
16 McNeill (1993), p. 344.
17 See McNeill (1993); McAulay (1986).
18 See Buick & McKay (2000).
19 Ibid., p. 117.
20 See Grandin (2004).
21 Dapin (2014), p. 146.
22 Ibid., p. 147.
23 See Breen (2008); McNeill (1968, 1993).
24 See Buick & McKay (2000).
CHAPTER 32
1 Dapin (2014), p. 145.
2 Caulfield (2007), p. 325.
3 Parr (2006), p. 57.
4 Caulfield (2007), p. 326.
5 Ibid., pp. 325–6.
6 Dapin (2014), pp. 145–6.
7 McFarlane (2000), p. 269.
8 See McNeill (1993).
9 McAulay (1986), p. 133.
10 See Burstall (1986).
11 Ibid.
12 Burstall (1986), p. 141.
13 Ibid.
14 See Burstall (1986).
15 Grandin (2004), pp. 235–6.
16 See McAulay (1986); Chamberlain (2011, 2015).
17 See Chamberlain (2011); Grandin (2004).
18 See Burstall (1986).
19 See Burstall (1986); McNeill (1993).
20 Ibid.
21 See Mollison (2006).
22 McFarlane (2000), pp. 270–1.
23 See McAulay (1986); McNeill (1993).
24 Ibid.
25 Ibid.
26 See Odgers (1974).
27 See Grandin (2004).
28 See Caulfield (2007).
29 Dapin (2014), pp. 147–8.
30 See Grandin (2004).
31 Parr (2006), p. 57.
32 Kevin Miller interview, 8 June 2015.
33 See Burstall (1986).
CHAPTER 33
1 Burstall (1986), pp. 147–8.
2 See Burstall (1986); Dapin (2014).
3 Dapin (2014), p. 148.
4 Caulfield (2007), p. 327.
5 John Robbins interview, 20 May 2015.
6 Caulfield (2007), p. 314.
7 Lamensdorf (2006), p. 98.
8 Ibid.
9 See Burstall (1986).
10 Ibid., p. 150.
11 Caulfield (2007), p. 328.
12 Lamensd
orf (2006), p. 104.
13 Dapin (2014), p. 150.
14 See Burstall (1986).
15 Noel Grimes interview, 15 April 2015.
16 Parr (2006), p. 65.
17 Ibid.
18 Grandin (2004), p. 241.
19 Lamensdorf (2006), p. 102.
20 Ibid.
21 See Caulfield (2007); McAulay (1986).
22 Ham (2007), p. 248.
23 Smith (2015), p. 241.
24 See Smith (2015).
25 See McNeill (1993); Smith 2015.
26 Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (2008) Review of Recognition for the Battle of Long Tan; Pearce, D. (2009) Australian Government Defence Honours and Awards Tribunal, Inquiry into Unresolved Recognition Issues for the Battle of Long Tan.
27 McNeill (1993), p. 357.
28 McAulay (1986), p. 131.
29 Noel Grimes interview, 15 April 2015.
30 See Burstall (1986).
31 Dapin (2014), p. 149.
32 Graham Smith interview, 26 May 2015.
33 Burstall (1986), p. 150.
34 Stan Hodder interview, 8 August 2015.
35 Burstall (1986), p. 151.
36 Graham Smith interview, 26 May 2015.
37 Ibid.
38 Caulfield (2007), p. 333.
EPILOGUE
1 Ekins, A. (2011) ‘Unique memorial: the Long Tan Cross’, Wartime: Official Magazine of the Australian War Memorial, Vol. 55, pp. 39–41.
2 Kevin Miller interview, 8 June 2015.
3 Burstall (1990), pp. 136–7.
4 See Ekins (2011).
5 Bill Akell interview, 7 June 2015.
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