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Finschhafen 194–8, 199, 211, 213, 219–20, 307
Fire Down Below 235
First World War 32
reporting 6
Five Years of War 332
Fleet Street 51
‘The Flying Squad’ 22
‘footsloggers’ 221–2
foreign correspondents 2, 323
Formosa 283
Forty Thousand Horsemen 5
France 24
freelance correspondents 15–17, 90, 94
Gallwey, Leo 7, 10, 27, 32, 64, 71, 88, 326
HMAS Perth 64
Gaza 31, 32–4, 47, 63, 65, 70, 77, 88
Gazelle Peninsula 270
General Headquarters (GHQ) 9, 93, 255, 275
Australia 104, 110, 113, 116–18, 141–2, 146–8, 160, 172, 174, 176, 202, 204, 226, 233
Middle East 96
Germany 15–16, 28, 79, 84
Austria, annexation of 17, 28
Greece, attacks on 55–7
Poland, invasion of 19
surrender 324
Tobruk 75
war crimes trials 324
Yugoslavia, attacks on 55
Gilliam, Laurence 325
Giovanni Berta 46
Glyfada 54
Going My Way 216–17
Gona 140, 158, 159, 161–2, 169, 171, 205
Gorari 158
Gore, Libby 335
Greece 6, 10, 52–61, 75, 90, 95, 96, 326, 327, 345
Guadalcanal 237
guerrilla war 124, 125–32
Gurr, Tom 213
Haifa 31, 70
Hall, Gwenda see Lennard, Gwenda
Halmaheras 247, 318
Hamilton, Ian 92
Hansa Bay 184, 240, 241
Hayworth, Rita 197
Heath’s Plantation 191
Helwan 34
Hemery, Lyndie 329
Hemery, Norma (nee Turnbull) 107, 124, 177, 329–30
Hemery, Peter 7, 10, 124, 174, 209, 328–30
background 107
character 120–1, 329
Darwin 104–10, 116, 118–20
death 330
Finschhafen 195, 196, 197, 199
International News Service (INS) 185, 188, 200–1, 328
Lae 188–90, 192
Lennard, relationship with 176–7, 199
military service 329
Papua and New Guinea 172–3, 175–6, 182, 185–6, 188–90, 192, 195–8, 328–29
photography 328
post-war 330
Hemery, Peter (son) 177, 330
Herring, Lieutenant General 168
Hill 701 274
Hinde, Barbara (nee Jefferis) 233, 250, 335
Hinde, John 7, 11, 135, 207, 247, 332, 333–5, 339
background 232–3
death 335
GHQ, at 116–17, 233, 249
Hollandia 232, 233–6, 248–50, 252
illness 334
injuries 236, 249, 252
Papua and New Guinea 230, 232, 233–8
Philippines 251–2, 254, 255, 333–4
post-war 334–5
Hinde, Rosaline 250
Hindenburg disaster 22
Hiroshima 289, 304
hitch-hiking 47
Hitler, Adolf 14, 15–16, 48, 314
invasion of Poland 19
Rally for Greater Germany (Nuremburg) 28
HMAS Bowen 317
HMAS Broome 162
HMAS Castlemaine 126
HMAS Kapunda 302
HMAS Manoora 276, 336
HMAS Perth 21, 63–5, 88–9
HMS Glory 307
HMS Sussex 290
The Holding of Tobruk 75
Holland, Gordon 266
Hollandia (now Jayapura) 230, 232, 233–6, 244, 247, 249, 250, 255
Hong Kong 17
Honner, Lieutenant Colonel Ralph 161–2
Hubbub in Java 346
Hurley, Frank 26
Humboldt Bay 230, 232
Huon Gulf 190
Huon Peninsula 179, 186, 194, 202, 211, 217, 220, 222
Ikingi Maryut 34, 35, 36, 48, 50, 65
Imita Ridge 151
In a Dug-out in Tobruk 78
Indigenous people 336
Indonesia, post-war 12, 310, 346, 347
Indrapoera 27, 30
International News Service (INS) 185, 188, 200–1, 328
interviews 7–9, 24, 26, 62, 65, 68, 70, 83, 111, 119–21, 142, 159, 160, 162, 168, 170, 199, 225, 275, 288, 289, 301, 315–17, 330, 342, 344, 346
POWs 291–4, 315–17, 342
Intramuros 261
Ioribaiwa 152
Irwin, Edith see Wilmot, Edith
Ishaq, Colonel SM 309
Italian airforce 37
Italian Army 34
Bardia 39–40
Benghazi 48–9
Derna 45–6
Tobruk 42–3
Iwo Jima 332
Jackson, Hugo 15, 18–20, 55, 90, 322
‘Scrutator’ 18
Jacobsen’s Plantation 191–2
Japan 10, 226
Allied occupation 11, 303, 342
atrocities 138, 152, 220, 258–9, 291–4, 296–9, 304, 309, 311–12, 314–21, 344
China 285
Darwin, bombing of 104–10
Nazi Fifth Column activities 16–17
Pacific war 88, 94, 97–103, 109, 113, 115, 123–4, 128, 129, 133, 151, 244–5, 266, 304, 308
Papua and New Guinea 140, 147, 151–2, 155, 158, 163, 171, 173, 179–80, 183–4, 195–6, 212, 222, 230, 233–6, 241, 263, 273
Pearl Harbor, attack on 86, 92
Philippines 257, 258–60, 283
pre-war manoeuvring 17
Singapore, capture of 97, 98–102
Sino-Japanese war 16
surrender 11, 12, 282, 288, 289, 299, 300–3, 304, 308, 332, 342
Timor 125–32
Townsville, bombing of 114–15
war crimes trials 12, 311–18, 347, 348
Japanese Savagery in Island War 312
Java 94, 96, 98, 103, 310, 327, 339, 346
Java Sea 295
Battle of 88
Jefferis, Barbara see Hinde, Barbara
Jerusalem 33, 67, 86
Jewish Telegraphic Agency 18
Jews, persecution of 15–16
Kristallnacht pogrom 17
Jinks, Ed 107–9, 121
Johnson, Helga see Elliott, Helga
Johore 98
Jordan Valley 86
journalists 6–8, 15, 134–5
broadcasters, distinguished 6, 43–4, 107, 121–2, 135, 305
Journey Across Bougainville 237–40
‘Jumbo’ 25–6, 31, 70, 116
jungle warfare 138, 161, 178, 184, 212, 230, 244–5, 252, 264–5
Kaiapit 194
Kairiru Island 228
Kakagog 196, 197
Katherine 106
Keane, Kim 266, 268
Kelliher, Private Dick 191
Kifissia 54
Kilner’s warehouse fire 23
Kiriwina Island 174–6
Knox, Errol 137
Koepang 123, 128
Kokoda 11, 113, 115, 140–9, 151–8, 159, 160, 161, 168, 171, 312, 336
advance 151–8
withdrawal 141–9, 336–7
Korean War 322, 340, 343
Korovulavula, Lieutenant Siti 238–40
Kuching 288, 302, 303, 317, 342
Kunming 285
Labuan Island 276, 279, 280
Lae 173, 179, 186, 190, 196–7, 203, 307
land assault 190–4
water assault 188–90
Lahat 296
Laidlaw, Captain Geoff 130
Laing, Alan 287
Lansbury, George 14
Lawson, Henry 71, 73
Lebanon 66, 69
Legg, Eve 341
Legg, Frank 7, 12, 71–2, 265, 317, 340–2
Asiatic-Pacific Service Ribbon 341
background 217–18
Borneo 276–82
Brunei Bay 279–81, 285
character 218, 227, 341
death 335, 342
illness 222
Japanese surrender (Tokyo Bay) 300–2
military service 11, 218–19, 221, 341
New Britain 269–71
New Guinea 209, 219–25, 247
post-war 335, 341–2
‘The Prattler’ 218
Tarakan 276–9
War Correspondent 224
Legg, Richard 342
Leggett, Dawn (nee Lightfoot) 110, 170, 331
Leggett, Dudley 7, 11, 23, 83, 111–12, 115–16, 209, 211, 312, 330–2
background 109
Darwin 108, 109
death 332
illness 163, 170–1, 331–2
military service 84, 110, 200
Papua and New Guinea 151–8, 159–68, 170–1, 175, 186–7, 196, 198–200, 201, 330–1
post-war 331–2
Townsville 113–14, 141
Leggett, Dudley (son) 331
Leggett, Lorelei 331
Leggett, Robin 331
Lennard, Gwenda (nee Hall) 340
Lennard, Haydon 7, 10–11, 23, 113, 117–18, 141, 148, 171, 173–4, 209, 232, 299, 339–40
Aitape 244–5, 266
army PR, and 201–2
Australian nurses on Sumatra 294–9
background 134–5
Bougainville 263–5
Burma 289, 290
character 135, 299, 339
China 289
Hemery, relationship with 176–7, 199
illness 169–70, 204
Korean War 340
Papua and New Guinea 133–4, 137–9, 160–1, 162–3, 168–9, 176–7, 193, 198, 204, 247
plane crash 206–8, 244
POWs, interviewing 291–4
post-war 339–40
SEAC (Ceylon) 285, 289
Singapore 290–9, 339
Townsville 139
Lennard, Jo 339
Lennard, John 339
Lennard, Nora 341
Lethbridge, General 213
Leyte 250, 252, 255, 257, 338
Leyte Gulf 249–50, 334
Libya 5, 34, 40, 44, 48, 51, 72, 84, 85
Lightfoot, Dawn see Leggett, Dawn
Lloyd, Lord 14
Loebok (Lubuk) Linggau 294, 296–9
London
ABC Bureau 18–20, 322
blackout 19
Los Banos camp 261
Los Negros 223
Luzon 257
MacArthur, General Douglas 11, 116–17, 148, 172, 173, 201, 202, 223, 224, 276, 285, 301, 341
Japanese surrender 300
Philippines 11, 217, 230, 247, 250, 253, 255, 256, 283
Macassar 315
McCall, Bob 226, 279
MacDonald, Ramsay 14
MacFarlane, Anne 344
MacFarlane, Bill 7, 9, 10, 12, 27, 116, 318, 344–5
background 36
Bardia 36, 38
Borneo 276–8, 279, 344
character 219
Derna 45–8
Greece, in 52, 54–5, 57
Japanese surrender (Tokyo Bay) 300–2
Middle East, in 30, 35, 36, 38, 44–9, 59, 63, 65, 73, 77, 78–81, 84–5, 88
Pacific war 89, 112, 114, 115, 141, 143
Papua and New Guinea 141, 143, 177, 188, 199, 210, 219, 224
post-war 344–5
skill as technician 80, 326, 344–5
Tarakan 276–8
Tobruk 73, 77, 78–83
Townsville 112–13, 114
war crimes trials 316
McGibbon, S.J. 61
MacNamee, Moira see Marien, Moira
Madang 222, 241
Malacca Straits 291
malaria 8, 131, 138–9, 163, 169–71, 177, 204, 237, 271, 272, 293, 331, 335
Malaya 6, 10, 17, 60, 94–5, 97, 103, 301, 328
Malayan Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) 94, 96, 101
Malayan Command 98–100, 103
Manila 17, 90, 248, 257, 258–61, 280, 281, 282–4, 286, 301, 317
massacre 258–9
Manus Island 223
Marawasa 194
Marien, Bill 7, 10, 116, 122, 207, 332–3
army PR, and 201–2
background 122–3
Darwin 123–4, 126, 203
death 333
injured leg 127, 131–2
Lae 189, 190–3
newspaper correspondent 332
Papua and New Guinea 177–85, 186–8, 189, 190–4, 198, 201, 201–4, 219, 230, 332
post-war 332–3
Timor 125–32, 178, 203, 312
Marien, Elizabeth Anne 177, 179, 333
Marien, Frank (father) 122, 123
Marien, Frank (son) 333
Marien, Merrick 333
Marien, Moira ‘Peg’ (nee MacNamee) 123, 177, 179, 188, 333
Marien, Moira (daughter) 333
Markham Valley 187, 189, 194, 203
Maroubra Force 143, 144, 146
Mason, Arthur 14, 15, 17, 19
mateship 73–4
Matilda tanks 220
Melbourne 92, 110, 116, 141, 334
Merdjayoun 67–8
Mersa Matruh 35
Middle East 5, 6, 7, 10, 25, 26, 27, 30–51, 60–3, 65–90, 148, 167, 254, 312, 345
military
public relations 8, 112, 137, 149, 160, 169, 185, 193, 201–4, 246, 262, 265, 267, 268, 269–71, 276, 279, 281, 312, 316, 329, 332, 335
tensions with 8–9, 193–4, 201–4, 226, 265–71, 275, 332, 335
military aircraft
bombers see bombers
correspondents flying on 148, 160, 181, 186, 203, 206–8, 227–9, 252, 256, 280, 329
Kittyhawks 105, 119, 134
Milne Bay 159–60, 162, 171, 175, 186
Mindoro Island 256
mobile recordings 21–6, 34, 36, 85, 167, 227, 242–3, 313
Molesworth, BH 111, 112, 114, 159, 167, 176, 211, 215, 249, 255, 273, 276, 299, 305–6, 346
Moluccas (Maluku Islands) 317–18
Monastir Gap 56–7
Mont Park 91
Montevideo Maru 309
Moorehead, Alan 50, 325
Morison, GH 15
Morobe 181, 182
Morotai 12, 247, 248, 249, 276, 279, 319, 348
war crimes trials 12, 311–21
Morrison, Ian 206, 207
Morshead, Lieutenant General Leslie 74, 280
Moses, Charles 17, 26, 29, 99–100, 200, 201, 203, 213, 217, 223, 226, 340
Mount Balbi 239
Mount Lunaman 190
Mount of Olives 86
Mount Tambu 183, 203
Mountbatten, Lord Louis 289, 299
Muara Island 280
Munich agreement 17
music 13, 14, 108, 121, 348
Myola 152–3, 158
Nadzab 186–8, 190, 193, 194, 197, 307
Nagasaki 289
Nassau Bay 175, 177, 178, 181, 182, 203
National Broadcasting Company (NBC) 21–2, 91
Nazareth 83
Netherlands East Indies 98, 319
New Britain 137, 204–6, 217, 223, 236, 263, 269–71, 309
New Georgia 175
New Guinea 6, 10, 11, 12, 118, 132, 134, 137–8, 172, 252, 263, 265, 284
Allied offensives 174
Dutch 12, 217, 222
Japanese invasion 109, 115, 133, 151–2, 175
New Guinea Force 142, 147–50
news broadcasting 6, 13, 15–20
United States 21–2
News Chronicle House 18
News Review 209, 237, 343
newspapers 6, 7, 15, 17–18, 26, 62–3, 91, 266, 268
Nile Valley 52, 65
North Africa 5, 6, 10, 11, 12, 26, 52, 55, 90, 167, 218, 345
North China Daily News 16
Nuremburg 324
nurses, Australian 295–9
O’Flaherty, Hal 182, 183
Oivi 158
Okinawa 283, 301, 308, 332
Orange Beach 205
Ormandy, Eugene 240
Owen Stanley Ranges 115, 138, 140, 141, 142, 143, 146, 151, 156, 204
Pabu Hill 214, 215
Pacific war 6, 8, 10, 11, 12, 72, 83, 86, 88–9, 90, 92, 97–8, 113, 115, 124, 128, 133, 136, 173–4
end of 300–3
Palembang 294, 295, 296
Palestine 6, 30–1, 34, 38, 39, 47, 65, 71, 82
Palestine Broadcasting Service 33
paper shortages 45
Papua 113, 115, 137, 159, 162, 171, 175
paratroops 186–8, 189, 217, 218, 261
Parer, Damien 58, 71, 84–5, 341
New Guinea 143
Timor 126, 127
Pasig River 260
Patch, Blanche 14
patriotism 9
Paull, Chris 225, 226, 229, 230, 337
Paull, Raymond 7, 12, 270, 335–7
Aitape 265–8
background 225–6
death 337
Fiji 337
illness 268, 271, 335
military service 226
New Guinea 209, 226–9, 230–2, 247, 335
post-war 335–7
report to Minister for the Army 271
Paull, Vivienne 335, 336
Pearl Harbor 86, 92
Pending 302
Percival, General 98, 99, 102, 301
Peyton-Griffin, RT 16
Philby, Kim 95
Philippines 11, 12, 17, 109, 217, 230, 247–52, 255–62, 281, 332, 333
Pidgeon, WE (WEP) 122
Pino Hill 214, 215
Piraeus 58, 59
Plumb, Gwen 333
Poland, invasion of 19
Port Moresby 113, 115, 117, 133–9, 140–1, 143, 146, 149, 153, 158, 159–61, 163, 170, 172, 176, 177, 178, 180–1, 186, 193, 196, 197, 198–201, 203, 206, 209–10, 211, 213, 215, 219, 221, 226, 233, 240, 307, 313, 330
portable recorders 23, 26, 34, 52, 85, 164, 167, 217, 227, 228
Postmaster-General’s Department (PMG) 24, 25, 32, 36, 47, 115, 116, 344, 345
Press Wireless service (Los Angeles) 261, 262
prisoners of war (POWs) 58, 89, 221, 301, 308
atrocities against 138, 152, 220, 258–9, 291–4, 296–9, 304, 309, 311–12, 314–21, 344
Borneo 276, 288, 303
Chinese 309–10
German soldiers 59
Indian soldiers 241–2, 309
interviewing 291–4, 315–16, 342
Italian soldiers 40, 42
Japanese soldiers 179, 234, 245, 316–17, 319–20
nurses 294–9
Philippines, camps in 261
Rabaul 309
repatriation 311, 314, 317, 348
Singapore, in 291–4
Prist, Frank 255, 338–39
propaganda 9, 14, 51–2, 61, 117, 119–20, 128
Pulitzer Prize 17
Quality Street 346
Rabaul 12, 94, 109, 137–8, 159, 175, 199, 217, 223, 224, 346