Anderson, N., The Battle for Milne Bay, 1942, Army History Unit, Canberra, 2018.
Baker, C. and Knight, G., Milne Bay 1942, Baker-Knight Publications, Sydney, 1991.
Barrett, J., We Were There: Australian Soldiers of World War II Tell Their Stories, Viking, Sydney, 1987.
Bateson, C., The War with Japan: A Concise History, Ure Smith, London, 1968.
Bauer, E., The History of World War II, Paul Hamlyn, London, 1979.
Boettcher, B., Eleven Bloody Days: True Story of the Battle for Milne Bay, published by the author, 2009.
Brune, P., A Bastard of a Place: The Australians in Papua, Allen & Unwin, Sydney, 2004.
Brune, P., The Spell Broken: Exploding the Myth of Japanese Invincibility, Allen & Unwin, Sydney, 1997.
Brune, P., Those Ragged Bloody Heroes: From the Kokoda Train to Gona Beach 1942, Allen & Unwin, Sydney, 1991.
Buggy, H., Pacific Victory: A Short History of Australia’s Part in the War Against Japan, Department of Information, 1946.
Cooper, A., Kokoda Air Strikes: Allied Air Forces in New Guinea, 1942, New South Books, Sydney, 2011.
Daily Mirror, ‘Japs took first drubbing from Australians in Jungle Battles’, Daily Mirror, 21 August 1953.
Day, D., Reluctant Nation: Australia and the Allied Defeat of Japan 1942–45, Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 1988.
Deane-Butcher, W., Fighter Squadron Doctor, published by the author, 1989.
Ewer, P., Storm Over Kokoda, Murdoch Books, Sydney, 2011.
Gillison, D., Volume I: Royal Australian Air Force: 1939–1942, Australian War Memorial, Canberra, 1962.
Graeme-Evans, A.L., Of Storms and Rainbows: The Story of the Men of the 2/12 Battalion, 2/12 Battalion Association, Hobart, 1991.
Grey, J., A Military History of Australia, Cambridge University Press, Melbourne, 1990.
Ham, P., Kokoda, Harper Collins, Sydney, 2004.
Henderson, J., Onward, Boy Soldiers: The Battle for Milne Bay, 1942, University of Western Australia Press, Perth, 1992.
Horner, D., Crisis of Command: Australian Generalship and the Japanese Threat, 1941–1943, Australian War Memorial, Canberra, 1978.
James, K., ‘General Clowes of Milne Bay’, Wartime Magazine, issue 59, Australian War Memorial, 2012.
Johnston, M., Whispering Death: Australian Airmen in the Pacific War, Allen & Unwin, Sydney, 2011.
Lucas, W., ‘Battle of Milne Bay’, Central Queensland Herald, 3 September 1942, p. 14.
Mannix, P., We Served, No. 10 Repair and Salvage Unit, RAAF Unit history. Papua New Guinea, Milne Bay, Queensland, 1942–1946, published by author, 2004.
McCarthy, D., Volume V: South–West Pacific Area – First Year: Kokoda to Wau, Australian War Memorial, Canberra, 1959.
Pfeffer, R., Milne Bay Diary of Roy Frederick Pfeffer, 61st Australian Infantry Battalion.
Piper, R., ‘Gurney and his Airfield’, Wings Magazine, Winter, 1983.
Piper, R., ‘Number One Strip Milne Bay’, Paradise: Air Nuigini inflight magazine, November 1983, p. 68.
Rowell, S.F., Full Circle, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1974.
Ryan, P., Fear Drive My Feet, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1959.
Southall, I., Bluey Truscott: Squadron Leader Keith William Truscott, RAAF, Angus and Robertson, Sydney, 1958.
Thompson, P., Pacific Fury, How Australia and Her Allies Defeated the Japanese Scourge, William Heinemann, Sydney, 2008.
Wigmore, L., Volume IV: The Japanese Thrust, Australian War Memorial, Canberra, 1957.
Wilson, D., The Decisive Factor, Banner Books, Melbourne, 1991.
Wilson, D., Seek and Strike: 75 Squadron RAAF, 1942–2002, Banner Books, Melbourne, 2002.
Yank: The Army Weekly, ‘Battle of Milne Bay’, 27 August 1943.
INDEX
2/3rd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment 21, 24, 31, 45
9th Battery 21, 24
2/5th Australian Field Regiment 188, 245
9th Battery 79, 227, 266
2/6th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery 78
2/9th Light Anti-Aircraft Battery 78
2/10th Infantry Battalion 197–9, 202–3, 205–7, 220, 227, 235, 238, 240, 306
A Company 205, 222, 230, 298
B Company 226, 230, 232
C Company 198, 222, 230, 297
D Company 205, 222, 230, 298
history 222
2/12th Battalion 42, 288, 292–3, 295–7
A, B, C Companies 294
D Company 290, 294
3 Squadron 58, 59
6 Squadron 71, 91, 181, 259
7th Infantry Brigade 13, 34, 38, 41–3, 46, 49, 69, 94, 143, 185, 305, 307
8th Infantry Brigade 13
8th Military District 15, 82–3
HQ 81
9th Battalion 36, 50, 144, 290, 294
9th Light Anti-Aircraft Battalion 39
14th Infantry Brigade 22, 32
18th Infantry Brigade 50, 51, 69, 83, 130, 143, 184, 195, 238, 307
25th Battalion 83, 144, 187, 189, 192, 199, 238–9, 241, 243–4, 265, 269, 290
C Company 188
33 Squadron 84
55th Battalion 29, 32–3
14th Brigade 22, 32
Companies A, C and E 23
61st Battalion 28, 50, 94, 102, 143, 159, 165, 172, 186, 192, 198, 202, 206–7, 221, 265, 271, 278, 283, 290, 305
A and C Companies 187
B Company 189
D Company 205
75 Squadron xiii, xv, 16, 53, 59–61, 67, 69–70, 72, 75, 79, 86–8, 91, 151, 153, 189, 209, 246, 248–9, 251, 304
76 Squadron xii, xvii, xv, xvii, 34, 54, 59–60, 62–3, 67, 69, 73–6, 79, 85–8, 91, 124, 132–3, 151, 153, 189, 209, 211, 246–9, 251–2, 304
77 Squadron 59
101st Anti-Tank Regiment 241, 257
250-pound bombs 154, 260
Abau 17, 18
Able, Charles William 12
Abraham, Private Bob 228
Acreman, Lieutenant Keith 241–4, 257, 277–8
Adams, Major Ludlow 280
aerial attacks 7, 23, 52, 93, 157, 171, 177, 260, 262, 273, 289
aerial bombs 180
aerial combat/warfare 75, 86, 93, 124
aerial dogfights 56, 124, 151
aerial photographs 17, 120, 301
aerial reconnaissance 8, 17, 19, 51
aerial weaponry 248
Ahioma 127, 143–5, 159, 161, 166, 169, 265
air force 7, 27, 58, 68, 89, 188, 248
army, cooperation with 89
Japanese 16
United States, of 303
airfields 37
Gurney Field see Gurney Field
No. 1 see No. 1 Strip
No. 2 see No. 2 Strip
No. 3 see No. 3 Strip
Aitkenvale Weir airfield 60, 62
Alexander, Corporal Vic 132
Alexander, General Harold 97
Allchin, Lieutenant Colonel Frank 222–3
Allied forces 7, 13, 95, 184, 293
Allison engine 57, 63, 76, 86, 134, 176
Ambon 7
Anderson, Nicholas 227, 269
Anopheles mosquitoes 6, 49, 81, 102, 123
anti-aircraft fire 110, 213–14, 260
anti-aircraft guns 22, 45, 122, 124, 178
anti-malarial hygiene 102
anti-malarial medicine xii, 6, 80
negligent advice about 49, 80
ANZAC Day 96
army 89, 105, 111
air force, cooperation with 89
Arnold, Lieutenant Colonel Arthur 288, 294
Ash, Flying Office Peter 75–6
Atebrin xii, 6
Atherton, Flying Officer Geoff 138–9
Australian Army 26, 94, 99
Australian infantry battalions 8
Australian New Guinea Administrative Unit (ANGAU) 12, 18, 25–6, 28–9, 35, 82
Australian War Memorial 47, 180, 218
‘Avenue of Death’ 292
B-17 bombers 178, 246
B-26 Marauder bombers 84–5, 213
Baird, Lieutenant Athol 227, 271
Balkin, Private Desmond 81
Ballarat 24
Barnett, Warrant Officer Ken 240, 244, 276
Baskett, Warrant Officer Geoff 71
Battle of Britain 128
Battle of Milne Bay 98, 139, 173, 198, 200, 238, 307, 321
Battle of the Coral Sea 16, 111
Battle of Tsushima 112
beards 87, 248
Bell P-39 Airacobras 303
Bell, Flight Sergeant Marv 131
Betty bombers 23, 59, 74, 106, 108–10
Bicks, Captain Charles Henry 164–5, 172, 184–93, 199–200, 206–7, 220–1, 270–2, 305, 312
Distinguished Service Order 305
Military Cross 193
‘bink’ 56, 76
Blamey, General Thomas 43, 50, 81, 97–8, 194–5, 286, 306
Block, Sergeant Wilbert 24, 26–7, 34
Bodger, Father John 40
Bofors guns 22, 78–9, 132
Bontekoe 20, 21, 24, 26, 30
Boston operation 18, 20
Bott, Flying Officer Max 56, 65–6, 75–6
Bougainville Island 108–9
Boys anti-tank rifle 201–3, 224, 237, 238, 270
Bradford, Corporal 162
Bren guns 33, 160, 167–8, 201, 225, 228–9, 244, 266, 279, 283
Bren gun carriers 102, 204, 224
Brisbane 49, 69, 95, 164, 167, 193–4, 287, 288, 311
Brocksopp, Captain John 201, 222, 229–31, 235, 238
Bronzewing 86, 145–6, 159–61, 166, 187, 313
Brown, Lieutenant Murray 228, 231
Brown, Pilot Officer Bruce ‘Buster’ 53, 81, 175, 179–80
Browning machine-gun barrels 255
Brune, Peter 240
Building 81 68
Buka Island 108
Buna 8, 51, 52, 68 101, 116, 136, 149, 158, 209–10, 303–4
burial parties 308
Butler, Flying Officer Michael 125
C5Ms 74
Campbell, Captain 198
Canberra 95, 180, 311
Cannan, Major General James 82
Carden, Sergeant Frank 151
Carroll, Sergeant Brian 56, 65–6
casualties 182, 290
Australian 169, 230, 248, 292, 307
Japanese 214, 298, 307
SNLF units 114, 155, 178
Catalina flying boats 17, 19, 45, 73
Celebes 114
Chambers, Lieutenant Gerry 39
Champion, Sub-Lieutenant Ivan 44, 46
Chilton, Colonel Fred 98–101, 142, 156, 183
China Strait 11, 13, 25, 153
Chochow 36
Churchill, Winston 202
Citizen Military Forces 42
Clark, Aircraftsman Bob 129
climate 35, 88
Clowes, Major General Cyril Albert, DSO, MC 83, 95–102, 141–5, 153, 155–6, 183–5, 193–6, 198–9, 207, 209, 251, 254, 265, 268, 286–8, 305–7, 309, 319
Commander of the British Empire 98
Greek Military Cross 309
Official history, description in 95
Royal Military College, first intake 95
Clowes, Norman 95–7
Coastwatchers 7, 45, 52, 109, 135–6, 138, 153
Coffman, Private Henry 281
Collie, Intelligence Officer Stuart 153
Colquhoun, Squadron Leader David 260
Commonwealth War Cemetery 127
Constable, Signaller Clem 227
Cooktown 70, 92
Coral Sea 8, 16, 111, 118, 155
Cowper, Corporal Don 79
Cowra breakout 214
Crawford, Warrant Officer Bob 139
Cresswell, Squadron Leader Bernard ‘Barney’ 60
Curtin, John, PM 312
D3A dive bombers 210
Dadosee 145, 159–62, 205
Daihatsu landing barges 136, 180
Davidson, Captain Leigh 162, 205–6
Deane-Butcher, Bill 80, 87, 127–9, 215, 249, 254–5
Defence Signals Directorate 100
Dempster, Sergeant John 76
Despard-Worton, Sergeant Noel 308
diseases 6, 35, 80, 249, 307
Distinguished Conduct Medal 238
Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC) 58, 61, 215
Distinguished Service Cross 110
Distinguished Service Order 96, 165, 305
Dobbs, Lieutenant Colonel James Gordon 197–203, 205–7, 220–4, 226–7, 231, 233–4, 306
Dogura 39, 41
Dolly, Private Allan 36
Duncan, Private John 202
Duntroon 95, 97
Dutch East Indies 20, 59
dysentery 36, 80, 249
Eager, Private Joe 292
Eakoeakoni Creek 171, 188–9, 192, 201
East Cape 11, 144, 145, 211
Eaton, Captain Fred, Jnr 131–3
Elevala 145, 159, 160–1, 312
Elliott-Smith, Captain Sydney 18–20
Emperor Hirohito 317
England 61–4, 86–7, 96, 127, 130, 164, 202, 212, 253
Evatt, Herbert Vere ‘Doc’ 316
Fall River operation 20, 24, 64, 92
Garrison 31
HQ 68
Operational Instructions 31
Farthing, Leading Aircraftsman Alex 126
Feldt, Commander Eric 109
Fergusson Island 122
Field, Brigadier John 41–3, 46, 48, 52, 69, 81–2, 85, 89, 101–2, 142, 199, 288, 305, 308
Fiji 14, 107
Finucane, Paddy 61
First World War 94, 96, 98, 99, 164, 197, 239, 267
Vickers machine guns 23
food, military 79–80, 216
Franklin, Private Henry 297
Fraser, Private Frank 168–9
friendly fire 245, 248
Fujikawa, Lieutenant Susumu 115, 149, 179, 259–60
Galaiwa Bay 138
Gallipoli 96, 288
Garing, Wing Commander William ‘Bull’ 19, 88, 142–3, 156, 251, 253, 267
Geason, Private Vince ‘Pug’ 295–6
George, Private Eddy 188, 191–2
Gilhooley, Lieutenant Esmond 227, 271
Gili Gili 11, 12, 25–6, 29–30, 33, 40–1, 49, 67, 72, 86, 122, 127, 145, 154, 159, 161–2, 169, 171, 184,186, 192, 200, 203, 206, 227, 237, 240, 248, 263–5, 267, 280
airstrip at 20, 65
base at 143, 198
dock at 37, 130
wharf 36, 47, 103, 162
Gona 40, 51, 54, 56, 65, 149
Goodenough Island 85, 131, 135–6, 139, 143, 145, 153, 175, 180, 304
Goroni 11
Gould, Flight Lieutenant Nat 87, 155, 247, 249, 250
Government Track 161, 166–7, 170, 172, 175, 182, 193, 204, 222, 224–5, 228, 232, 235, 237, 239, 244, 248, 256, 260, 265, 269, 272, 278, 284, 288–9, 293–4
Gray, Sergeant Robert 76
Grey, Jeffrey 319
Griffin, Lieutenant Hugh 29
Grosvenor, Pilot Officer Frank 76
campaign 109–10
Gurney, Raymond Charles 84–5
Gurney Field 84–5, 88, 93, 101, 122, 124, 128–9, 131, 138, 144, 153, 172, 174–5, 181, 184, 187, 198, 209, 211, 218, 248–9, 251, 253, 264, 289, 307
Hagita 102, 183, 254
Mission 214
Hague Rules 316
Hamakaze 150
Haumo River 172
Hayashi, Commander Masajiro 115, 117–20, 150, 193, 260–2, 274, 279, 282–4, 303
Hazell, Private Kevin 162
Henderson, James 117
High Court of Australia 311
Hildred, Private Roy 189
Hill, Sergeant Bert 133
Hilna 257
Hilton, Private Jim 240, 291
Hiroshima 3
HMAS Laurabada 44
HMAS
Swan 79
HMAS Warrego 24, 25, 27
hookworm 36, 80
Horii, General Tomitaro 116, 118–19
Horn Island 70, 92
Horner, David 195
humidity 5, 13, 70, 88, 203, 271, 307
Hurricane 58, 127
Imperial Japan 8, 112
first defeat 298
heinous wartime atrocities 114
myth of invincibility 8
Imperial Japanese Navy 112, 298, 301
air wing 105
Special Naval Landing Force see Special Naval Landing Force
Imperial Russia 113
Inkster, Sergeant George 128–9
International Military Tribunal for the Far East 317
Jackson, Squadron Leader Les 72, 86, 88, 133, 155, 175–6, 179, 213, 214, 250
Jackson, Squadron Leader John 59, 175
Jacquinot Bay 44
James, Corporal Louis 226
Japanese see also Imperial Japan
4th Air Flotilla/Group 110, 121
8th Fleet Headquarters 111
25th Air Flotilla 105
air force 16
air victory claims 130
aircraft 44–5
attacks by 38
bodies of Japanese soldiers 220, 270, 286, 291–2, 307–8
bombers 22
brutality towards Papuans 27, 313–17
Buna, at 51
capture, prospect of 290
crimes 313
cruelty and barbarity 272
English, speaking 185–6, 225, 279
enquiry into atrocities or breaches of warfare rules by 312–17
evacuation 300
field hospital 270
first defeat 298
invasion 42, 130
killing of own wounded soldiers 270–1, 286
mass grave 308
massacre of 247
Milne Bay, at 3–5, 73
official battle plan 117, 301
plans of 103, 105–11, 293
retreat 290
surrendered soldiers, torture and death of 272
Japanese marines 7, 224, 257, 268, 274, 282, 289, 302, 305, 310, 313
burial ground for 307
Japanese pilots 74, 78, 105, 116, 122, 133–4, 211–13
skill of 125
Jierre, Corporal Lionel 280–1
Jorgensen, Lance Corporal Errol 189–90, 241, 290
jungle assimilation 83
Kaigun Tokubetsu Rikusentai 112
Kakimoto, Petty Officer Enji 105, 213–14
Karsik 21–2, 24–6, 30
Kawaguchi Detachment 111
KB Mission 12, 143, 161, 164, 165, 166, 170–1, 182–96, 198–9
Kerr, Pilot Officer Harry 74
Kerville, Flight Lieutenant Ron 216–18
Kilarbo 207, 240–1, 257, 265, 274, 277, 294
Kilcoy 50
Kinai Maru 149–50
King George VI 97
Kirk, Captain Colin 295–6
Kitava Island 152–3