Northrop Grumman 254
nuclear-equipped warships 69
Nui Dat, Vietnam 135
Nui Le, Battle of 189, 195
nurses, military 102–108
O’Neill, Robert 245
Operation Anaconda 226
Operation Bribie 188
Operation Catalyst 219, 223–226
Operation Desert Storm 247–248
Operation Enduring Freedom 247–248
Operation Falconer 219
Operation Iraqi Freedom 247–248
Operation OBOE One 154–155, 160
Operation OBOE Two 158–160
Operation Slipper 227
Orme, Brigadier Craig 211
Osborne, Trooper Ossie 153
Other People’s Wars 73
Overwatch Battle Group – West 224
Oxford Companion to Australian Military History 38
Pacific theatre, World War II 6, 89–90, 138–164
Page, Geoff 284
Pakistan, involvement in Afghanistan War 248
Palazzo, Albert x, 7
Palestine campaigns 41
Panama invasion 256–257
Papua New Guinea see New Guinea campaigns
Papuan Infantry Battalion 157
Passchendaele, prisoners killed at 117–118
Paterson, Banjo 25
patriotic funds 22, 24
patrol contacts in Vietnam 191–192, 198, 201
Peleliu, USN 217
Pemberton, Gregory 96
Penang, Malaya 91
People’s Army of Vietnam/Viet Cong 186, 192, 195–196 see also Vietnam War
Perak, Malaya 91
Perret, Geoffrey 255
Perth, HMAS 167, 172–173, 175
Petraeus, General David 230
Philippines campaign, World War II 145, 149–150
Phoney War 84
Phouc Tuy province, Vietnam 7
atrocities in 135
Australian troops in 187–188
patrol contacts 198, 201
warfare in 194–196
Pilger, John 73
Pinios Gorge, Battle of 61
politicians, reasons for going to war 75
Pooley, Grace Hendy 11–12, 15, 31–32
‘populist’ case 245
Power of Power Politics, The 238
Pozieres, Battle of 116, 123, 265
‘pride’ 265
prisoners
killing of 112, 117–118, 120–121, 131
rules for treatment of 120
taken at Bayonet Trench 127
wounded, treatment of 135–136
procurement fraud 251
Project for Government Oversight 254
Province Reconnaissance Units 200
Provincial Reconstruction Team 227
Pryor, Geoff 284
psychological warfare 194–195
‘punching above her weight’ myth see exceptionalist claims
Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service 108
Queensland, enlistments from 80
Rabaul, New Britain 88, 139 see also New Britain campaign
Rae, Ruth 104–105
Raytheon 254
Reagan administration (US) 256
‘redcoats’ 11–34
Reeve, John 174
Renouf, Alan 95–96
repatriation effort 274
Report on Allied Contributions to the Common Defence 213
Reveille 124
Revolutionary Development Cadre 200
Reynolds, Henry 18, 74, 263
Rhodesia 24
rifle clubs 22, 24, 31
Roberts, Lieutenant Commander W.O.C. 176
Robertson, John 87
Roll of Honour 266–267, 281
Rorke’s Drift, Battle of 22
Rosenau, James 242
Ross, Andrew x, 7
Rotary Wing Aviation Unit 69
Rowel, Coxswain Warwick 180–181
Royal Australian Air Force
archive records 173–174
atrocities committed by 131–132
Borneo campaigns 159–160
commitment to Iraqi War 223
in Berlin Airlift 64
in Vietnam War 189
in World War II 138, 151
Mediterranean garrisons 64–65
number of personnel 170
Pacific campaigns 155
security system scrapped 254
Royal Australian Navy
atrocities committed by 132–133
cap on personnel 144
first ships 29
history of neglected 6–7, 165–185
in Iraqi wars 223
in World War II 138, 151, 159–160
placed at disposal of RN 89
Royal Navy
Australian involvement with 28–30, 77
Pacific fleet 144
role in colonial society 20
transports troops from Australia 54
Royal Newfoundland Regiment 39
RPD light machine gun 205
RPG7 grenade launcher 206
Rudd, Kevin 271, 279
Russell’s Top, Gallipoli 57–58
Ryan, Alan 218
Salmon, Lieutenant Colin 148
Savige, Lieutenant General Stan 156
Selective Service Act (US) 38
Self Loading Rifles 203, 205
Shedden, Frederick 151, 158
Sheffield, Gary 47
Shelton, General Henry 216
Sherick, Joseph 251
Singapore Strategy 77, 83, 239
SKS Carbine 204
Small, Melvin 256
social media, effect on atrocities 136
Soldier’s Don’ts of International Law 120
Solomon Islands campaign 139, 147, 152–153
Somme, Battle of 40
South Africa 35, 37–41 see also Boer War
South Seas Regional Commission 63
South Vietnam see Vietnam War
South West Pacific Area 142
Special Air Service troops 221
Special Forces troops 219–220, 226, 232
‘Special Sea Dutymen’ 180
Spender, Percy 108–109
Squires, Lieutenant General E.K. 81, 84
St James’s Church, Sydney, memorial plaques 18
St Quentin Canal 48
Stanley, Peter xi, 8–9
Stateline 281
Stephenson, Rob 46–47
stereotyping 288–289
Stockings, Craig xi, 5
Strategic Insights paper 212–213
Street, Geoffrey 79, 83
Sudan War 14, 23, 85
suicide, casualties due to 269
Sukarno, President of Indonesia 92–93
Summers, Colonel Harry 195
Sunday Age 114
Super Seasprite helicopters 254
surrender, killing after see prisoners
Sutherland, Lieutenant General Richard 150
Sydney (I), HMAS 167
Sydney (II), HMAS 167, 172, 175
Sydney, NSW 20, 171
Sydney Institute 214
Sydney Morning Herald 152
Taliban 248
tanks, in Afghanistan 229–230
Tarakan Island, Borneo 158, 160
technological change 47–48, 241, 250
termination liability cost 252–253
Tet Offensive 188, 192
Thailand 91
The Age 135–136
The Anzacs 37
The Australian Victories in France 36–37
The Oxford Companion to Australian Military History 38
The Power of Power Politics 238
The Vietnam Years 134–135
The Western Front Diaries 37
Thomas, Dylan 258
Thomson, Mark 212–213
Tientsin Crisis 77
To Long Tan 193
Tobruk campaign 131, 138, 268
Torokina, Bougainville 148
Trafal
gar, Battle of 20–21
Trembath, Richard 133
trench warfare 125–126
‘Tribal’ class destroyers 176
Truth 30
Tu, Colonel 195
United Kingdom see also imperial defence policy; Royal Navy
casualties in Iraq 225
colonial troops from 18–19
conscription in 38–39
Hague Rules adopted by 119
invasion of Australia by 16
military alliances with 73–99, 239–240
personnel committed to Iraqi War 222
women’s military units 108–109
United Nations 68–69, 90, 214
United States
atrocities committed by 128–129
attitude to Australian military aid 232–233
Australian alliance with 8, 67, 235–259
conscription in 38
contribution to East Timor 215–217
Defense acquisition process 250–252
failure of intelligence services 243–244
in Afghanistan war 248
in Iraqi wars 219–226, 247–250
in Korean War 90
in Vietnam War 187, 196, 199–200
in World War II 141–142
influence on Australian military policy 95–97
Mai Lai atrocity 134
military alliances with 73–99
military record of 246
Philippines campaign 149–150
proneness to war 255–256
Report on Allied Contributions to the Common Defence 213
servicewomen in military operations 108
‘Tacoma’ class frigates 179
uranium weapons 249
Uruzgan Province, Afghanistan 227, 229
USN. . .see names of ships, e.g . ‘Belleau Wood’
Vasquez, John 238
Victoria colony, frontier wars in 17
Victoria Cross see decorations and awards
Vietnam, invasion by China 244
VietnamWar see also Phouc Tuy province, Vietnam
atrocities in 133–136
Australian involvement in 7, 67–68, 93–96
Australians portrayed as victims of 13
Battle of Long Tan 13, 67–68, 188, 193, 195
‘landmark’ battles 186–209
New Zealand troops in 67–68
Vietnam Years, The 134–135
Vo Nguyen Giap, General 192
volunteer armies see also militias
colonial corps 14, 22–24
in World War I 3–4, 35–50
in World War II 79–80
von Clausewitz, Carl 98
von Lettow-Vorbeck, General Paul 41–42
Voyager, HMAS 167, 173
Wady Fara attack 132
Walker, Harold 46–47
Walter Burley Griffin Society 279–280
war, as central to history 8–9, 260–286
war census cards 44
war crimes see atrocities
war memorials 9 see also Australian War Memorial
by Lake Burley Griffin, proposed 262–263, 278–285
for marginalised groups 100–110
in London 275
New Zealand War Memorial 70–71
War on Terror 258
wars of choice 74
Waterloo, Battle of 20–21, 30–31
Watson, James 30
weapons of mass destruction, failure to find 97, 221
weather, impact on naval operations 181–182
Weger, Private 126–128
Wellington, Duke of, places named after 20
Wellington Battalion 57–58
Wentworth, William Charles 21
West Australian 45
Western Front, artillery use 47–48
Western Front Diaries 37
Westmoreland, General William 200
Wewak campaign 148, 157
What’s Wrong with Anzac? 74, 263
Whirlpool, Frederick 20
Whiskard, Geoffrey 80, 83
White, General C.B.B. 84
white feathers 45
Wilcox, Craig xi, 3, 114
Windschuttle, Keith 12
Wiradjuri tribe 16–17
Wiranto, General 216
women, in military history 5, 100–111, 169
Women’s Auxiliary Air Force (UK) 108
Women’s Auxiliary Australian Air Force 107–109
Woodard, Garry 93
Wooragee community 44
workforce participation by gender 109–110
‘work-up’ process for deployment 178
World Trade Center attacks, failure to foresee 243–244
World War I see also Gallipoli landing
atrocities by Australian troops 115–118
Australian involvement in 87, 290–291
military nurses 104
RAN size during 170
volunteer armies 35–50
World War II 6, 89–90, 106, 138–164, 170
Yolngu People of Arnhem Land 14–15
York, Duke of 36
Yorke, Sergeant 127–128
Zombie Myths of Australian Military History 1, 46, 101
Anzac's Dirty Dozen Page 36