by Mike Carlton
Battle of Kaso Strait
Battle of Matapan
in Cessnock
diary entries
evacuation of Greece
in Malta
Braddon, Russell
Bradshaw, Ron
Braun, Eva
Brazen, HMS
Breda anti-aircraft gun
Brewer, Kathleen
Brian, Sub-Lieutenant Gerald
Brisbane, HMAS
British Army
2nd Armoured Division
4th Hussars
14th Army
cost of Operation LUSTRE
evacuation of Dunkirk
Western Desert Force
British Merchant Marine
Brooke-Popham, Air Chief Marshal Sir Robert
Brooke, Rupert
Bruce, Stanley Melbourne
Bullwinkel, Sister Vivienne
Burchell, David
Burgess, Lieutenant Lloyd
Burma–Siam Railway
brutality
camps
coolie labour
cost in lives
diseases
Dunlop Force to Burma
funerals
Hellfire Pass
Japanese terms
Kwae Noi River
made public
maintenance crews
Melbourne Cup
monsoon
opening ceremony
Pack of Cards Bridge
Speedo period
Tamarkan Camp
Burnie, HMAS
Burroughs, Lieutenant Clement ‘Butch’
Calcutta, HMS
Caldwell, Nola
California, USS
Campbell, Ensign Duncan ‘Duke’
Campbell, Paymaster Sub-Lieutenant Gavin
later life
POW
returns home
Campbell, Ian
Campbell, Max
Canadian Seigneur
Canberra, HMAS
Carlisle, HMS
Carter, Lieutenant Gerard
Casey, Richard
Castlemaine, HMAS
Cattaneo, Vice-Admiral Carlo
Cerberus, HMAS
Chamberlain, Neville
Champlain
Charlton, Andrew ‘Boy’
Chauvel, Harry
Chifley, Ben
Churchill, Winston
atom bomb
Blue Water Strategy
Burma
campaign in Greece
Crete
Cunningham
Curtin
as First Lord of the Admiralty
Force Z
French fleet at Mers-el-Kébir
Freyberg
Gallipoli
Hess
Menzies
oratory
as Prime Minister
Roosevelt
Singapore
South East Asian Command
Stalin
voted out of office
Wavell
Yalta
Ciano, Count Galeazzo
Circassia, MV
City of Roubaix
Clan Fraser
Clarke, Lieutenant-Commander Guy
Clarke, John
Clement
Clifford, Signalman Les
Close, Arthur
Coates, Lieutenant-Colonel Albert
Collins, Captain John
Collins, Able Seaman Robert (Bob) Alfred Charles
Connor, Jean
Cook, Bill
Cook, Captain James
Cooper, Alfred Duff
Cooper, Lady Diana
Cooper, James
Coral Sea, Battle of the
Cosgrave, Colonel Lawrence Moore
Coventry
Cox, Jack
Coyne, Alf
Crace, Rear-Admiral John
Creasy, Able Seaman Alex
Creber, Chief Petty Officer Hubert ‘Jan’
Creswell, HMAS
Crete
Battle for Crete
Creforce
prisoners of war
withdrawal from
cruisers
Cunningham, Admiral Sir Andrew Browne
the Admiralty
Battle of Matapan
campaign in Greece
career
evacuation from Sphakia
evacuation of Crete
farewells Perth
Illustrious, HMS
Kastellorizo
Phillips
Regia Marina
Waller
withdrawal from Kalamata
Cunningham, Jock
Curtin, John
background
becomes Prime Minister
Churchill
death
declares war on Japan
heart attack
Japanese threat
loss of Sydney
Perth presumed lost
Rangoon
re-elected
Roosevelt’s death
Singapore
United States alliance
Cutler, Lieutenant Roden
Cyprian Prince
Dai Nichi Maru
Dainty
Dalfram
Dalyell-Stead, Lieutenant-Commander John
Dan, Vic
Dartford SS
Darwin, bombing of
Davies, Robert ‘Bob’
Davis Jnr, Lieutenant-Commander Landon L.
Day, Leading Aircraftsman Noel
De Ruyter
de Silva, Frank
Deakin, Alfred
Decoy, HMS
Defender
Delbridge, Adelaide
Dentz, General Henri
Department of External Affairs
Deutschland
Dewey, Sergeant Pilot Geoff
Diamond, HMS
Dido
Dietrich, Josef ‘Sepp’
Doneley, Lance Sergeant Austin
Doneley, Merle
Doneley, Paul
Doneley, Army Captain Roy
Doneley, Syd
Dönitz, Karl
Doorman, Rear-Admiral Karel Willem Frederik Marie
Downward, Surgeon Commander Charles
Duca degli Abruzzi
Duke of York
Duncan, Betty
Duncan, Petty Officer Vic
poem to Perth
Dunkirk, evacuation of
Dunlop, Lieutenant-Colonel Edward ‘Weary’
Dutch East India Company
Eagle, HMS
Eccles, Commander Henry
Edina
Edward Albert, Prince of Wales
Edwards, USS
Electra
Eliza (in Labuhan)
Emden
Emperor of India, HMS
Empire Star
Encounter, HMS
Endeavour, HM Bark
Enola Gay (B-29)
Enterprise
Epstein, Commander William
Erbach-Schönburg, Prince
Essex (ammunition ship)
Evatt, Herbert ‘Doc’
Evertsen
Excellent, HMS
Exeter, HMS
Express
Fadden, Arthur
Farmer, Frank
Farmer, Lieutenant Harry
Farncomb, Harold Bruce background
in the Bermuda Triangle
commands Canberra
commands Perth
diary entries
drills
near collision
nicknames
SS Tachira
strike by crew
Sunday services
Tahitians
Farouk, King
Farrell, Tom
Fegen, Captain Fogarty
Ferebee, Major Thomas
Fiji
First Fleet
First World War
Fisher, Captain Douglas
Fitchett, Ian
Fiume
Fluckey, Commander
Eugene (Gene)
Flynn, Joan see Lewis, Joan
Fong, Ah
Forde, Frank
Formidable, HMS
Franco, Francisco
Fraser, Admiral Sir Bruce
Fraser, Leading Cook William
Free French
French Foreign Legion
Freyberg, Major-General Bernard
Fubuki
Fuchida, Commander Mitsuo
Fukuhara, Asao
Fullarton, Pastor
Furey, Regulating Petty Officer Albert
Galleghan, Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick ‘Black Jack’
Gallipoli
Garibaldi
Garside, Petty Officer Charlie
Gaulle, General Charles de
Gay, Lieutenant Bill
Gayundah, HMQS
Gee, Alice
Gee, Elmo
background
Battle of the Sunda Strait
Christmas card
Crown and Anchor
later life
marries Kathleen Brewer
Perth
POW
returns home
in Sydney
Gee, Margaret
Gee, Napier
Geissler, Generalmajor Hans
Genda, Commander Minoru
Geneva Convention
George V, King
George VI, King
Gibbes, Flying Officer Robert ‘Bobby’
Gill, G. Hermon
Gillan, Frank
Giosue Carducci
Giovanni Delle Bande Nere
Glengyle
Glorious, HMS
Gloucester
Glowworm, HMS
Gneisenau
Goebbels
Goering, Hermann
Gondar
Goodchap, Charles ‘Chilla’
Gordon, Oliver
Gosden, Leading Seaman Keith
Grangesburg
Grant, John ‘Tubby’
Gray, Robert (Bob ‘Dolly’)
Graziani, Marshal Rodolfo
Great Depression (1930s)
Greek Army
Greyhound
Griffin
Griffiths, Midshipman Guy
Griffiths, Able Seaman Norm
Growler, USS
Guille, Lieutenant Claude
Haddow, Petty Officer Donald ‘Bingle’
Haguro
Hakimoto-san
Halifax, Lord
Halsey, Admiral William ‘Bull’
Hamilton, Duke of
Hamlin, Hal
Hancox, Lieutenant Peter ‘Guns’
Hara, Lieutenant-Commander Tameichi
Hargest, James
Harper, Lieutenant John
official account of loss of Perth
Harriman, Averell
Harriott, Guy
Hart, Admiral Thomas C.
Hartley, Joe
Harukaze
Harvey, Petty Officer John
Hasty
Hatfield, Alma
Hatfield, George
background
death
diaries
leave
marries Alma Parkin
Menzies’ visit
Perth
Havock, HMS
Hawke, Leading Seaman Allan
Hawkins, Frank
Hayler, Ordinary Seaman Basil
Hedrick, Petty Officer George ‘Slim’
Helfrich, Vice-Admiral Conrad Emil Lambert
Heraklion evacuation
Hereward, HMS
Herman, Able Seaman Isaac ‘Izzy’
Hero, HMS
Herrmann, Hauptmann Hans (Hajo) Joachim
Hess, Rudolf
Hetherington, Captain Henry
Highland Brigade
Highland Chieftain
Highton, Lieutenant Michael
Hill, Warrant Mechanician Henry
Hinkler, Lieutenant Bert
Hino, Sergeant
Hirohito, Emperor
Japan’s formal surrender
Jewel Voice Broadcast
Hiroshige, Utagawa
Hiroshima, atom bombing of
Hirota, Eiji
Hiryu
Hitler, Adolf
Amerika (private train)
Churchill
enters Paris
Hess
invasion of Britain
invasion of Greece
invasion of Holland, Belgium and France
invasion of Poland
invasion of Russia
invasion of Syria
invasion of Yugoslavia
Mediterranean
meeting with Mussolini
non-aggression pact with Soviet Union
occupation of Crete
revolt in Yugoslavia
Roosevelt
suicide
HM Bark Endeavour (Parkin)
HMAS Perth Association
Hobart, HMAS
Hogman, Petty Officer Stoker Bill
Homma, Lieutenant-General Masaharu
Hood, HMS
Hotspur
Houghton, Jack
House of Representatives
Houston, USS
Battle of the Sunda Strait
memorials to
survivors
Hughes, Billy
Hull, Cordell
Iachino, Ammiraglio di Squadra Angelo
Ibuki
Idaho
IJA see Imperial Japanese Army
Iki, Lieutenant Haruki
Ilex
Illustrious, HMS
Imamura, Lieutenant-General Hitoshi
Imperial Japanese Airforce
Imperial Japanese Army
conscription
first defeat at Milne Bay
Great East Asia War
Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere
Indian Sikh guards
in Indochina
Japanese Imperial Guards Division
Kokoda
Korean guards
in Manchuria
Nanshinron (Southern Expansion Doctrine)
oath of obedience to
Perth survivors
Southern Army Railway Corps
Yasukuni Shrine (Tokyo)
see also Japanese prisoners of war
Imperial Japanese Navy
calcium flares
code
Eastern Attack Group
Kido Butai
Long Lance torpedoes
Malaya Invasion Force
POWs
Western Attack Group
Western Invasion Force
Indian Army
Indomitable
Ishida, Major-General Eiguma
Jagger, Ordinary Seaman Max
Jaguar, HMS
James, Stan ‘Jesse’
James, Admiral Sir William
Janus
Japanese forces see Imperial Japanese Army
Japanese Merchant Marine
Japanese prisoners of war
Armistice Day parade
Batavia Bicycle Camp
Changi’s Selarang Barracks
fall of Singapore
friendly fire in South China Sea
Fukuoka 22 Camp (Honshu)
Houston survivors
Imperial Japanese Navy
Java Number Five Group
kangaroo courts
Kawasaki Camp (Yokohama)
leaflets air-dropped to
Oeyama Camp (Osaka)
Ohama Camp (Japan’s Inland Sea)
Ohasi Camp (Tokyo)
Omuta (Fukuoka 17, Kyushu)
Perth survivors
picked up in South China Sea
pre-printed postcards
RAPWI (Repatriation of Allied Prisoners of War and Internees)
River Valley Road Camp (Singapore)
Saigon camp
Sandakan Camp
Serang
Sungei Gerong camp
Taisho C
amp (Osaka)
trip to Japan
Williams Force
see also Burma–Siam Railway
Japan’s formal surrender
Java
Java Sea, Battle of the
Jellicoe, Admiral Sir John
Jericho Trumpet
Jervis, HMS
Jervis Bay, HMS
Jintsu
Jodl, General Alfred
John D. Edwards, USS
John D. Ford, USS
Johnson, Petty Officer Tommy
Johnston, Wally
Juno
Jupiter, HMS
Kachidoki Maru
Kaga