by Tony Hill
Chapter 2
1NBC Mobile Units promotional pamphlet, attachment to NBC letter to TW Bearup, 19 May 1938, NAA
2Wireless World, 19 April 1935
3TW Bearup, memo to the ABC, 25 August 1938, NAA
4Memo from Dudley Leggett to the General Manager, 16 December 1939, NAA
5Cowra Leader, 4 December 1939, NAA
6BBC Observers at The Front, note in ABC files, 20 February 1940, NAA
7Policy Formulation in the ABC News Service, Neville Petersen
Chapter 3
1Chester Wilmot diaries, 22 September 1940, NLA
2Chester Wilmot diaries, 22 September 1940, NLA
3Chester Wilmot script, The Nazi Party Rally at Nuremberg, 30 August 1939, NLA
4Chester Wilmot diaries, 30 August 1940, NLA
5Chester Wilmot diaries, 30 August 1940, NLA
6Memo from ABC GM, Charles Moses, 15 January 1940, NAA
7Chester Wilmot diaries, 30 August 1940, NLA
8Edith Irwin telegram to Chester Wilmot, 31 August 1940, NLA
9Chester Wilmot diaries, 2 September 1940, NLA
10Chester Wilmot letter to Edith Irwin, 13 September 1941, NLA
11Lawrence Cecil letter to the ABC, 15 October 1940, NAA
12Chester Wilmot letter to his family, 29 October 1940, NLA
13Gazette issue 30813, UK Force War Records
14Chester Wilmot letter to his father, Derna, 2 February 1941, NLA
15Chester Wilmot diaries, 3 November 1940, NLA
16Chester Wilmot diaries, 4 November 1940, NLA
17Official History – Australia in the War of 1939–1945, Series 1, Vol 1, AWM
18Chester Wilmot diaries, 7 December 1940, NLA
19Chester Wilmot letter to his family, 30 November 1940, NLA
20Chester Wilmot letter to his family, 30 November 1940, NLA
21Chester Wilmot report, The Right to Send Press Cables, 26 January 1942, NAA
22Chester Wilmot, Tobruk, Viking, 2007 edition, p 4
23Chester Wilmot script, Australians in the Frontline, 26 December 1940, NAA
24Lawrence Cecil script, How Recordings were Made and Despatched the Libyan Campaign, NAA
25Lawrence Cecil letter to the ABC, 27 December 1940, NAA
26Lawrence Cecil letter to the ABC, 27 December 1940, NAA
27Chester Wilmot script, Australians In the Frontline, Sollum, 26 December 1940, NAA
28Chester Wilmot script, Australians In the Frontline, Sollum, 26 December 1940, NAA
29Lawrence Cecil, How Recordings were Made and Despatched During the Libyan Campaign, 1941, ABC Archives
30Frank Dixon diaries, 4 January 1941, NAA
31Chester Wilmot script, The Capture of Bardia, 10 January 1941, NAA
32Chester Wilmot script, Bardia Falls, NAA
33Australian War Memorial - https://www.awm.gov.au/military-event/E222/
34Lawrence Cecil, How Recordings were Made and Despatched During the Libyan Campaign, 1941, ABC Archives
35Lawrence Cecil letter to the ABC, 13 January 1941, NAA
36Chester Wilmot letter to his father, Derna, 2 February 1941, NLA
37Chester Wilmot letter to his mother and father, 20 January 1941, NLA
38Chester Wilmot script, What I Saw At Tobruk, 24 January 1941, NAA
39Chester Wilmot script, What I Saw At Tobruk, 24 January 1941, NAA
40Chester Wilmot script, What I Saw At Tobruk, 24 January 1941, NAA
41Frank Dixon diaries, 22 and 23 January 1941, NAA
42Chester Wilmot letter to his family, Cairo, 25 February 1941, NLA
43Lawrence Cecil script, How Recordings were Made and Despatched During the Libyan Campaign, NAA
44Chester Wilmot script, Derna, 30 January 1941, NAA
45Chester Wilmot letter to his father, Derna, 2 February 1941, NLA
46Chester Wilmot letter to his father, Derna, 2 February 1941, NLA
47Chester Wilmot letter to his father, Derna, 2 February 1941, NLA
48Chester Wilmot letter to his father, Derna, 2 February 1941, NLA
49Lawrence Cecil script, Hitch-hiking in the Desert, March 1941, NAA
50Chester Wilmot script, The Road to Bengasi Part 1, 8 February 1941, NAA
51Chester Wilmot script, The Road to Bengasi Part 1, 8 February 1941, NAA
52Chester Wilmot script, The Last Round Up in Cyrenaica, 7 February 1941, NAA
53Alan Moorehead, The Observer newspaper, 17 January 1954,
54Chester Wilmot script, All Quiet on the Western Desert, 17 February 1942, NAA
55Chester Wilmot diaries, 30 August 1940, NLA
56Chester Wilmot diaries, 6 March 1941, NLA
57Chester Wilmot letter to his family, 25 February 1941, NLA
58Chester Wilmot script, A Letter from the Front No 1, March 1941, NAA
59Chester Wilmot article, ‘Field Unit’s Escape from Greece’, ABC Weekly, 8 May 1941, NAA
60Frank Dixon memo to McCarthy, 4 April 1941, NAA
61Chester Wilmot article, ‘Field Unit’s Escape from Greece’, ABC Weekly, 8 May 1941, NAA
62Chester Wilmot letter to Edith Irwin, 3 April 1941, NLA
63Chester Wilmot script, A Letter from the Front No 2, 16 April 1941, NAA
64Chester Wilmot script, Blowing the Road, April 1941, NAA
65Chester Wilmot article, ‘Field Unit’s Escape from Greece’, ABC Weekly, 8 May 1941, NAA
66Chester Wilmot script, Monastir Gap, 17 April 1941, NAA
67Chester Wilmot script, Monastir Gap, 17 April 1941, NAA
68Chester Wilmot script, Monastir Gap, 17 April 1941, NAA
69Chester Wilmot script, A Letter from the Front No 3, 5 May 1941, NAA
70Chester Wilmot letter to Edith Irwin, 7 July 1941, NLA
71Chester Wilmot letter to Edith Irwin, 7 July 1941, NLA
72Chester Wilmot letter to Edith Irwin, 7 July 1941, NLA
73Chester Wilmot letter to Edith Irwin, 7 July 1941, NLA
74Chester Wilmot letter to Edith Irwin, 7 July 1941, NLA
75Chester Wilmot letter to his family, 5 May 1941, NLA
76Lawrence Cecil report to the ABC on the Field Unit’s operations in the Middle East, April 1942, NAA
77Chester Wilmot script, Air Power and the Greek Campaign, 5 May 1941, NAA
78Chester Wilmot script, A Letter from the Front No 6, 8 June 1941, NAA
79Chester Wilmot diaries, 3 June 1941, NLA
80Chester Wilmot diaries, 3 June 1941, NLA
81Chester Wilmot diaries, 3 June 1941, NLA
82Chester Wilmot report to the ABC, Re: Withdrawal of My Accreditation, 10 November 1942, NAA
83Chester Wilmot letter to Edith Irwin, 30 May 1941, NLA
84Chester Wilmot letter to his parents, 13 May 1941, NLA
85Chester Wilmot letter to Edith Irwin, 30 May 1941, NLA
86Chester Wilmot script, HMAS Perth in the Mediterranean, 12 June 1941, NAA
87Chester Wilmot article, ABC Weekly, 9 August 1941, ABC Archives
88www.navy.gov.au/hmas-perth-i
89www.awm.gov.au/unit/U56059/
90Chester Wilmot script, The Surrender of Sidon, 24 June 1941, NAA
91Chester Wilmot script, The Surrender of Sidon, 24 June 1941, NAA
92Chester Wilmot letter to his mother, 26 June 1941, NLA
93Chester Wilmot script, A Letter from the Front No 8, 23 June 1941, NAA
94Chester Wilmot script, Queenslanders Attack Merdjayoun, 25 June 1941, NAA
95Chester Wilmot script, Queenslanders Attack Merdjayoun, 25 June 1941, NAA
96Chester Wilmot script, Queenslanders Attack Merdjayoun, 25 June 1941, NAA
97Chester Wilmot diaries, 26 June 1941, NLA
98Chester Wilmot letter to Edith Irwin, 6 July 1941, NLA
99Chester Wilmot script, Hard Fighting at Damour, 9 July 1941, NAA
100AWM – www.awm.gov.au/military-event/E282/
101Lawrence Cecil letter to ABC, 16 July 1941, NAA
102TW Bearup lett
er to W Macmahon Ball, 29 September 1941, NAA
103ABC Records Messages Home, film footage, September 1941, Damien Parer, F01148 – AWM
104Lawrence Cecil letter to the ABC, 19 August 1941, NAA
105Chester Wilmot, Tobruk, Viking, 2007 edition, p.100
106Chester Wilmot script, Introduction to Tobruk, 18 August 1941, NAA
107Chester Wilmot script, Introduction to Tobruk, 18 August 1941, NAA
108Chester Wilmot letter to his family, 18 August 1941, NLA
109Chester Wilmot letter to his family, 18 August 1941, NLA
110Chester Wilmot letter to his family, 18 August 1941, NLA
111Chester Wilmot script, The Holding of Tobruk, 17 August 1941, NAA
112Chester Wilmot script, Into the Salient, 18 August 1941, NAA
113Chester Wilmot script, Into the Salient, 18 August 1941, NAA
114Chester Wilmot letter to Lawrence Cecil, 1 September 1941, NLA
115Chester Wilmot letter to Lawrence Cecil, 1 September 1941, NLA
116Chester Wilmot letter to George Fenton, 8 September 1941, NLA
117Chester Wilmot script, In a Dug-Out in Tobruk, 25 August 1941, NAA
118Chester Wilmot article, ‘Bomb for Bomb Descriptions’, ABC Weekly, 1 November 1941, NAA
119Chester Wilmot letter to Edith Irwin, 26 September 1941, NLA
120Chester Wilmot, Tobruk, Viking, 2007 edition, p.339
121Chester Wilmot article, ‘Bomb for Bomb Descriptions’, ABC Weekly, 1 November 1941, NAA
122Chester Wilmot article, ‘Bomb for Bomb Descriptions’, ABC Weekly, 1 November 1941, NAA
123Chester Wilmot letter to Edith Irwin, 10 September 1941, NLA
124Chester Wilmot letter, 13 September 1941, NLA
125Chester Wilmot article, ABC Weekly, 8 November 1941, ABC Archives
126Chester Wilmot script, edited excerpts, Sound and Fury, 5 December 1941, NAA
127Chester Wilmot letter to George Fenton, 6 October 1941, NLA
128Chester Wilmot letter to George Fenton, 6 October 1941, NLA
129Chester Wilmot diaries, 16 October 1941, NLA
130Chester Wilmot letter to Edith Irwin, 27 November 1941, NLA
131Chester Wilmot letter to Edith Irwin, 27 November 1941, NLA
132Chester Wilmot letter to Lawrence Cecil, 3 December 1941, NLA
133Chester Wilmot letter to his family, 26 December 1941, NLA
134Chester Wilmot diaries, 2 January 1942, NLA
135Chester Wilmot letter to his parents, 17 February 1942, NLA
136Chester Wilmot letter to his family, at sea, 26 February 1942, NLA
137www.navy.gov.au/hmas-perth-i
138Chester Wilmot memo to TW Bearup, 26 March 1942, NAA
Chapter 4
1Frank Dixon memo to TW Bearup, 18 February 1941, NAA
2Frank Dixon memo to TW Bearup, 18 February 1941, NAA
3Frank Dixon memo to TW Bearup, 21 January 1941, NAA
4TW Bearup memo to Frank Dixon, 30 April 1941, NAA
5Frank Dixon memo to TW Bearup, 2 May 1941, NAA
6TW Bearup letter to W MacMahon Ball, 29 September 1941, ABC Archives
7Frank Dixon diaries, 8 December 1941, NAA
8Frank Dixon, Inside the ABC, The Hawthorn Press, 1975, p 58
9John Curtin speech, 8 December 1941 John Curtin Prime Ministerial LIbrary
10Official History – Australia in the War of 1939–1945, Series 4, Vol 11, Ch 1, p 65, AWM
11Frank Dixon memo to TW Bearup, 27 December 1941, NAA
12Frank Dixon memo to TW Bearup, 27 December 1941, NAA
13Frank Dixon memo to news staff, December 1941, NAA
Chapter 5
1TW Bearup memo to ABC Commissioners, 1 December 1941, NAA
2TW Bearup memo to ABC Commissioners, 1 December 1941, NAA
3David Walker, Death at My Heels, Chapman and Hall, London, 1942, p 51
4Henry Stokes, private notes, courtesy of Tony and Wendy Fawcus
5Henry Stokes, private notes, courtesy of Tony and Wendy Fawcus
6Henry Stokes, private notes, Singapore Signpost, courtesy of Tony and Wendy Fawcus
7Frank Dixon diaries, 24 December 1941, NAA
8Frank Dixon, Inside the ABC, The Hawthorn Press, 1975, p 81
9Henry Stokes, private notes, Malayan campaign D, courtesy of Tony and Wendy Fawcus
10Henry Stokes, private notes, Malayan campaign K–L, courtesy of Tony and Wendy Fawcus
11Henry Stokes, private notes, Malayan campaign G, courtesy of Tony and Wendy Fawcus
12Henry Stokes cable to the ABC, 9th February 1945, NAA
13Henry Stokes, private notes, Malayan campaign N, courtesy of Tony and Wendy Fawcus
14Henry Stokes, private notes, Malayan campaign (unnumbered), courtesy of Tony and Wendy Fawcus
15Henry Stokes cable to TW Bearup, received 16 February 1945, NAA
Chapter 6
1Peter Hemery, INS Aussie notes, Ch 1, AWM
2http://www.naa.gov.au/collection/fact-sheets/fs195.aspx
3Peter Hemery script, Darwin’s First Air Raid Eyewitness Account, 23 February 1942, AWM
4Peter Hemery script, Darwin’s First Air Raid Eyewitness Account, 23 February 1942, AWM
5Peter Hemery script, Darwin’s First Air Raid Eyewitness Account, 23 February 1942, AWM
6Peter Hemery, INS Aussie notes, AWM, in Fay Anderson and Richard Trembath, Witness to War, MUP, 2011
7www.australia.gov.au/about-australia/australian-story/japanese-bombing-of-darwin
8Peter Hemery, INS Aussie notes, AWM
9Dudley Leggett letter to TW Bearup, 21 February 1942, NAA
10Dudley Leggett letter to AL Holman, 2 March 1942, NAA
11Dudley Leggett letter to TW Bearup, 5 March 1942, NAA
12Dudley Leggett letter to TW Bearup, 5 March 1942, NAA
13Dudley Leggett letter to BH Molesworth, 13 June 1942, NAA
14Dudley Leggett letter to BH Molesworth, 13 June 1941, NAA
15Dudley Leggett letter to BH Molesworth, 13 June 1942, NAA
16Chester Wilmot letter to the ABC, 29 May 1942, NAA
17Dudley Leggett letter to BH Molesworth, June 1942, NAA
18Dudley Leggett letter to BH Molesworth, 27 July 1942, NAA
19BH Molesworth letter to Dudley Leggett, 3 August 1942, NAA
20Chester Wilmot audio commentary, Japanese air raid on Townsville, 29 July 1942, ABC Archives
21Len Edwards, memoir notes, private papers, courtesy of Suzanne Skira
22Dudley Leggett letter to TW Bearup, 2 October 1942, NAA
23John Hinde, interview with Tony Hill, 2004
24John Hinde, ABC Oral History, 29 June 1977, ABC Archives
25Haydon Lennard letter to Warren Denning, 10 August 1942, NAA
26Haydon Lennard letter to Frank Dixon, 31 August 1942, NAA
27Haydon Lennard letter to Frank Dixon, 13 October 1942, NAA
28Allan Dawes, Sydney Daily Telegraph, 29 July 1942,
29Peter Hemery, INS Aussie notes, 27 July 1942, AWM
30Peter Hemery script, Air Combat of 28 July 1942, NAA
31Peter Hemery article, ‘Going to the Movies Up North’, 29 August 1942, ABC Weekly, AWM
32Peter Hemery letter to AL Holman, 4 July 1942, NAA
33Bill Marien letter to the ABC, 3 July 1942, NAA
34WE Pidgeon war letter, 6 February 1944, wepidegon.com
35Frank Marien quoted in Remember Smith’s Weekly?
36Bill Marien letter to the ABC, 3 July 1942, NAA
37Bill Marien war diaries, 28 August 1942, AWM
38Bill Marien war diaries, 19 August 1942, AWM
39Bill Marien war diaries, 2 September 1942, AWM
40Bill Marien letter to AL Holman, 8 September 1942, NAA
Chapter 7
1Bill Marien script, Timor No 1, 31 December 1942, NAA
2Bill Marien war diaries, 7 November 1942, AWM
3Bill Marien script, Timor No 4, 1 January 1943, NAA
4
Bill Marien war diaries, 11 November 1942, AWM
5Bill Marien Script, Winnie the War Winner, December 1942, NAA
6Bill Marien Script, Winnie the War Winner, December 1942, NAA
7Bill Marien script, Surrender Notes, 23 December 1942, NAA
8Bill Marien script, Timor No 1, 31 December 1942, NAA
9Bill Marien script, Timor No 4, 31 December 1942, NAA
10Bill Marien script, Timor No 3, 1 January 1943, NAA
11Bill Marien script, Timor No 3, 31 December 1942, NAA
12Bill Marien script, Timor Skies, NAA
13Bill Marien script, Timor No 4, 31 December 1942, NAA
14Bill Marien war diaries, 23 November 1942, AWM
Chapter 8
1Haydon Lennard letter to Frank Dixon, 14 March 1942, NAA
2Haydon Lennard letter to Frank Dixon, 14 March 1942, NAA
3Frank Dixon memo to TW Bearup, 29 January 1942, NAA
4John Hinde, ABC Oral History, 29 June 1977, ABC Archives
5Osmar White, Green Armour, Penguin, Australia, 1945, p 46
6Haydon Lennard letter to Frank Dixon, 14 March 1942, NAA
7Draft letter from FR Sinclair to FG Shedden, 14 April 1942, NAA
8FR Sinclair letter to FG Shedden, 24 April 1942, NAA
9Haydon Lennard script, Battle of Rabaul, 6 April 1942, NAA
10Haydon Lennard letter to Frank Dixon, 31 March 1942, NAA
11Warren Denning quoted in Frank Dixon memo to acting GM, 14 April 1942, NAA
12Fay Anderson and Richard Trembath, Witnesses to War, MUP, 2011, p 183
Chapter 9
1Chester Wilmot script, Kokoda Front, 7 September 1942, NAA
2Kokoda Trail Campaign, AWM
3Chester Wilmot script, And our Troops were Forced to Withdraw, September 1942, NAA
4Chester Wilmot script, Port Moresby After Six Months of War, 11 August 1942, NAA
5Frank Dixon memo to TW Bearup, 6 August, 1942, NAA
6Chester Wilmot script, The Kokoda Front, 18 August 1942, NAA
7Chester Wilmot letter to TW Bearup, 14 August 1942, NAA
8Chester Wilmot script, Kokoda Road, 11 September 1942, NAA
9Chester Wilmot script, Kokoda Road, 11 September 1942, NAA
10Osmar White, Green Armour, Penguin, Ringwood, 1992 ed, p 188
11Chester Wilmot script, Kokoda Road, 11 September 1942, NAA
12Chester Wilmot script, And Our Troops Were Forced to Withdraw, 9 September 1942, NAA
13Chester Wilmot script, And Our Troops Were Forced to Withdraw, 9 September 1942, NAA
14Chester Wilmot report, Observations on the New Guinea Campaign, 26 August–26 September 1942, NAA