by Tony Hill
15Chester Wilmot, Memorandum Regarding Communiques and Censorship, 6 October 1942, NAA
16Chester Wilmot letter to TW Bearup, 21 September 1942, NAA
17Haydon Lennard letter to Frank Dixon, 31 August 1942, NAA
18Neil McDonald, Chester Wilmot Reports, ABC Books, 2004, p 359
19Chester Wilmot report to the ABC, Re: Withdrawal of My Accreditation, 10 November 1942, NAA
20Chester Wilmot report to the ABC, Re: Withdrawal of My Accreditation, 10 November 1942, NAA
21The Courier Mail, 23 April 1937, TROVE
22Paul Ham, Kokoda, Harper Collins, 2004, p 342
23Dudley Leggett script, Blood and Sweat, 11 November 1942, NAA
24Dudley Leggett script, Blood and Sweat, 11 November 1942, NAA
25Official History – Australia in the War of 1939–1945, Series 1, Vol V, Ch 8, p 276, AWM
26Dudley Leggett script, The Fight for the Owen Stanleys, 29 October 1942, NAA
27Dudley Leggett script, The Fight for the Owen Stanleys, 29 October 1942, NAA
28Dudley Leggett script, Blood and Sweat, 11 November 1942, NAA
29Official History – Australia in the War of 1939–1945, Series 1, Vol V, Ch 9, p 306, AWM
30Dudley Leggett script, We Will Remember Kokoda, 11 November 1942, NAA
31Dudley Leggett script, We Will Remember Kokoda, 11 November 1942, NAA
32Dudley Leggett letter to TW Bearup, 4 November 1942, NAA
Chapter 10
1Haydon Lennard letter to Warren Denning, 10 November 1942, NAA
2Haydon Lennard letter to Warren Denning, 10 November 1942, NAA
3Dudley Leggett letter to BH Molesworth, 2 December 1942, NAA
4James Brien, The Bloody Beachheads, November 1942–January 1943, AWM
5Len Edwards, memoir notes, private papers, courtesy of Suzanne Skira
6Len Edwards, memoir notes, private papers, courtesy of Suzanne Skira
7Len Edwards interview, ABC Archives
8Dudley Leggett script, Attack on Buna, 22 December 1942, NAA
9Len Edwards diaries, private papers, courtesy of Suzanne Skira
10Dudley Leggett script, Actuality Buna, 24 December 1942, NAA
11Len Edwards, memoir notes, private papers, courtesy of Suzanne Skira
12Dudley Leggett script, Buna Busted, 2 January 1943 (broadcast 24 January 1943), NAA
13Dudley Leggett script, Buna Busted, 2 January 1943 (broadcast 24 January 1943), NAA
14Dudley Leggett script, Buna Busted, 2 January 1943 (broadcast 24 January 1943), NAA
15Dudley Leggett letter to BH Molesworth, 2 January 1943, NAA
16Dudley Leggett letter to BH Molesworth, 13 January 1943, NAA
17Haydon Lennard letter to Frank Dixon, 30 December 1942, NAA
18Haydon Lennard letter to Frank Dixon, 30 December 1942, NAA
19Mervyn Weston, Kalgoorlie Miner, 25 January 1943, Trove, NLA
20Haydon Lennard interviewed by Perth Sunday Times, 28 May 1944, NLA TROVE
21Peter Hemery script, News Commentary, 20 January 1943, NAA
22Dudley Leggett letter to BH Molesworth, 10 February 1943, NAA
23kokoda.commemoration.gov.au/casualties/kokoda-milne-bay-bunagona-casualty-lists.php
Chapter 11
1Peter Hemery war diaries, 11–17 April 1943, AWM
2Peter Hemery war diaries, 17–18 April 1943, AWM
3Prime Minister John Curtin statement, 11 June 1943
4ABC News bulletin, 7 pm, 10 June 1943, NAA
5Warren Denning memo to Frank Dixon, 16 June 1943, NAA
6Haydon Lennard letter to Frank Dixon, 11 June 1943, NAA
7Peter Hemery script, Embarkation – With the Trobriand Task Force, 17 July 1943, NAA
8Peter Hemery script, Embarkation – With the Trobriand Task Force, 17 July 1943, NAA
9Peter Hemery script, Landing in the Trobriands, July 1943, NAA
10Peter Hemery letter to BH Molesworth, 14 July 1943, NAA
11Peter Hemery war diaries, 14 July 1943, AWM
12William Marien war diaries, 14 July 1943, AWM
13William Marien war diaries, 12 July 1943, AWM
14William Marien war diaries, 13 July 1943. AWM
15William Marien war diaries, 17 July 1943. AWM
16William Marien war diaries, 22 July 1943. AWM
17William Marien war diaries, 23 July 1943, AWM
18William Marien war diaries, 26 July 1943, AWM
19William Marien letter to Frank Dixon, 30 July 1943, NAA
20William Marien war diaries, 7August 1943, AWM
21William Marien war diaries, 8 August 1943, AWM
22William Marien war diaries, 13 August 1943, AWM
23William Marien war diaries, 16 August 1943, AWM
24William Marien war diaries, 20 August 1943, AWM
25William Marien script, Japanese Suicide Patrol, 8 September 1943, NAA
26William Marien war diaries, 21 August 1943, AWM
27William Marien war diaries, 23 August 1943, AWM
28Listener letter to the ABC, 24 September 1943, NAA
29Peter Hemery war diaries, 18 August 1943, AWM
30William Marien war diaries, 5 September 1943, AWM
31Dudley Leggett script, Australian Paratoop Artillery Make History, September 1943, NAA
32William Marien war diaries, 7 September 1943, AWM
33Peter Hemery war diaries, 4 September 1943, AWM
34Peter Hemery war diaries, 6 September 1943, AWM
35Peter Hemery war diaries, 9 September 1943, AWM
36Peter Hemery script, We Occupy Lae, believed to be 19 September 1945, NAA
37William Marien script, On the Road to Lae, broadcast 23 September 1943, NAA
38William Marien war diaries, 15 September 1943, AWM
39William Marien war diaries, 16 September 1943, AWM
40William Marien script, The Wreckage of Lae, 18 September 1943, NAA
41Peter Hemery script, We Occupy Lae, 19 September 1943, NAA
42https://www.awm.gov.au
43William Marien war diaries, 18 September 1943, AWM
44William Marien war diaries, 20 September 1943, AWM
45William Marien war diaries, 22 September 1943, AWM
46William Marien war diaries, 2 October 1943, AWM
47Peter Hemery war diaries, 25 September 1943, AWM
48Peter Hemery war diaries, 28 September 1943, AWM
49Peter Hemery script, Final Attack, 11 October 1943, NAA
50Peter Hemery script, Kakagog Kate, 2 October 1943, NAA
51Dudley Leggett letter to BH Molesworth, 18 September 1943, NAA
52Dudley Leggett letter to S Deamer, 15 October 1943, NAA
53JH Rasmussen letter to Charles Moses, 13 October 1943, NAA
54JH Rasmussen letter to Charles Moses, 13 October 1943, NAA
55JH Rasmussen letter to Charles Moses, 29 November 1943, NAA
56JH Rasmussen letter to Charles Moses, 29 November 1943, NAA
57William Marien letter to Frank Dixon, 23 September 1943, N AA
58William Marien letter to Frank Dixon, 11 December 1943, NAA
59Warren Denning letter to Syd Deamer, 22 December 1943, NAA
60William Marien letter to Charles Moses, 3 February 1944, NAA
61Haydon Lennard letter to Frank Dixon, 29 October 1943, NAA
62Frank Dixon diaries, 10 December 1943, NAA
63Haydon Lennard script, Arawe despatch, 17 December 1943, NAA
64Haydon Lennard, letter to Warren Denning, 8 January 1944, NAA
65William Marien letter to Sydney Deamer, 3 January, 1943, NAA
66John Hinde, ABC Oral History, 29 June 1977, ABC Archives
Chapter 12
1Haydon Lennard letter to Frank Dixon, 23 January 1943, NAA
2Frank Legg, War Correspondent, Rigby Adelaide, 1964, p 64
3Frank Legg, War Correspondent, Rigby Adelaide, 1964, p 26/27
4Frederick Simpson despatch, 26 November 1943, NAA
(modified from original telegraphese format)
5Frederick Simpson despatch, 26 November 1943, NAA (modified from original telegraphese format)
6Thomas Gurr letter to Charles Moses, 19 January 1944, NAA
7Frederick Simpson script, Pino Hill, broadcast 10 December 1943, NAA
8Frederick Simpson personal letter to BH Molesworth, 2 December 1943, NAA (placename spellings corrected)
9Frederick Simpson letter to BH Molesworth, 2 December 1943, NAA
10Frederick Simpson letter to BH Molesworth, 2 December 1943, NAA
11Frederick Simpson quoted in BH Molesworth memo to Robert McCall, 16 November 1943, NAA
12Frederick Simpson, ABC Oral History, ABC Archives
13The Sunday Mail Brisbane, 23 April 1944, NLA TROVE
14Frank Legg, War Correspondent, Rigby Adelaide, 1964, p 22
15Richard Legg, Estranged Father, Strange Mother, 2010
16Frank Legg, autobiography notes, Frank Legg private papers, SLNSW
17Frank Legg, War Correspondent, Rigby Adelaide, 1964, p 26
18Frank Legg script, Huon Coast Campaign, 12 January 1944, SLNSW
19Frank Legg script, Huon Coast Campaign, 12 January 1944, SLNSW
20Frank Legg, War Correspondent, Rigby Adelaide, 1964, p 54
21Frank Legg, War Correspondent, Rigby Adelaide, 1964, p 55
22Frank Legg, War Correspondent, Rigby Adelaide, 1964, p 55
23Frank Legg, excerpts from script in War Correspondent, Rigby Adelaide, 1964, pp 56–58
24Frank Legg script, Huon Coast Campaign, 12 January 1944, SLNSW
25www.radioheritage.net/Story165.asp
26Frank Legg, War Correspondent, Rigby Adelaide, 1964, p 97
27Frank Legg, War Correspondent, Rigby Adelaide, 1964, pp 105–106
28Frank Legg, War Correspondent, Rigby Adelaide 1964, p 118
29Raymond Paull letter to Christina Paull, 21 January 1943, courtesy of Vivienne Benton
30Raymond Paull letter to Christina Paull, 12 March 1944, courtesy of Vivienne Benton
31Raymond Paull letter to Christina Paull, 16 March 1944, courtesy of Vivienne Benton
32Leonard Edwards interview with ABC, ABC Archives
33Raymond Paull transcript, Recording aboard B-24, 21 March 1944, NAA
34Raymond Paull transcript, Recording aboard B-24, 21 March 1944, NAA
35Raymond Paull letter to Christina Trood, 18 April 1944, courtesy of Vivienne Benton
36Raymond Paull script, Despatch from Tanah Merah, broadcast 24 April 1944, NAA
37Raymond Paull script, Despatch from Tanah Merah, broadcast 24 April 1944, NAA
38Raymond Paull script, Despatch from Tanah Merah, broadcast 24 April 1944, NAA
39Raymond Paull script, Recording of Amphibious Operation, 17 May 1944, NAA
40John Hinde, ABC Oral History, 29 June 1977, ABC Archives
41John Hinde, ABC Oral History, 29 June 1977, ABC Archives
42John Hinde, ABC Oral History, 29 June 1977, ABC Archives
43John Hinde, ABC Oral History, 29 June 1977, ABC Archives
44John Hinde script, Prelude to Invasion, 9 May 1944, NAA
45John Hinde script, Prelude to Invasion, 9 May 1944, NAA
46John Hinde, ABC Oral History, 29 June 1977, ABC Archives
47John Hinde script, Fire Down Below, September 1944, NAA
48John Hinde interview with Tony Hill, 10 December 2003, NAA
49John Hinde interview with Tony Hill, 10 December 2003, NAA
50John Hinde letter to Jose, ABC Queensland, 22 March 1944, NAA
51John Hinde letter to Jose, ABC Queensland, 22 March 1944, NAA
52John Hinde refers to ‘City’ Korovulavula. This has been changed to a more likely spelling of ‘Siti’
53John Hinde script, Journey Across Bougainville, March 1944, NAA
54Frederick Simpson, note to Claire Simpson, 19 May 1944, courtesy of Claire Simpson
55Frederick Simpson script, Escape from the Japanese, 13 June 1944, NAA
56Frederick Simpson script, Stalking the Jap, 19 June 1944, NAA
57‘Adventures of the New Guinea Field Unit’, ABC Weekly, 5 August 1944, ABC Archives
58Haydon Lennard press telegram, 16 July 1944, NAA (modified from original telegraphese format)
59Haydon Lennard press telegram, 17 July 1944, NAA (modified from original telegraphese format)
60Haydon Lennard press telegram, 20 July 1944, NAA (modified from original telegraphese format)
61Haydon Lennard Beam telegram, 29 July 1944, NAA (modified from original telegraphese format)
62Frank Dixon memo to Sydney Deamer, 12 April 1944, NAA
Chapter 13
1John Hinde interview with Tony Hill, 10 December 2003
2John Hinde Beam telegram, 28 September 1944, NAA
3John Hinde script, Catalinas, broadcast 20 October 1944, NAA
4John Hinde cable to BH Molesworth, 24 September 1944, NAA
5John Hinde cable to BH Molesworth, 29 September 1944, NAA
6John Hinde despatch, 27 October 1944, NAA
7John Hinde, ABC Oral History, 29 June 1977, ABC Archives
8John Hinde despatch, 27 October 1944, NAA
9John Hinde quoted in ABC Weekly, 23 December 1944, NAA
10John Hinde news despatch, broadcast 6 November 1944, NAA
11John Elliott letter to BH Molesworth, 19 October 1944, NAA
12Obituary for John Elliott by Kenneth Slessor, 1945, NAA
13Obituary for John Elliott by Kenneth Slessor, 1945, NAA
14John Elliott security check, 10 March 1944, NAA
15John Elliott security check, 10 March 1944, NAA
16John Elliott letter to BH Molesworth, 9 November 1944, NAA
17John Elliott letter to BH Molesworth, 27 November 1944, NAA
18John Elliott letter to BH Molesworth, 10 December 1944, NAA
19John Elliott letter to BH Molesworth, 20 December 1944, NAA
20John Elliott Beam wireless despatch, 16 December 1944, NAA (modified from original telegraphese)
21John Elliott letter to BH Molesworth, 20 December 1944, NAA
22John Elliott news despatch, broadcast 2 February 1945, NAA
23News Review, John Elliott, broadcast 19 February 1945, NAA
24John Elliott News Commentary, broadcast 20 February 1945, NAA
25John Elliott despatch, broadcast 20 February 1945, NAA
26John Elliott despatch, broadcast 20 February 1945, NAA
27John Elliott Beam wireless despatch, Los Banos, 24 February 1944, NAA
28BH Molesworth letter to John Elliott, 9 March 1945, NAA
29John Elliott letter to Robert McCall, 8 March 1945, NAA
30JG Oakley report on interview with PRO Major Palmer, 23 March 1945, NAA
31JG Oakley report on interview with PRO Major Palmer, 23 March 1945, NAA
Chapter 14
1Haydon Lennard press telegram, 18 January 1945, NAA
2Haydon Lennard, News Review, broadcast 2 February 1945, NAA
3Haydon Lennard press telegram, 21 January 1945, NAA
4Haydon Lennard press telegram, 18 January 1945, NAA
5Raymond Paull despatch, 9 January 1945, NAA
6Raymond Paull letter to BH Molesworth, 5 February 1945, NAA
7Kim Keane letter to Ralph Simmons, 12 February 1945, attachment to Paull letter, 13 February 1945, NAA
8Raymond Paull letter to ABC, extract in Robert McCall letter to Brigadier Rasmussen, 19 April 1945, NAA
9Kim Keane letter to Ralph Simmonds, 12 February 1945, attachment to Paull letter, 13 February 1945, NAA
10Raymond Paull letter to BH Molesworth, 13 February 1945, NAA
11Frank Legg report to the ABC, 21 March 1945, NAA
12Frank Legg despatch, 13 February 1945, Frank Legg private papers, SLNSW
13Frank Legg quoted in Robert McCall letter to J Rasmussen, 19 April 1945, NAA
14Frank Legg, War Correspondent, Rigby, Adelaide, 1964, p 161
15Raymond Paull note to LR Thomas, 10 April 1945, NAA
16LR Thomas letter to ABC General Manager, 13 April 1945, NAA
17Robert McCall memo to ABC General Manager, 16 April 1945, NAA
18Frederick Simpson despatch, broadcast 6 May 1945, NAA
19Frederick Simpson script, The Road to Wewak – Cape Pus to Cape Wom, 5 May 1945, NAA
20Frederick Simpson letter to BH Molesworth, 19 May 1945, NAA
21Frederick Simpson script, Green Hell, broadcast 1 June 1945, NAA
22Frederick Simpson script, Green Hell, broadcast 1 June 1945, NAA
23Frederick Simpson script, Stretcher Bearer Train, broadcast 3 June 1945, NAA
24Frederick Simpson, ABC Oral History, ABC Archives
25Fred Simpson’s cable to the ABC, Wewak, 25 May 1945, NAA
26Frederick Simpson letter to Robert McCall, 27 May 1945, NAA
Chapter 15
1Frank Legg letter to BH Molesworth, 24 April 1945, NAA
2Frank Legg letter to BH Molesworth, 24 April 1945, NAA
3Frank Legg, War Correspondent, Rigby, Adelaide, 1964, p 167
4Frank Legg, War Correspondent, Rigby, Adelaide, 1964, pp 176–177
5Frank Legg script, in War Correspondent, Rigby, Adelaide, 1964, p 179
6Frank Legg despatch, broadcast 7 May 1945, NAA
7Frank Legg, War Correspondent, Rigby, Adelaide, 1964, p 194
8Frank Legg, War Correspondent, Rigby, Adelaide, 1964, p 195
9Frank Legg, War Correspondent, Rigby, Adelaide, 1964, p 201
10Frankl Legg news despatch, 10 June, SLNSW
11John Elliott despatch, 11 June 1945, NAA
12Frank Legg script, Pleasure Cruise to Brunei, 15 June 1945, SLNSW
13Colonel Diller cipher message, 4 July 1945, NAA
14John Elliott letter to Robert McCall, 15 May 1945, NAA
15John Elliott News Commentary, broadcast 22 May 1945, NAA
16John Elliott script, The Story of the Manila Tribune, 23 May 1945, NAA
17John Elliott cable, quoted in Madden (Army PR) letter to Robert McCall, 29 June 1945, NAA
18John Elliott despatch, Cobra One, 1 July 1945, NAA (modified from original telegraphese), NAA
19Len Barsdell, DOI Liaison Officer, letter to Robert McCall, 10 July 1945, NAA
20Len Barsdell, DOI Liaison Officer, letter to Robert McCall, 10 July 1945, NAA
21Frederick Simpson letter to Sydney Deamer, 10 July 1945, NAA
22Alan Laing letter to the ABC, 4 August 1945, NAA
23Frederick Simpson despatch, Battle Background – Samarinda Road, NAA
Chapter 16
1Haydon Lennard cable despatch, 6 September 1945, NAA (modified from original telegraphese)