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Voices from the Air

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by Tony Hill


  Finschhafen 194–8, 199, 211, 213, 219–20, 307

  Fire Down Below 235

  First World War 32

  reporting 6

  Five Years of War 332

  Fleet Street 51

  ‘The Flying Squad’ 22

  ‘footsloggers’ 221–2

  foreign correspondents 2, 323

  Formosa 283

  Forty Thousand Horsemen 5

  France 24

  freelance correspondents 15–17, 90, 94

  Gallwey, Leo 7, 10, 27, 32, 64, 71, 88, 326

  HMAS Perth 64

  Gaza 31, 32–4, 47, 63, 65, 70, 77, 88

  Gazelle Peninsula 270

  General Headquarters (GHQ) 9, 93, 255, 275

  Australia 104, 110, 113, 116–18, 141–2, 146–8, 160, 172, 174, 176, 202, 204, 226, 233

  Middle East 96

  Germany 15–16, 28, 79, 84

  Austria, annexation of 17, 28

  Greece, attacks on 55–7

  Poland, invasion of 19

  surrender 324

  Tobruk 75

  war crimes trials 324

  Yugoslavia, attacks on 55

  Gilliam, Laurence 325

  Giovanni Berta 46

  Glyfada 54

  Going My Way 216–17

  Gona 140, 158, 159, 161–2, 169, 171, 205

  Gorari 158

  Gore, Libby 335

  Greece 6, 10, 52–61, 75, 90, 95, 96, 326, 327, 345

  Guadalcanal 237

  guerrilla war 124, 125–32

  Gurr, Tom 213

  Haifa 31, 70

  Hall, Gwenda see Lennard, Gwenda

  Halmaheras 247, 318

  Hamilton, Ian 92

  Hansa Bay 184, 240, 241

  Hayworth, Rita 197

  Heath’s Plantation 191

  Helwan 34

  Hemery, Lyndie 329

  Hemery, Norma (nee Turnbull) 107, 124, 177, 329–30

  Hemery, Peter 7, 10, 124, 174, 209, 328–30

  background 107

  character 120–1, 329

  Darwin 104–10, 116, 118–20

  death 330

  Finschhafen 195, 196, 197, 199

  International News Service (INS) 185, 188, 200–1, 328

  Lae 188–90, 192

  Lennard, relationship with 176–7, 199

  military service 329

  Papua and New Guinea 172–3, 175–6, 182, 185–6, 188–90, 192, 195–8, 328–29

  photography 328

  post-war 330

  Hemery, Peter (son) 177, 330

  Herring, Lieutenant General 168

  Hill 701 274

  Hinde, Barbara (nee Jefferis) 233, 250, 335

  Hinde, John 7, 11, 135, 207, 247, 332, 333–5, 339

  background 232–3

  death 335

  GHQ, at 116–17, 233, 249

  Hollandia 232, 233–6, 248–50, 252

  illness 334

  injuries 236, 249, 252

  Papua and New Guinea 230, 232, 233–8

  Philippines 251–2, 254, 255, 333–4

  post-war 334–5

  Hinde, Rosaline 250

  Hindenburg disaster 22

  Hiroshima 289, 304

  hitch-hiking 47

  Hitler, Adolf 14, 15–16, 48, 314

  invasion of Poland 19

  Rally for Greater Germany (Nuremburg) 28

  HMAS Bowen 317

  HMAS Broome 162

  HMAS Castlemaine 126

  HMAS Kapunda 302

  HMAS Manoora 276, 336

  HMAS Perth 21, 63–5, 88–9

  HMS Glory 307

  HMS Sussex 290

  The Holding of Tobruk 75

  Holland, Gordon 266

  Hollandia (now Jayapura) 230, 232, 233–6, 244, 247, 249, 250, 255

  Hong Kong 17

  Honner, Lieutenant Colonel Ralph 161–2

  Hubbub in Java 346

  Hurley, Frank 26

  Humboldt Bay 230, 232

  Huon Gulf 190

  Huon Peninsula 179, 186, 194, 202, 211, 217, 220, 222

  Ikingi Maryut 34, 35, 36, 48, 50, 65

  Imita Ridge 151

  In a Dug-out in Tobruk 78

  Indigenous people 336

  Indonesia, post-war 12, 310, 346, 347

  Indrapoera 27, 30

  International News Service (INS) 185, 188, 200–1, 328

  interviews 7–9, 24, 26, 62, 65, 68, 70, 83, 111, 119–21, 142, 159, 160, 162, 168, 170, 199, 225, 275, 288, 289, 301, 315–17, 330, 342, 344, 346

  POWs 291–4, 315–17, 342

  Intramuros 261

  Ioribaiwa 152

  Irwin, Edith see Wilmot, Edith

  Ishaq, Colonel SM 309

  Italian airforce 37

  Italian Army 34

  Bardia 39–40

  Benghazi 48–9

  Derna 45–6

  Tobruk 42–3

  Iwo Jima 332

  Jackson, Hugo 15, 18–20, 55, 90, 322

  ‘Scrutator’ 18

  Jacobsen’s Plantation 191–2

  Japan 10, 226

  Allied occupation 11, 303, 342

  atrocities 138, 152, 220, 258–9, 291–4, 296–9, 304, 309, 311–12, 314–21, 344

  China 285

  Darwin, bombing of 104–10

  Nazi Fifth Column activities 16–17

  Pacific war 88, 94, 97–103, 109, 113, 115, 123–4, 128, 129, 133, 151, 244–5, 266, 304, 308

  Papua and New Guinea 140, 147, 151–2, 155, 158, 163, 171, 173, 179–80, 183–4, 195–6, 212, 222, 230, 233–6, 241, 263, 273

  Pearl Harbor, attack on 86, 92

  Philippines 257, 258–60, 283

  pre-war manoeuvring 17

  Singapore, capture of 97, 98–102

  Sino-Japanese war 16

  surrender 11, 12, 282, 288, 289, 299, 300–3, 304, 308, 332, 342

  Timor 125–32

  Townsville, bombing of 114–15

  war crimes trials 12, 311–18, 347, 348

  Japanese Savagery in Island War 312

  Java 94, 96, 98, 103, 310, 327, 339, 346

  Java Sea 295

  Battle of 88

  Jefferis, Barbara see Hinde, Barbara

  Jerusalem 33, 67, 86

  Jewish Telegraphic Agency 18

  Jews, persecution of 15–16

  Kristallnacht pogrom 17

  Jinks, Ed 107–9, 121

  Johnson, Helga see Elliott, Helga

  Johore 98

  Jordan Valley 86

  journalists 6–8, 15, 134–5

  broadcasters, distinguished 6, 43–4, 107, 121–2, 135, 305

  Journey Across Bougainville 237–40

  ‘Jumbo’ 25–6, 31, 70, 116

  jungle warfare 138, 161, 178, 184, 212, 230, 244–5, 252, 264–5

  Kaiapit 194

  Kairiru Island 228

  Kakagog 196, 197

  Katherine 106

  Keane, Kim 266, 268

  Kelliher, Private Dick 191

  Kifissia 54

  Kilner’s warehouse fire 23

  Kiriwina Island 174–6

  Knox, Errol 137

  Koepang 123, 128

  Kokoda 11, 113, 115, 140–9, 151–8, 159, 160, 161, 168, 171, 312, 336

  advance 151–8

  withdrawal 141–9, 336–7

  Korean War 322, 340, 343

  Korovulavula, Lieutenant Siti 238–40

  Kuching 288, 302, 303, 317, 342

  Kunming 285

  Labuan Island 276, 279, 280

  Lae 173, 179, 186, 190, 196–7, 203, 307

  land assault 190–4

  water assault 188–90

  Lahat 296

  Laidlaw, Captain Geoff 130

  Laing, Alan 287

  Lansbury, George 14

  Lawson, Henry 71, 73

  Lebanon 66, 69

  Legg, Eve 341

  Legg, Frank 7, 12, 71–2, 265, 317, 340–2

  Asiatic-Pacific Service Ribbon 341

 
background 217–18

  Borneo 276–82

  Brunei Bay 279–81, 285

  character 218, 227, 341

  death 335, 342

  illness 222

  Japanese surrender (Tokyo Bay) 300–2

  military service 11, 218–19, 221, 341

  New Britain 269–71

  New Guinea 209, 219–25, 247

  post-war 335, 341–2

  ‘The Prattler’ 218

  Tarakan 276–9

  War Correspondent 224

  Legg, Richard 342

  Leggett, Dawn (nee Lightfoot) 110, 170, 331

  Leggett, Dudley 7, 11, 23, 83, 111–12, 115–16, 209, 211, 312, 330–2

  background 109

  Darwin 108, 109

  death 332

  illness 163, 170–1, 331–2

  military service 84, 110, 200

  Papua and New Guinea 151–8, 159–68, 170–1, 175, 186–7, 196, 198–200, 201, 330–1

  post-war 331–2

  Townsville 113–14, 141

  Leggett, Dudley (son) 331

  Leggett, Lorelei 331

  Leggett, Robin 331

  Lennard, Gwenda (nee Hall) 340

  Lennard, Haydon 7, 10–11, 23, 113, 117–18, 141, 148, 171, 173–4, 209, 232, 299, 339–40

  Aitape 244–5, 266

  army PR, and 201–2

  Australian nurses on Sumatra 294–9

  background 134–5

  Bougainville 263–5

  Burma 289, 290

  character 135, 299, 339

  China 289

  Hemery, relationship with 176–7, 199

  illness 169–70, 204

  Korean War 340

  Papua and New Guinea 133–4, 137–9, 160–1, 162–3, 168–9, 176–7, 193, 198, 204, 247

  plane crash 206–8, 244

  POWs, interviewing 291–4

  post-war 339–40

  SEAC (Ceylon) 285, 289

  Singapore 290–9, 339

  Townsville 139

  Lennard, Jo 339

  Lennard, John 339

  Lennard, Nora 341

  Lethbridge, General 213

  Leyte 250, 252, 255, 257, 338

  Leyte Gulf 249–50, 334

  Libya 5, 34, 40, 44, 48, 51, 72, 84, 85

  Lightfoot, Dawn see Leggett, Dawn

  Lloyd, Lord 14

  Loebok (Lubuk) Linggau 294, 296–9

  London

  ABC Bureau 18–20, 322

  blackout 19

  Los Banos camp 261

  Los Negros 223

  Luzon 257

  MacArthur, General Douglas 11, 116–17, 148, 172, 173, 201, 202, 223, 224, 276, 285, 301, 341

  Japanese surrender 300

  Philippines 11, 217, 230, 247, 250, 253, 255, 256, 283

  Macassar 315

  McCall, Bob 226, 279

  MacDonald, Ramsay 14

  MacFarlane, Anne 344

  MacFarlane, Bill 7, 9, 10, 12, 27, 116, 318, 344–5

  background 36

  Bardia 36, 38

  Borneo 276–8, 279, 344

  character 219

  Derna 45–8

  Greece, in 52, 54–5, 57

  Japanese surrender (Tokyo Bay) 300–2

  Middle East, in 30, 35, 36, 38, 44–9, 59, 63, 65, 73, 77, 78–81, 84–5, 88

  Pacific war 89, 112, 114, 115, 141, 143

  Papua and New Guinea 141, 143, 177, 188, 199, 210, 219, 224

  post-war 344–5

  skill as technician 80, 326, 344–5

  Tarakan 276–8

  Tobruk 73, 77, 78–83

  Townsville 112–13, 114

  war crimes trials 316

  McGibbon, S.J. 61

  MacNamee, Moira see Marien, Moira

  Madang 222, 241

  Malacca Straits 291

  malaria 8, 131, 138–9, 163, 169–71, 177, 204, 237, 271, 272, 293, 331, 335

  Malaya 6, 10, 17, 60, 94–5, 97, 103, 301, 328

  Malayan Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) 94, 96, 101

  Malayan Command 98–100, 103

  Manila 17, 90, 248, 257, 258–61, 280, 281, 282–4, 286, 301, 317

  massacre 258–9

  Manus Island 223

  Marawasa 194

  Marien, Bill 7, 10, 116, 122, 207, 332–3

  army PR, and 201–2

  background 122–3

  Darwin 123–4, 126, 203

  death 333

  injured leg 127, 131–2

  Lae 189, 190–3

  newspaper correspondent 332

  Papua and New Guinea 177–85, 186–8, 189, 190–4, 198, 201, 201–4, 219, 230, 332

  post-war 332–3

  Timor 125–32, 178, 203, 312

  Marien, Elizabeth Anne 177, 179, 333

  Marien, Frank (father) 122, 123

  Marien, Frank (son) 333

  Marien, Merrick 333

  Marien, Moira ‘Peg’ (nee MacNamee) 123, 177, 179, 188, 333

  Marien, Moira (daughter) 333

  Markham Valley 187, 189, 194, 203

  Maroubra Force 143, 144, 146

  Mason, Arthur 14, 15, 17, 19

  mateship 73–4

  Matilda tanks 220

  Melbourne 92, 110, 116, 141, 334

  Merdjayoun 67–8

  Mersa Matruh 35

  Middle East 5, 6, 7, 10, 25, 26, 27, 30–51, 60–3, 65–90, 148, 167, 254, 312, 345

  military

  public relations 8, 112, 137, 149, 160, 169, 185, 193, 201–4, 246, 262, 265, 267, 268, 269–71, 276, 279, 281, 312, 316, 329, 332, 335

  tensions with 8–9, 193–4, 201–4, 226, 265–71, 275, 332, 335

  military aircraft

  bombers see bombers

  correspondents flying on 148, 160, 181, 186, 203, 206–8, 227–9, 252, 256, 280, 329

  Kittyhawks 105, 119, 134

  Milne Bay 159–60, 162, 171, 175, 186

  Mindoro Island 256

  mobile recordings 21–6, 34, 36, 85, 167, 227, 242–3, 313

  Molesworth, BH 111, 112, 114, 159, 167, 176, 211, 215, 249, 255, 273, 276, 299, 305–6, 346

  Moluccas (Maluku Islands) 317–18

  Monastir Gap 56–7

  Mont Park 91

  Montevideo Maru 309

  Moorehead, Alan 50, 325

  Morison, GH 15

  Morobe 181, 182

  Morotai 12, 247, 248, 249, 276, 279, 319, 348

  war crimes trials 12, 311–21

  Morrison, Ian 206, 207

  Morshead, Lieutenant General Leslie 74, 280

  Moses, Charles 17, 26, 29, 99–100, 200, 201, 203, 213, 217, 223, 226, 340

  Mount Balbi 239

  Mount Lunaman 190

  Mount of Olives 86

  Mount Tambu 183, 203

  Mountbatten, Lord Louis 289, 299

  Muara Island 280

  Munich agreement 17

  music 13, 14, 108, 121, 348

  Myola 152–3, 158

  Nadzab 186–8, 190, 193, 194, 197, 307

  Nagasaki 289

  Nassau Bay 175, 177, 178, 181, 182, 203

  National Broadcasting Company (NBC) 21–2, 91

  Nazareth 83

  Netherlands East Indies 98, 319

  New Britain 137, 204–6, 217, 223, 236, 263, 269–71, 309

  New Georgia 175

  New Guinea 6, 10, 11, 12, 118, 132, 134, 137–8, 172, 252, 263, 265, 284

  Allied offensives 174

  Dutch 12, 217, 222

  Japanese invasion 109, 115, 133, 151–2, 175

  New Guinea Force 142, 147–50

  news broadcasting 6, 13, 15–20

  United States 21–2

  News Chronicle House 18

  News Review 209, 237, 343

  newspapers 6, 7, 15, 17–18, 26, 62–3, 91, 266, 268

  Nile Valley 52, 65

  North Africa 5, 6, 10, 11, 12, 26, 52, 55, 90, 167, 218, 345

  North China Daily News 16

  Nuremburg 324

  nurses, Australian 295–9
r />   observers 8, 26, 62, 93, 110, 121–2, 139

  O’Flaherty, Hal 182, 183

  Oivi 158

  Okinawa 283, 301, 308, 332

  Orange Beach 205

  Ormandy, Eugene 240

  Owen Stanley Ranges 115, 138, 140, 141, 142, 143, 146, 151, 156, 204

  Pabu Hill 214, 215

  Pacific war 6, 8, 10, 11, 12, 72, 83, 86, 88–9, 90, 92, 97–8, 113, 115, 124, 128, 133, 136, 173–4

  end of 300–3

  Palembang 294, 295, 296

  Palestine 6, 30–1, 34, 38, 39, 47, 65, 71, 82

  Palestine Broadcasting Service 33

  paper shortages 45

  Papua 113, 115, 137, 159, 162, 171, 175

  paratroops 186–8, 189, 217, 218, 261

  Parer, Damien 58, 71, 84–5, 341

  New Guinea 143

  Timor 126, 127

  Pasig River 260

  Patch, Blanche 14

  patriotism 9

  Paull, Chris 225, 226, 229, 230, 337

  Paull, Raymond 7, 12, 270, 335–7

  Aitape 265–8

  background 225–6

  death 337

  Fiji 337

  illness 268, 271, 335

  military service 226

  New Guinea 209, 226–9, 230–2, 247, 335

  post-war 335–7

  report to Minister for the Army 271

  Paull, Vivienne 335, 336

  Pearl Harbor 86, 92

  Pending 302

  Percival, General 98, 99, 102, 301

  Peyton-Griffin, RT 16

  Philby, Kim 95

  Philippines 11, 12, 17, 109, 217, 230, 247–52, 255–62, 281, 332, 333

  Pidgeon, WE (WEP) 122

  Pino Hill 214, 215

  Piraeus 58, 59

  Plumb, Gwen 333

  Poland, invasion of 19

  Port Moresby 113, 115, 117, 133–9, 140–1, 143, 146, 149, 153, 158, 159–61, 163, 170, 172, 176, 177, 178, 180–1, 186, 193, 196, 197, 198–201, 203, 206, 209–10, 211, 213, 215, 219, 221, 226, 233, 240, 307, 313, 330

  portable recorders 23, 26, 34, 52, 85, 164, 167, 217, 227, 228

  Postmaster-General’s Department (PMG) 24, 25, 32, 36, 47, 115, 116, 344, 345

  Press Wireless service (Los Angeles) 261, 262

  prisoners of war (POWs) 58, 89, 221, 301, 308

  atrocities against 138, 152, 220, 258–9, 291–4, 296–9, 304, 309, 311–12, 314–21, 344

  Borneo 276, 288, 303

  Chinese 309–10

  German soldiers 59

  Indian soldiers 241–2, 309

  interviewing 291–4, 315–16, 342

  Italian soldiers 40, 42

  Japanese soldiers 179, 234, 245, 316–17, 319–20

  nurses 294–9

  Philippines, camps in 261

  Rabaul 309

  repatriation 311, 314, 317, 348

  Singapore, in 291–4

  Prist, Frank 255, 338–39

  propaganda 9, 14, 51–2, 61, 117, 119–20, 128

  Pulitzer Prize 17

  Quality Street 346

  Rabaul 12, 94, 109, 137–8, 159, 175, 199, 217, 223, 224, 346

 

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