Anzac's Dirty Dozen (49 page)

Merz, Lieutenant George
60
–
61

Mesopotamia campaign
41
,
60
–
61

Messines, Battle for
40

Middle East theatre, World War
I
60

Middle East theatre, World War
II
75
–
76
,
84

migration, effect on social history
32
–
33
,
262

Military History of Australia
12

military nurses
102
–
108

militias

in colonial Australia
27
–
29

in East Timor
219

in Vietnam War
200
–
201

in World War
II
145

troops recruited from
79

Milne Bay, Battle of
130

mines, in Vietnam War
133
–
134
,
196
–
197
,
207

Minh Dam Secret Zone
207

‘mini-Tet' battles
195

‘missing in action' records
273

Mobile Bay
,
USN
217

modes of operation on board vessel
177

Molan, Major General Jim
230

Monaghan, Brigadier R.F.
129
–
130

Monash, General Sir John
4
–
5
,
36
–
37

Moore, Captain F.L.
117

Moore-Jones, Horace
59

moral exceptionalism
see
exceptionalist claims

Morant, Lieutenant Harry ‘Breaker'
14
,
25
–
26
,
114
–
115

Mordike, John
86

Morlancourt, Battle of
47
–
48

Morotai, Halmahera
155

mortar fire
see
artillery

motor vehicle accidents, deaths due to
268
,
271

mounted troops in colonial Australia
23

Muir, Marnie Haig
45

Mulvaney, John
283

munitions work, women in
109

Murchison
,
HMAS
166
,
172
,
175
–
184

Mussolini, Benito
see
Italy, as enemy

Napoleonic Wars
21

National Archives of Australia
173
–
174

National Capital Authority
278
–
279
,
281

National Capital Memorials Committee
278
–
279

National Constituent Assembly, Vietnam
193
–
194

national interest
74
–
76
,
236

National Referendum Council
44

‘native troops', volunteer status
40
–
42

naval history
28
–
29
,
165
–
185
see also Royal Australian Navy;Royal Navy

naval volunteer brigades
22

Netherlands East Indies campaign
150
,
154
–
155

New Britain campaign

5th Australian Division in
147
,
149

correct approach to
162

‘mopping-up' operations
139

troop numbers in reduced
157

New Guinea campaigns

Australian troops in
146
–
147
,
157

conditions in
138

in World War
I
29
,
88

‘mopping-up' operations
142
–
143
,
152
–
153
,
161
–
162

servicewomen sent to
107

New Guinea Infantry Battalion
157

New South Wales, enlistments from
79
–
80

New Zealand
48
–
72
, 242
see also
Anzac legend; New Zealand military personnel

New Zealand and Australian Division
56

New Zealand military personnel

attitude to Australians
4

attitude to prisoners
115
–
116

colonial troops from
31
–
32

conscription for
39

expeditionary force
54
,
59
,
83

in World War
II
79

misbehaviour in Cairo
54
–
55

Staff Corps
61

New Zealand War Memorial
70
–
71

Newfoundland, conscription in
39

Nguyen Van Thieu
195

Nigeria Regiment
41

Nixon, Richard
195

No. 1 Dominion Squadron
64

No. 2 Dominion Squadron
64

No. 14 NZAF Squadron
64
–
65

No. 78 RAAF Fighter Wing
64
–
65

‘no quarter' policy
118

nocturnal superiority in Vietnam
198

North Korean troops
90
,
133
,
182
–
183

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