Voices from the Air (36 page)

106
  
Chester Wilmot script,
Introduction to Tobruk
, 18 August 1941, NAA

107
  
Chester Wilmot script,
Introduction to Tobruk
, 18 August 1941, NAA

108
  
Chester Wilmot letter to his family, 18 August 1941, NLA

109
  
Chester Wilmot letter to his family, 18 August 1941, NLA

110
  
Chester Wilmot letter to his family, 18 August 1941, NLA

111
  
Chester Wilmot script,
The Holding of Tobruk
, 17 August 1941, NAA

112
  
Chester Wilmot script,
Into the Salient
, 18 August 1941, NAA

113
  
Chester Wilmot script,
Into the Salient
, 18 August 1941, NAA

114
  
Chester Wilmot letter to Lawrence Cecil, 1 September 1941, NLA

115
  
Chester Wilmot letter to Lawrence Cecil, 1 September 1941, NLA

116
  
Chester Wilmot letter to George Fenton, 8 September 1941, NLA

117
  
Chester Wilmot script,
In a Dug-Out in Tobruk
, 25 August 1941, NAA

118
  
Chester Wilmot article, ‘Bomb for Bomb Descriptions',
ABC Weekly
, 1 November 1941, NAA

119
  
Chester Wilmot letter to Edith Irwin, 26 September 1941, NLA

120
  
Chester Wilmot,
Tobruk
, Viking, 2007 edition, p.339

121
  
Chester Wilmot article, ‘Bomb for Bomb Descriptions',
ABC Weekly
, 1 November 1941, NAA

122
  
Chester Wilmot article, ‘Bomb for Bomb Descriptions',
ABC Weekly
, 1 November 1941, NAA

123
  
Chester Wilmot letter to Edith Irwin, 10 September 1941, NLA

124
  
Chester Wilmot letter, 13 September 1941, NLA

125
  
Chester Wilmot article,
ABC Weekly
, 8 November 1941, ABC Archives

126
  
Chester Wilmot script, edited excerpts,
Sound and Fury
, 5 December 1941, NAA

127
  
Chester Wilmot letter to George Fenton, 6 October 1941, NLA

128
  
Chester Wilmot letter to George Fenton, 6 October 1941, NLA

129
  
Chester Wilmot diaries, 16 October 1941, NLA

130
  
Chester Wilmot letter to Edith Irwin, 27 November 1941, NLA

131
  
Chester Wilmot letter to Edith Irwin, 27 November 1941, NLA

132
  
Chester Wilmot letter to Lawrence Cecil, 3 December 1941, NLA

133
  
Chester Wilmot letter to his family, 26 December 1941, NLA

134
  
Chester Wilmot diaries, 2 January 1942, NLA

135
  
Chester Wilmot letter to his parents, 17 February 1942, NLA

136
  
Chester Wilmot letter to his family, at sea, 26 February 1942, NLA

137
  
www.navy.gov.au/hmas-perth-i

138
  
Chester Wilmot memo to TW Bearup, 26 March 1942, NAA

Chapter 4

1
      
Frank Dixon memo to TW Bearup, 18 February 1941, NAA

2
      
Frank Dixon memo to TW Bearup, 18 February 1941, NAA

3
      
Frank Dixon memo to TW Bearup, 21 January 1941, NAA

4
      
TW Bearup memo to Frank Dixon, 30 April 1941, NAA

5
      
Frank Dixon memo to TW Bearup, 2 May 1941, NAA

6
      
TW Bearup letter to W MacMahon Ball, 29 September 1941, ABC Archives

7
      
Frank Dixon diaries, 8 December 1941, NAA

8
      
Frank Dixon,
Inside the ABC
, The Hawthorn Press, 1975, p 58

9
      
John Curtin speech, 8 December 1941 John Curtin Prime Ministerial LIbrary

10
    
Official History – Australia in the War of 1939–1945
, Series 4, Vol 11, Ch 1, p 65, AWM

11
    
Frank Dixon memo to TW Bearup, 27 December 1941, NAA

12
    
Frank Dixon memo to TW Bearup, 27 December 1941, NAA

13
    
Frank Dixon memo to news staff, December 1941, NAA

Chapter 5

1
      
TW Bearup memo to ABC Commissioners, 1 December 1941, NAA

2
      
TW Bearup memo to ABC Commissioners, 1 December 1941, NAA

3
      
David Walker,
Death at My Heels
, Chapman and Hall, London, 1942, p 51

4
      
Henry Stokes, private notes, courtesy of Tony and Wendy Fawcus

5
      
Henry Stokes, private notes, courtesy of Tony and Wendy Fawcus

6
      
Henry Stokes, private notes, Singapore Signpost, courtesy of Tony and Wendy Fawcus

7
      
Frank Dixon diaries, 24 December 1941, NAA

8
      
Frank Dixon,
Inside the ABC
, The Hawthorn Press, 1975, p 81

9
      
Henry Stokes, private notes, Malayan campaign D, courtesy of Tony and Wendy Fawcus

10
    
Henry Stokes, private notes, Malayan campaign K–L, courtesy of Tony and Wendy Fawcus

11
    
Henry Stokes, private notes, Malayan campaign G, courtesy of Tony and Wendy Fawcus

12
    
Henry Stokes cable to the ABC, 9th February 1945, NAA

13
    
Henry Stokes, private notes, Malayan campaign N, courtesy of Tony and Wendy Fawcus

14
    
Henry Stokes, private notes, Malayan campaign (unnumbered), courtesy of Tony and Wendy Fawcus

15
    
Henry Stokes cable to TW Bearup, received 16 February 1945, NAA

Chapter 6

1
      
Peter Hemery, INS Aussie notes, Ch 1, AWM

2
      
http://www.naa.gov.au/collection/fact-sheets/fs195.aspx

3
      
Peter Hemery script,
Darwin's First Air Raid Eyewitness Account
, 23 February 1942, AWM

4
      
Peter Hemery script,
Darwin's First Air Raid Eyewitness Account
, 23 February 1942, AWM

5
      
Peter Hemery script,
Darwin's First Air Raid Eyewitness Account
, 23 February 1942, AWM

6
      
Peter Hemery, INS Aussie notes, AWM, in Fay Anderson and Richard Trembath,
Witness to War
, MUP, 2011

7
      
www.australia.gov.au/about-australia/australian-story/japanese-bombing-of-darwin

8
      
Peter Hemery, INS Aussie notes, AWM

9
      
Dudley Leggett letter to TW Bearup, 21 February 1942, NAA

10
    
Dudley Leggett letter to AL Holman, 2 March 1942, NAA

11
    
Dudley Leggett letter to TW Bearup, 5 March 1942, NAA

12
    
Dudley Leggett letter to TW Bearup, 5 March 1942, NAA

13
    
Dudley Leggett letter to BH Molesworth, 13 June 1942, NAA

14
    
Dudley Leggett letter to BH Molesworth, 13 June 1941, NAA

15
    
Dudley Leggett letter to BH Molesworth, 13 June 1942, NAA

16
    
Chester Wilmot letter to the ABC, 29 May 1942, NAA

17
    
Dudley Leggett letter to BH Molesworth, June 1942, NAA

18
    
Dudley Leggett letter to BH Molesworth, 27 July 1942, NAA

19
    
BH Molesworth letter to Dudley Leggett, 3 August 1942, NAA

20
    
Chester Wilmot audio commentary,
Japanese air raid on Townsville
, 29 July 1942, ABC Archives

21
    
Len Edwards, memoir notes, private papers, courtesy of Suzanne Skira

22
    
Dudley Leggett letter to TW Bearup, 2 October 1942, NAA

23
    
John Hinde, interview with Tony Hill, 2004

24
    
John Hinde,
ABC Oral History
, 29 June 1977, ABC Archives

25
    
Haydon Lennard letter to Warren Denning, 10 August 1942, NAA

26
    
Haydon Lennard letter to Frank Dixon, 31 August 1942, NAA

27
    
Haydon Lennard letter to Frank Dixon, 13 October 1942, NAA

28
    
Allan Dawes, Sydney
Daily Telegraph
, 29 July 1942,

29
    
Peter Hemery, INS Aussie notes, 27 July 1942, AWM

30
    
Peter Hemery script,
Air Combat of 28 July 1942
, NAA

31
    
Peter Hemery article, ‘Going to the Movies Up North', 29 August 1942,
ABC Weekly
, AWM

32
    
Peter Hemery letter to AL Holman, 4 July 1942, NAA

33
    
Bill Marien letter to the ABC, 3 July 1942, NAA

34
    
WE Pidgeon war letter, 6 February 1944, wepidegon.com

35
    
Frank Marien quoted in
Remember Smith's Weekly?

36
    
Bill Marien letter to the ABC, 3 July 1942, NAA

37
    
Bill Marien war diaries, 28 August 1942, AWM

38
    
Bill Marien war diaries, 19 August 1942, AWM

39
    
Bill Marien war diaries, 2 September 1942, AWM

40
    
Bill Marien letter to AL Holman, 8 September 1942, NAA

Chapter 7

1
      
Bill Marien script,
Timor No 1
, 31 December 1942, NAA

2
      
Bill Marien war diaries, 7 November 1942, AWM

3
      
Bill Marien script,
Timor No 4
, 1 January 1943, NAA

4
      
Bill Marien war diaries, 11 November 1942, AWM

5
      
Bill Marien Script, Winnie the War Winner, December 1942, NAA

6
      
Bill Marien Script, Winnie the War Winner, December 1942, NAA

7
      
Bill Marien script,
Surrender Notes
, 23 December 1942, NAA

8
      
Bill Marien script,
Timor No 1
, 31 December 1942, NAA

9
      
Bill Marien script,
Timor No 4
, 31 December 1942, NAA

10
    
Bill Marien script,
Timor No 3
, 1 January 1943, NAA

11
    
Bill Marien script,
Timor No 3
, 31 December 1942, NAA

12
    
Bill Marien script,
Timor Skies
, NAA

13
    
Bill Marien script,
Timor No 4
, 31 December 1942, NAA

14
    
Bill Marien war diaries, 23 November 1942, AWM

Chapter 8

1
      
Haydon Lennard letter to Frank Dixon, 14 March 1942, NAA

2
      
Haydon Lennard letter to Frank Dixon, 14 March 1942, NAA

3
      
Frank Dixon memo to TW Bearup, 29 January 1942, NAA

4
      
John Hinde,
ABC Oral History
, 29 June 1977, ABC Archives

5
      
Osmar White,
Green Armour
, Penguin, Australia, 1945, p 46

6
      
Haydon Lennard letter to Frank Dixon, 14 March 1942, NAA

7
      
Draft letter from FR Sinclair to FG Shedden, 14 April 1942, NAA

8
      
FR Sinclair letter to FG Shedden, 24 April 1942, NAA

9
      
Haydon Lennard script,
Battle of Rabaul
, 6 April 1942, NAA

10
    
Haydon Lennard letter to Frank Dixon, 31 March 1942, NAA

11
    
Warren Denning quoted in Frank Dixon memo to acting GM, 14 April 1942, NAA

12
    
Fay Anderson and Richard Trembath,
Witnesses to War
, MUP, 2011, p 183

Chapter 9

1
      
Chester Wilmot script,
Kokoda Front
, 7 September 1942, NAA