Voices from the Air (41 page)

      
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

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

      
retaking of 304, 306–10

racism 9

radio

      
Australia, in 6, 13–14

      
governments, and 14

      
1920s 1

      
1930s 1, 13

      
1940s 13

      
talkback 330

Radio Newsreel 35, 63

radio stations

      
2GB 330, 333

      
9PA 222

radiotelephone 9, 20, 63, 206, 209, 329

Ramu Valley 194, 203, 222

Rangoon 283, 289–90

Rasmussen, Brigadier JH 193, 200, 201–2, 267, 269, 271–2

Rayer, Pendil 206

RCA Communications (San Francisco) 261

Reber, Grote 345

recordings 20, 28, 30, 35, 44, 46, 65, 71, 81, 83, 87, 94, 109, 116, 121, 122, 185, 186, 188, 199, 210, 216, 219, 231, 237, 247, 276, 278–9, 301, 302, 303, 314, 315–16, 326, 337, 343, 345

      
actuality 7, 22, 24, 26, 77, 107

      
air raid sounds 78–81, 109, 114, 227, 274

      
equipment 8, 9, 26, 36, 38–9, 50, 52, 55, 57, 64, 77–8, 80, 84, 107–8, 141, 142, 143, 160, 161, 168, 177, 210, 216, 227–9, 242–3, 272, 275, 277–80, 301, 315–16

      
interviews 7–9, 24, 26, 62, 65, 68, 70, 83, 111, 119–21, 142, 159, 160, 162, 168, 170, 199, 225, 274, 275, 288, 289, 301, 315–17, 330, 342, 344, 346

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

      
sounds of battle 9, 24–5, 77, 80–2, 114, 231, 274

      
technical issues/problems 55, 57, 62–3, 64–5, 77, 80, 162, 210, 261, 341

      
technicians
see
technicians

Reichs-Rundfunk-Gesellschaft (RRG) 22

Repatriation of Prisoners of War and Internees (RAPWI) 295

Retreat from Kokoda
336–7

Rippon Ridge 278

Robertson, Jack 71

Romulo, Carlos P 17, 90

Roosevelt, Franklin 14

Rose, Captain Bob 194

Ross Creek 112

Rowell, General 147, 148, 150

Royal Air Force (RAF) 6, 42, 84

      
carrying recordings 44, 46

Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) 105, 106, 107, 112, 135, 228, 280 313, 329, 348

Russo, Peter 16

Sagarak 194

Saidor 222, 242

Saigon 339

‘St Percy's School for Young Gentlemen' 178

Salamaua 173, 177–85, 190, 203

Salankaua Plantation 196

Salient (Tobruk) 75–7, 81

Salonika 55, 96

Samarinda 288

Sanana Island 318

Sanananda 140, 158, 159, 161, 169, 171, 205

Sandakan death marches 344

Santo Tomas 284

Sarawak 109

Sarawak River 302

Sattelberg Mountain 195, 196, 202, 211, 212–15, 242, 277

scabies 293

Second World War

      
correspondents
see
war correspondents

      
start of 19

Shaggy Ridge 219, 227

Shanghai 16

Shaw, George Bernard 14

shortwave radio 9, 20, 53, 91, 96, 118, 198, 209, 237, 247, 256, 284, 285, 301, 328

Sidi Barrani 34, 36

Sidon 66–7

Silem, Bert 284

Silk, George 58, 171

Simmonds, Florence
see
Duckmanton, Florence

Simpson, Claire 240

Simpson, Fred 7, 11, 201, 317, 329, 342–3

      
background 210–11

      
Balikpapan 286–8

      
Borneo 286–8, 302–3

      
character 240

      
death 343

      
death of Elliott 287

      
illness 213, 222, 272

      
Japanese surrender (Borneo) 302–3, 342

      
Korean War 343

      
military service 211

      
New Guinea 209–17, 227, 240–3, 247, 272–5

      
post-war 343

      
Wewak, capturing 272–5

Simpson, Thelma 210

Singapore 17, 90, 103, 283, 328

      
ABC bureau 322

      
fall of 10, 60, 94–5, 97–102, 105, 109, 133, 295, 327–8

      
liberation of 10, 289, 290–1, 339

Sio 222, 242

Slessor, Kenneth 58, 254, 337–8

Smith, Bill 286–8

Sollum 34, 37, 46, 65

Solomon Islands 217, 237, 239, 264

sources of information 9

South East Asia 10, 289

South East Asia Command (SEAC) 285, 289

Sparrow Force 126, 127, 131

Spender, Percy 38

SS
Vyner Brooke
295, 297–8

Stalking the Jap
242

Starlight and Serenades
348

Stein, Guenther 17

Stokes, Evie 328

Stokes, Henry 7, 11, 60, 107, 327–8

      
background 95–6

      
death 328

      
post-war 328

      
Singapore, fall of 96–103, 327–8

Stokes, Jonathan 328

Stokes, Meredith 328

The Struggle for Europe
324

Sturdee, Lieutenant General 306

Suez 30

Suez Canal 30

Sulawesi 320

Sumatra 294, 295, 297

Sunda Strait 89

surgery, front line 191

Surigao Strait 251

Sydney 92

      
Japanese submarines in 109, 233, 342

      
Japanese surrender, news of 313–14

Syria 65, 71, 77, 82

Tacloban 250–1, 255

Tambu Bay 182

Tanah Merah Bay 230–2

Tarakan 276–9, 282

Taves, Brydon 206

technical issues/problems 55, 57, 62–3, 64–5, 77, 80, 162, 210

technicians 7, 8, 9, 12, 107, 115, 344

technology 9–10, 13, 20, 344, 345

      
mobile 21–6

Tel Aviv 31

telegrams 9, 237

telegraph 13, 20, 212

Templeton's Crossing 153

Ternate 316–17, 318

Thai-Burma Railway 292–4

Thermopylae 57, 58

Thomas, Major 316

Thompson, Jack 346

Thompson, John 7, 12, 346–7

      
background 305–6

      
character 305–6

      
death 347

      
Indonesia 310, 339, 346, 347

      
military service 305

      
poetry 306, 346, 347

      
post-war 346–7

      
Rabaul 309–10