Invasion Rabaul (45 page)

Department of the Army, Office of the Chief of Military History,
History of Imperial General Headquarters, Army Section, Japanese Monograph No. 45
, Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1946.

GP-22-HI (Bomb): 22nd Bombardment Group History, February 1, 1940 to January 31, 1944, Albert F. Simpson Historical Research Center.

SS187/A12–1, Serial 06: War diary of fourth War Patrol, USS Sturgeon, NARA.

Naval Analysis Division.
United States Strategic Bombing Survey (Pacific): The Allied Campaign Against Rabaul
. Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1946.

Correspondence Received by the Author

Cundall, Peter. November 1, 2003; December 17, 2004; May 16, 2005.

Figgis, Peter. August 3, 2003.

Harry, C. O. August 26, 2002.

Harris, Ted. January 5, 2005.

Michno, Gregory. May 14, 2005.

Murphy, John. June 7, 2004.

Wenger, Michael. November 11, 2003.

Author’s Interviews

Figgis, Peter. August 9, 2001.

Harry, C. O. August 7, 2002.

Kollmorgen, Frederic. August 13, 2002.

Johnson, Lorna (Whyte). November 9, 2001.

Miller, C. Daniel. March 26, 2002.

Thurst, Bruce, May 10, 2005.

INDEX

Ackeroyd, Captain John F.,
18
,
41
,
175

Adachi, Major General Hatazo,
213

Adler Bay,
142
,
143
,
170

Allied Intelligence Bureau (AIB),
197
,
226

Ambon,
22
,
56
,
193

Anderson, Marjorie,
258

Angwin, Private Eric A.,
117
,
160

Aplin, Corporal Douglas A.,
178

Appel, Captain, Ernest S. “Pip,”
52
,
76
,
82
,
85
,
106
,
111
,
113
,
133
-136,
163
,
164
,
165
,
167
,
175
,
177

Ascott, Private James A.,
109

Australian Army Nursing Service,
41
,
243
,
244
,
259

Australian War Cabinet,
19
,
20
,
22
,
45
,
46
,
53
,
54
,
56
,
57
,
61
,
70
,
117

Australian War Memorial, Canberra,
262

Australia-New Guinea Administration Unit (ANGAU),
162
,
153
,
175
,
176
,
185
,
191
,
192
,
197

Babuyan Channel,
8
,
9
,
237
,
238

Baining Mountains,
50
,
87
,
106
,
115
,
117
,
128
,
131
,
137
,
142
,
159

Baker, Gladys,
176
,
177

Baker, Private Wilfred J.,
49

Ball, William B. “Bruce,”
130
,
169
–174

Battle of Britain,
19

Battle of the Coral Sea,
225

Bauer, Staff Sergeant Frank B. “Mick,”
153

Beaumont, Flight Lieutenant Ernest V.,
220

Bell, Lincoln J.,
175
,
191

Benham, Gregory N.,
177
,
178

Benson, Warrant Officer Charles R.,
14

Bernstein, Private Harry,
49

Berwick, Gunner Keith M. “Shorty,”
206

Best, Lieutenant Edward W. “Ted,”
18
,
190
,
249

Bignell, Kathleen,
246

Bignell, Private Charles E.,
246

Bishop, Private Andrew B.,
48

Bismarck Archipelago,
20
,
31
(map),
57
,
64
,
66
,
70
,
191
,
216

Bita Paka village,
35
,
86

memorial,
262

Bloomfield, Gunner David W.,
75
,
98
,
113
,
116
,
137
-139,
142
,
143
,
179
,
182
,
188
,
197

Bonegilla,
17
,
18
,
23
,
24

Botham, Captain William G.,
163
,
164
,
189
,
195
,
196

Bovalpun village,
185
,
186

Bowman, Alice,
83
,
88
,
210
,
215
,
216
,
220
,
223
,
226
,
235
,
246
,
255
,
256

Boyan, Lieutenant Reginald H.,
191

Bromley, Sergeant Charles F.,
88

Brookes, Flight Lieutenant Wilfred D.,
57
,
91
,
92

Brown, Reverend George,
32

Bund Hotel,
248
,
249

Burgell, Private Norman J.,
177

Burns, Lieutenant Jack L.,
223

Callaghan, Eileen,
255
,
258

Cameron, Captain Alan G.,
163

Camp O’Donnell,
269

Canberra,
36
,
56
-58,
70
,
90
,
161

Carmichael, Major Richard H.,
219
,
220

Carmichael, Private Merton G.,
109

Carr, Lieutenant Colonel Howard H.,
13
,
42
,
43
,
51
,
52
,
81
,
101
,
111
,
112
,
114
-116,
120
,
130
,
131
,
138
,
167
-170,
174

Carteret, Philip,
32

Caston, Staff Sergeant Stewart C.,
153

Champion, Captain Ivan F.,
187
-189

Chikumi, “Sunshine Sam,” a Japanese army doctor,
213

Chisholm, Captain James W. S.,
253

Citizen Military Forces (CMF),
13

Clark, Chief Warden Robert L. “Nobby,”
59
,
119
,
235

Clark, Major James R. P.,
83

Clissold, Private Thomas B.,
150

Coconut on New Britain,
33
,
34

Collins, Private Wilkie D. “Bill,”
88
,
147
,
149
,
150
,
157
,
158
,
173
,
174
,
176

Connop, Private Thomas R.,
49
,
128

Cook, Private William,
153
-156,
158
,
159
,
182

Cook, Ronald H.,
190

Coote, Philip,
79

Cox, Lance Corporal Bernard E. L.,
14

Crater Peninsula,
83
,
85
,
103

Creed, Private Austin B.,
82
,
114
,
190

Creswick, Alfred,
244
,
245
,
259

Cullen, Mavis,
255

Cundall, Peter,
247
,
268

Curtin, Primer Minister John,
56
,
196

Dampier, William,
30

Dawson, Lieutenant Benjamin G.,
49
,
81
,
87
,
98
,
101
,
102
,
105
,
109
,
145
,
159
,
179
,
191
,
192
,
193

Denny, Captain Keith H. M.,
82
,
86
,
87
,
92

Donaldson, Lieutenant John D. “Geoff,”
121
,
132

Douglas, Writer Thomas I.,
174

Dowse, Private A. Colin,
49
,
187
,
193

Drina plantation,
180
,
182
,
186
,
187

DuBose, First Lieutenant James R.,
220

Dwyer, Rifleman Richard E. P. “Larry,”
169
,
170

Eber Bay,
142
,
143

Edmonds-Wilson, Major James,
46
,
201
,
203
,
205
,
213

Edwards, William E.,
190
,
216

Ellis, Jim,
259

Endo, Lieutenant Yoshio,
227

Evans, Warrant Officer Neale E.,
178

Evatt, Herbert “Doc,”
45
,
56

Evenson, Robert,
244
,
259

Far Eastern Defense Conference,
20

Feldt, Lieutenant Commander Eric A.,
45
,
67
,
131
,
162
,
176
,
177

Fenwick, Captain Francis J.,
258

Ferguson, Sergeant Desmond T. S.,
121

Field, Captain Dudley F. “Fred,”
100
,
103

Figgis, Lieutenant Peter E.,
53
,
54
,
84
,
93
,
106
,
109
,
127
,
130
,
131
,
163
,
168
,
169
,
173
,
174
,
179
,
185
,
189
,
197

Fisher, Dr. Norman,
27
,
55

Fisher, Lieutenant Peter H.,
137
-140,
142

Four Ways,
52
,
82
,
85
,
103
,
114

Francis, Signalman Arthur E.,
171

Fraser, Captain Alexander “Lex,”
217
,
218

Frisbee Ridge,
55
,
76
,
83
,
137
,
139

Fry, Private Albert R. “Bluey,”
40

Fuchida, Commander Mitsuo,
74

Furner, Lieutenant Charles P.,
252

Garnett, Captain William A.,
222

Garrard, Lieutenant Hatsell G. “Glenn,”
49
,
121
,
147
,
156
,
213

Gaskin, Albert,
120

Gazelle Peninsula,
29
,
50
,
59
,
107
,
129
(map),
135
,
164
,
200
,
201
,
213
,
233

General Shipping Transport Headquarters,
233

Geneva Convention,
200
,
205

Gill, Sub-Lieutenant James C. H. “Connel,”
173
,
185

Golpak, a native,
185
,
186

Goodman, Captain Christopher E.,
186

Goss, Mary,
254

Gray, Captain John R.,
140
,
159
,
212
,
213

Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere,
63
,
216

Guam,
65
,
67

Guide to Soldiers in the South Seas,
211

Gullidge, Sergeant William Arthur,
11
,
12
,
15
,
16
,
18
,
23
,
25
,
40
,
50
,
82
,
119
,
199
,
216
-218,
221
,
234
,
262