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© in This Web Service Cambridge University Cambridge University Press 978-1-107-01732-0 - The Hard Slog: Australians in the Bougainville Campaign, 1944–45 Karl James Index More information Index Abbott, Private Adolphus, 77, 79, 279 Atwell, Private Gordon, 167 Adele River, 160, 162, 168, 184 Australian army, 22 AIF and militia First Army, 17–18, 34–7, 111, 252 rivalry, 4, 11, 12–13, 60, 100, I Corps, 11–13, 16–22, 32 181–3 II Corps, 2, 17, 24, 29, 36, 40, 49, Aiken, Captain James, 186 55, 81, 111, 217, 226, 235, 243, Aitape, 17, 25, 26 252, 260, 266, 267–9 Akaeda, Second Lieutenant Hisashi, 3rd Division, 6, 17, 33, 51, 55, 72, 102 108, 160, 179, 193, 219, 249–51, Akinaga, Lieutenant-General 257 Tsutomu, 190, 191, 210, 211, 5th Division, 17 218 6th Division, 5, 11, 17, 22–4, 252, Allan, Sergeant Duncan, 85 273 Allen, Brigadier Arthur, 5 7th Division, 158 Allied Intelligence Bureau, 53, 102, 8th Division, 12, 34, 41 216, 217 9th Division, 12, 22 Ambon, 12, 41 11th Division, 72 American army New Guinea Force, 7, 15, 17, 33 XIV Corps, 29, 31, 55, 266 2/4th Armoured Regiment, 2, 31, Americal Division, 29, 38, 56 149, 199–201, 206–8, 211, 37th Division, 30, 56 220–6, 229–32, 294 93rd Division, 42 2/11th Field Regiment, 223, 233, 64th Infantry Regiment, 56 242 132th Infantry Regiment, 62 2nd Field Regiment, 160, 172, 197, 145th Infantry Regiments, 56 202, 222, 225, 233 148th Infantry Regiment, 56 4th Field Regiment, 62, 81, 101, 182nd Infantry Regiment, 158 119, 125–8, 139, 247 American campaign on Bougainville, U Heavy Battery, 223 25, 30, 62, 155–6 101st Heavy Mortar Company, American Marines 101, 117 3rd Marine Division, 29, 43, 266 2nd Mountain Battery, 107, 117 First Marine Air Wing, 48, 226 3rd Survey Battery, 246 Amun, 114, 115 7th Bomb Disposal Platoon, 232 Anderson, Sub-Lieutenant A.M., 216 3rd Floating Dock, 45 Army Education Service, 50, 261 5th Field Company, 97, 203 Arnott, Major Kenneth, 199, 201, 293 7th Field Company, 233 Arty Hill (Artillery Hill), 64, 68, 80–6, 11th Field Company, 232 92, 98 15th Field Company, 199, 223, Asaba River, 79 232 Asitavi Point, 110 16th Field Company, 97, 128 310 © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-1-107-01732-0 - The Hard Slog: Australians in the Bougainville Campaign, 1944–45 Karl James Index More information INDEX 311 23rd Field Company, 98–9 24th Battalion, 72, 219–25, 232, 42nd Landing Craft Company, 33, 236, 239 40, 122, 129, 143, 274 25th Battalion, 59, 60, 72, 86–95, 13th Small Ships Company, 249, 172, 179, 184–7, 193–212 274 26th Battalion, 86, 95, 96, 99, AV Kalang, 45 119–28, 144–7 2/2nd Independent Company, 119 27th Battalion, 43, 74, 87, 104–7, 2/8th Commando Squadron, 31, 145–9, 151, 262 33, 38, 114, 160, 172, 179, 189, 31st/51st Battalion, 96, 102–3, 192, 213–16 114–19, 125–45, 256 7th Brigade, 31, 33, 38, 56–9, 88, 42nd Battalion, 87, 162–7, 169, 158, 160, 172, 173, 179, 184, 177, 239–42 188, 193–4, 209, 253 47th Battalion, 159–62, 166–9, 11th Brigade, 17, 38, 55, 86–8, 239–43 95–7, 103–4, 108, 114, 127, 55th/53rd Battalion, 52, 96, 143–4, 234–5, 256 99–102, 123–5, 248, 280 15th Brigade, 31, 192, 209, 57th/60th Battalion, 219, 224–6, 219–22, 226–7, 233–5, 239, 249, 235, 239, 245–7, 249 261 58th/59th Battalion, 219–26, 232, 16th Brigade, 5, 100, 220 235, 240 17th Brigade, 5–7, 110, 183 61st Battalion, 1, 46, 59, 60, 79, 20th Brigade, 127 160, 172–7, 179–84, 191, 195–6, 21st Brigade, 41 206, 246, 264, 269 23rd Brigade, 17, 40–5, 55, 75, 87, 1st New Guinea Infantry Battalion, 104–8, 125, 145, 152, 234, 270 26, 31, 45, 74, 96, 159, 192 25th Brigade, 32 Papuan Infantry Battalion, 45, 29th Brigade, 31, 38, 56, 87, 107–10, 215 158–62, 166–72, 192, 219, 229, 2/3rd Pioneer Battalion, 88 234, 238–43 ANGAU, 53–5, 119, 139, 157, 2/3rd Battalion, 96, 97 215–16, 268, 276 2/4th Battalion, 101 6th Mechanical Equipment 2/6th Battalion, 108, 181 Company, 233 2/7th Battalion, 108 4th Base Sub-Area, 38, 49 2/9th Battalion, 74 2/1st Australian General Hospital, 2/10th Battalion, 60 38, 46, 51, 183, 249 2/12th Battalion, 59 106 Casualty Clearing Station, 51 2/13th Battalion, 128, 238 109 Casualty Clearing Station, 51 2/16th Battalion, 41, 275 7th Field Ambulance, 87 2/17th Battalion, 238 11th Field Ambulance, 63 2/27th Battalion, 88 19th Field Ambulance, 128, 142 2/33rd Battalion, 158 Stradbroke, 142 2/43rd Battalion, 239 estimates of Japanese strength, 16, 2/48th Battalion, 220 33, 57, 108 7th Battalion, 43, 75, 87, 107–12, Australian Comforts Fund, 50 281 Australian government 8th Battalion, 43, 74–5, 146–52, Advisory War Council, 17, 26 248 manpower, 9, 15, 19 9th Battalion, 46, 52, 59, 60–9, War Cabinet, 11, 14–15, 17–20, 77–81, 83–6, 172–5, 177–80, 24–8 191, 196, 245, 269, 281 Australian Women’s Army Service, 15th Battalion, 38, 162, 239–43 51 © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-1-107-01732-0 - The Hard Slog: Australians in the Bougainville Campaign, 1944–45 Karl James Index More information 312 INDEX Australians Keopili, 104, 281 attitudes towards Bougainvilleans, Taeta, 157 25, 54, 67, 215 Willi-Silli, 139 attitudes towards Japanese, 67, 85, Bridge, Lieutenant Kenneth, 216 111, 170, 176, 236, 248, 253, Bridgeford, Major-General William, 257, 294 29, 31–3, 55, 76, 80–1, 86, 160, estimates of Japanese strength, 234, 172, 179, 184, 189, 192, 199, 251 209, 220, 222, 260, 268–9, 274 anticipates aggressive campaign, Bahr, Private Eric, 112 33–4, 36–7, 53 Banyan Knoll, 83, 84, 85 relationship with Monaghan, Barara, 179, 184, 191, 192, 195, 196, 166–71 201, 219 relationship with Savige, 171–2, Barges, Private Edwin, 65 234, 238 Barges’ Hill, 67, 96, 98, 99 Bridgman, Private Ronald, 105 Barham, Brigadier Lindley, 34 British Pacific Fleet, 15, 22 Barker, Lance-Sergeant George, 60 HMS Formidable, 261 Barnett, Corporal Graeme, 208 HMS Glory, 253, 261 Base Point 3, 110 HMS Implacable, 261 Bawabu Ridge, 79, 80, 83, 90 Broadbent, Lieutenant-Colonel John, Bean, Charles, 5, 182 238 Bell, Sub-Lieutenant Stanley, 216 Broadhurst, Sergeant Bill, 241 Bennett, Private Richard, 186 Bruce, Captain Wallace, 90–5 Benson, S.E., 9, 48–50, 87 Buin, 3, 72, 104, 108, 113, 125, Berry, Lieutenant-Colonel Bernie, 32, 154–6, 189–91, 213–19, 226, 75, 150 233–5, 237, 251–7, 267 Berry’s Hill, 42, 98, 105, 107 Buin Road, 55, 155, 160, 174, 185, Berryman, Lieutenant-General Frank, 191–3, 212, 219–26, 231, 20, 37, 171–2, 234, 274 234–43, 247, 264 Bice, Private Raymond, 151, 152 Buka, 3, 43, 72, 73, 113–14, 126, Bicks, Major Charles, 181 135, 147, 155, 215, 258 Blamey, Field Marshal Sir Thomas, Buka Island, 56, 73, 113, 146, 234, 40, 121, 171, 234, 268, 271, 257 273 Buka Passage, 73, 113, 121 Badge 80 affair, 10 Burrell, Gunner H., 138 character, 10–11, 27, 32, 143–4 Buritsiotorara, 103 policy for Mandated Territories, Byrne, Lieutenant-Colonel Joe, 163, 14–28, 31, 34–6, 45, 220 170 relationship with Savige, 235 son, Colonel Tom Blamey, 32 Callinan, Lieutenant-Colonel Bernie, Blanch, Major John, 83–5, 86 121, 125 Bonis Peninsula, 108, 114, 121–7, and Porton, 128–9, 144–5 135, 144–6 Cambridge, Captain Rolf, 121 Borneo, 2, 20, 22, 260 cannibalism, 3, 102, 107, 110, 157–8 Brunei Bay, 22 Canungra, Jungle Warfare Training Bougainvilleans School, as carriers, 53, 67, 98, 276 Cape Moltke, 114 as combatants, 121, 156, 216–18 Carlyon, Colonel Norman, 11, 34 as refugees, 55, 215–18 Carter, Corporal William, 90 as scouts and guides, 100, 130, casualties, 266–8 215 Chabai, 143, 145 © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-1-107-01732-0 - The Hard Slog: Australians in the Bougainville Campaign, 1944–45 Karl James Index More information INDEX 313 Chamberlain, Lieutenant Herbert, Duck, Private Ernest, 135 202, 208 Dunkley, Lieutenant-Colonel Harry, Chapman, Group Captain Dixie, 254 108–12, 152, 245 Charlton, Peter, 2, 10 attitude towards Japanese, 111 Chesterton, Lieutenant Joseph, 186, 197–212 Edgar, Bill, 75, 146 Chifley, Ben, 24, 246, 260, 263–4 Egan’s Ridge, 220, 225 relationship with Blamey, 26 El Alamein, 88, 220, 238 Chindawon, 127, 145 Ellis, Sir Albert, 255 Choiseul Island, 73, 216 Ellis, Flying Officer George, 138 Choko Ridge, 62, 63 Emirau Island, 16, 40–3, 75 Clifton-Smith, Captain Geoffrey, 179 Empress Augusta Bay, 46, 72, 155, Coady, Lance-Corporal Norman, 123, 178, 248, 253 248 Erie, 60–3 Coastwatchers, 62, 217 Evans, Lieutenant Bill, 132 Coates, John, 238 Ewen, Private John, 1, 4, 46, 175–7, Commando Road, 160, 213–15, 220, 181, 183, 263–4, 269 224–6, 234, 237 Commo Ridge, 151 Far East Liaison Office, 102, 294 Compton River, 119, 127 Fauro Island, 108, 155, 189 Coombes’s Crossing, 199 Japanese prisoners, 256–7, 264 Cotter, Gunner Ken, 46, 246, 259, Feldt, Commander Eric, 217 261 Field, Brigadier John, 52, 56–61, 70, Court, Lieutenant-Colonel Charles, 86, 88, 95, 158, 171–2, 177–84, 257–8 199, 209, 212, 253–5, 259–60, Courtney, Lieutenant-Colonel J.P., 268, 290 254 relationship with Matthews, 77–81 Cox, Flying Officer Bryan, 138, 229 Fields, Gracie, 56, 248–9 Crawford, Private Walter, 140–1 Fijians, 30, 31 Cremor, Brigadier William, 7 Finlayson, Sergeant Arch, 122 Cullen, Sergeant Edward, 137 Foll, Hattil, 9, 23 Curtin, John, 14–15, 23–4, 26, 28, 34, Fowler, Commander Alexander, 253, 260 254 relationship with MacArthur, 13, Fraser, James, 23–4, 273 19–22 Fry, Major Bill, 196 Darlison, Lieutenant Ronald, 187 Gabel, Captain Charles, 90–3 Darwin, 12, 41 Gailer, Lance-Bombardier Ron, 117 Dawe’s Creek, 223 Gallipoli, 5, 10, 34, 41, 56 Deacon, Lieutenant Jack, 64–9 Galvin, Private Patrick, 89, 184
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