Voices from the Air by Tony Hill Page A

Imperial Force (AIF) 25, 88, 125, 292
    Â Â Â Â Â Â  2/1st Battalion 287
    Â Â Â Â Â Â  2/5th Battalion 184
    Â Â Â Â Â Â  2/6th Battalion 184
    Â Â Â Â Â Â  2/11th Battalion 267
    Â Â Â Â Â Â  2/22rd Battalion 309
    Â Â Â Â Â Â  2/33rd Battalion 187
    Â Â Â Â Â Â  2/40th Battalion 126
    Â Â Â Â Â Â  2/48th Battalion 72, 212, 218–19, 276–7
    Â Â Â Â Â Â  6th Division 34, 40, 52, 71, 266
    Â Â Â Â Â Â  7th Division 72, 186, 191, 192, 196, 224, 285
    Â Â Â Â Â Â  8th Division 98, 341
    Â Â Â Â Â Â  9th Division 72, 186, 192, 195, 196, 203, 212, 220, 221, 224, 280, 281, 302
    Â Â Â Â Â Â  16th Brigade 35, 155
    Â Â Â Â Â Â  21st Brigade 65
    Â Â Â Â Â Â  25th Battalion 192
    Â Â Â Â Â Â  25th Brigade 151, 153
    Â Â Â Â Â Â  39th Battalion 162
    Â Â Â Â Â Â  Maroubra Force 143, 144, 146
    Â Â Â Â Â Â  New Guinea Force 142, 147–8
    Â Â Â Â Â Â  Sparrow Force 126, 127, 131
    Australian Light Horse 6
    Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) 344
    Austria, annexation of 17, 28
    Awasi, Captain 320

    Bagnall, Frank 101, 223–4
    Balikpapan 12, 276, 282–3, 285–8, 337, 338
    Ball, William Macmahon ‘Mac’ 51
    Bamban River 257
    Bandung 96
    Bangkok 339
    Banka Island 297
    Banka Straits 102
    Barce 49
    Bardia 5, 34, 35–41, 50, 51
    Barry, Peter see Hemery, Peter
    Barstow, Lieutenant General 98, 100
    Bataan 281
    Batavia 96, 98, 101, 102–3, 339, 346
    Bathurst Island 126
    Beam Wireless service 20, 261
    Bearup, TW 25, 91, 95, 111, 139, 158
    Beda Fomm 45, 49, 51
    Beersheba 6
    Beirut 66, 69
    Beit Jirja 30, 31
    Benghazi 34, 47, 48–51, 65, 85
    Bennett, Major General Gordon 94, 98–9, 100, 341
    Beri Beri 294
    Betano 126
    Birdum 108
    Bismarck Archipelago 236
    Bismarck Sea 222
    Blackwater Fever 293
    Blamey, General 31, 38, 61, 83, 111, 172, 173, 174, 202, 266, 277, 301, 319
    Â Â Â Â Â Â  Wilmot, conflict with 147–51, 323
    Blitz 19
    Boisi 179, 181, 182, 183, 184
    bombers see also military aircraft
    Â Â Â Â Â Â  Allied 42, 119, 123, 124, 126, 152, 172, 184, 186, 187, 205, 210, 234, 235, 243, 283, 306, 324, 329
    Â Â Â Â Â Â  German 58, 72, 79
    Â Â Â Â Â Â  Italian 37
    Â Â Â Â Â Â  Japanese 119, 132, 179, 182, 185, 188, 192, 205, 250, 284, 290, 307
    Borneo 11, 12, 94, 109, 263, 276–88
    Â Â Â Â Â Â  Japanese surrender 302–3, 342
    Bottomley, Cliff 101, 171
    Bougainville 217, 237–8, 263–5
    Boyle, RJ 7, 10, 27, 32, 33, 47, 85, 88
    Brigade Hill 152
    Brisbane 92, 110, 111, 112, 116, 141, 172, 173, 204, 233
    British Broadcasting Commission (BBC) 10, 14, 20, 35, 52–3, 227
    Â Â Â Â Â Â  Christmas 1953 broadcast 325
    Â Â Â Â Â Â  Mobile Recording Branch 22
    Â Â Â Â Â Â  Radio Newsreel program 25
    Â Â Â Â Â Â  war correspondents 24–5, 62–3, 75, 90–1, 185, 188, 289, 324
    British Official Wireless Service 20, 90
    broadcasters
    Â Â Â Â Â Â  journalists, distinguished 6, 43–4, 107, 121–2, 135, 305
    Broome 106
    Brown, Dickson 126, 127
    Brown, Flying Officer 296, 298
    Brunei Bay 279, 285
    Buka Island 239
    Bukit Timah 99
    Bullwinkel, Sister Vivian 298
    Bumi River 195, 197
    Buna 140, 158–65, 167, 168, 169, 171, 188, 205
    Burma 289
    Â Â Â Â Â Â  Thai-Burma Railway 292–4
    Busu 189
    by-lines 139

    cables 9, 20, 24, 62, 96, 102–3, 141, 206
    Cairo 34, 35, 44, 50, 51, 61–2, 65, 67, 82, 85, 96
    Calvin, Ensign Joe 176
    Canberra 92
    Cape Gloucester 203, 206, 217
    Carty, Bill 182
    Castle Hill 112
    casualties
    Â Â Â Â Â Â  Middle East 40, 66, 68, 83, 88
    Â Â Â Â Â Â  Pacific war 97, 106, 140, 152, 153, 155, 169, 171, 183, 184, 187, 188, 192, 195, 220, 224, 236,