244â6, 261, 264, 276, 282, 283, 286, 309, 314
      prisoners of war 292â4
Cecil, Lawrence 7, 10, 27, 29â30, 62, 74, 312, 326â7
      background 31â2
      Bardia 35â41
      character 30, 32, 63
      Greece, in 52â5, 57, 326
      HMAS Perth 63â5
      Middle East, in 33, 34â41, 43, 46â8, 50, 59â60, 63â6, 69â71, 74, 77, 82â4, 85, 88, 111, 326
      Tobruk 43
Celebes 109
censorship
      Middle East 8, 35, 44, 53â4, 61, 66, 67, 77â8, 82
      Pacific war 105, 114, 117, 120, 136â7, 138, 147â8, 202, 233, 242, 256, 265â71, 281
Ceylon 285, 289, 310
Chamberlain, Neville 14, 29
Changi Prison 291â2
Chiang Kai-Shek 285
China 283, 284â5, 289
Chungking (now Chongqing) 284, 285, 328
Clark Field 257
Cleary, WJ 213
Collingwood Bay 329
Colombo Plan 348
Coral Sea 112
      Battle of 113
Corregidor 281
Cosgrave, Father 259
Courtenay, Bill 223
Crete 59, 61, 65, 75, 96, 99, 327
cricket, broadcasting 28, 331
Crosby, Bing 216
Cross, Lieutenant Chuck 238â40
Curtin, John 92, 173, 174
Cyrenaica 48â9, 71
Cyrene 49
Czechoslovakia 17
D-Day 324
Damour 69â70
Darwin 92, 116, 119, 123, 125, 126, 132, 254
      bombing 11, 104â10, 118, 122, 133
Davie, Michael 324
Dawes, Alan 118â19
de la Salle College massacre 258â9
Dead Sea 86
Deamer, Syd 177, 201, 202, 246
Delta 34, 35, 62, 65
dengue fever 8, 226
Deniki 156
Denning, Warren 174, 202, 206, 208, 233, 328
Department of Information 29, 51, 96, 101, 266, 270, 286, 312, 319
deputy assistant directors of public relations (DADPR) 137, 193, 202
Derna 34, 45â8, 50, 65, 81
Derrick, Sergeant Tom âDiverâ 212, 277
Diggers 27, 37â8, 67â8, 71, 121, 168, 198, 215
      behaviour 33â4, 74
      courage of 9, 75, 145, 155, 264, 273
      New Guinea, in 144â6, 154â5, 221â2, 265
      Tobruk, at 71, 73â7, 80
Dili 123, 125, 130
Diller, Colonel 148, 201, 262, 282
Dimbleby, Richard 24â5
disease 8
Dixon, Frank 103, 118, 133, 134, 138, 139, 142, 168, 174, 204, 246, 249, 327
      federal News editor 15, 53, 90â3, 116, 134â5, 201, 202, 232, 233, 299
Dobodura 167, 168, 184, 197
Dodds, Private Charles 315
Donald, Jim 337â8
Drakeford Cole, Patricia see Thompson, Patricia
Driniumor River 244, 246
Duckmanton, Christine 319
Duckmanton, Craig 319
Duckmanton, Florence (nee Simmonds) 319
Duckmanton, Kim 319
Duckmanton, Susan 319
Duckmanton, Talbot 7, 12, 347â8
      background 312â13
      military service 312â13, 347
      Moluccas 318â19
      Morotai 311â19, 348
      post-war 348
      war crimes trials 311â21, 347
Dunckel, Brigadier 257
dysentery 8, 70, 131, 151, 156, 170, 293
Eastick, Brigadier 302, 303
Edward VIII, King 15
Edwards, Chris 345
Edwards, Len 7, 9, 12, 115, 219, 315, 337, 345
      background 115â16
      Borneo 286, 288, 302â3
      character 162
      Japanese surrender (Borneo) 302â3, 342
      Papua and New Guinea 160, 162â5, 167, 168, 170â1, 175, 216â17, 227â9, 231, 242â3, 247, 274â5
      post-war 345
      recording equipment, designing 227â8, 242, 345
      Townsville 141
      Wewak, capturing 275
Edwards, Suzanne 345
Egypt 30, 34, 75, 84,
James Rollins
Ashley Dotson
Laura Susan Johnson
Nina Berry
Bree Bellucci
Estelle Ryan
Stella Wilkinson
Sean Black
Jennifer Juo
Stephen Leather