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Abassia 31
Abukuma 312
Adachi, General 322
Afghanistan 119, 120
The Age 208
AIF see 1st AIF; 2nd AIF
Aire-sur-la-Lys 56
Akagi 312
Albert 59, 62, 63
Alexandria 122, 248, 271, 279
Allen, Major General Arthur ‘Tubby’ 239, 240, 249, 253, 256, 258, 286, 294–6, 298, 299, 304, 318, 321, 324
Allenby, General Edmund 84, 100
Amariya Camp 248, 269
Ambon 308, 333
Amiens 59, 171, 188
Anderson, Miss Gertie 211
The Argus 208
Argyle, Dr Stanley 208
Armenia 119, 143
Arques 102
Arras, Battle of 84–5, 100
Assyria 143
Australian Command and Staff Course 231
Australian Defence Force
funding cuts 186–7, 213, 217
leadership 220–11, 231–5
regulars versus militia 213, 223–5
Australian Imperial Force see 1st AIF; 2nd AIF
Australian Labor Party 20, 218
Australian Light Horse 11, 34, 36, 195, 202, 224
Australian War Memorial 351
Austria 19–20, 231
Azerbaijan-Tehran road 131, 133
Baghdad 124, 131, 133, 143, 144, 172
Bagnell, Miss 349
Baku 133
Ballarat 184
Balnarring 201
Bardia, Battle of 248–9, 251–6, 258, 304, 323
Basra 120, 122–4, 304
Batavia (Jakarta) 305
Battle of Britain 272
Bean, C.E.W. 45, 71, 98–9, 100, 122
Beda Fomm 265
Beirut 294–5, 299
Beit Jirja 245
Belgium 76–9, 102, 111, 114, 175, 177, 214, 224, 246, 275
Benghazi 265, 269
Bennett, Major General Gordon 224, 306, 324, 339
Bentwitch, Lizette 197
Berlin-Baghdad railway 120
Berryman, Major General Frank H. 240, 241, 260, 263–4, 267, 328, 342
Savige, relationship with 249, 253–4, 255, 256, 259, 260, 298, 304, 323, 332, 342
Bethlehem 245
Bijah 133, 134, 139–44, 145, 146, 170
Birdwood, Lieutenant General 41, 43, 50–1, 68, 71–2, 109, 112, 238–9
Blamey, Field Marshal Thomas 217, 219, 221, 223, 231, 239–40, 271, 281, 286, 294, 308, 316–18, 321–2, 328, 332, 334, 338–43, 345, 346
brothel scandal 206–9, 227, 322
Chief Commissioner of Victorian Police 201, 204, 206–9, 226–30
commander in chief appointment 232–5
death 349
political intrigues 202, 203, 215
Savige’s friendship with 201–2, 205–6, 207, 209, 214, 229–30, 233–4, 237–8, 269, 273–6, 303–4, 322–5, 335–6, 347, 349
shooting scandal 226–30
Boer War 11, 21, 58, 62
Bolshevik Revolution 103, 119, 144, 178, 198
Bombay 172
Bonegilla 317
Borneo 345
Bougainville Island 317, 340, 343, 346
Bralos 282, 283
Bridgeford, Lieutenant General Bill 342
Bridges, Lieutenant Colonel Edgar 144, 145, 146–7, 163, 168
Bridges, Major General William 35, 63
Brisbane 318–19, 321, 338
Britain 20, 26
British High Command (World War I) 50–1, 61, 120
Broadmeadows 25
Broodseinde, Battle of 103–7, 108, 109, 111
Brophy, John 226–8
Brophy, Sergeant 159–60
Brunton, William 190–1
Buin 341, 343, 345
Buka Island 340
Bulgaria 270
Bullecourt
First Battle of 84–7
Second Battle of 88–9, 90–101, 103, 121, 181
Bulolo 325
Buna-Sanananda, Battle of 326, 337
Burma (Myanmar) 304, 311, 314, 315, 316, 345
Burmese-Thai railway 321
‘The Butchers of the Somme’ 101
Cairo 27–8, 48, 49–50, 247
Haret el Wassir (‘The Wozzer’) 28
Calcutta 304
Calcutta 287
Canberra 218
Casey, Dick 235
Caspian Sea 131, 133, 134
Central War Gratuity Board 348
Chamberlain, Neville 232
Changi Prison 312, 315, 318
Chauvel, General Sir Harry 51, 202, 215, 220–1, 224, 239, 294
Chiang Kai Shek 222
Chikuma 312
China 222, 311, 345
Churchill, Winston 120, 246–7, 270, 272, 293, 314–15, 321, 338
City of London 287, 288–9
Clowes, Lieutenant General Cyril 304, 306, 321–2
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) 269
Companion of the Order of the Bath 335
Cook, Alfred 351
Cook, Joseph 20
Coral Sea, Battle of 319, 320
Costa Rica 286–9, 290
Crawley-Boevey, Captain E. 144
Crete 290, 293
Ctesiphon 124
Curtin, Prime Minister John 15, 20, 306, 314–15, 317, 337, 338, 339, 340
Czechoslovakia 234
Damascus 294
Damour, Battle of 295–9
17th Brigade casualties 298
Damour River 294, 297
Darwin 305, 308, 338
Japanese attack on 312–14
Defender 286–7, 289, 290
Delville Wood 80
Dentz, General Henri 293, 299–300
Derna 260–1, 265
Desert Mounted Corps 215
Dili 313
Dilwarra 287
Distinguished Service Order (DSO) 171, 224
Doolan, Frank 200
Dorman, Reverend 14
Dunkirk 246, 290
Dunlop, Lieutenant Colonel Edward ‘Weary’ 315
Dunstan, Premier Albert 227
Dunsterforce 120–72, 181, 188–9, 221
Assyrians and Armenians 147–9
refugees, assistance to 144, 148–69
Savige’s compassion 140–2
Dunsterville, Major General Lionel ‘Stalky’ 120, 122, 131, 132–3, 143, 147, 221–2
Duntroon 213, 217, 221, 223, 224–5, 239, 241
Dutch East Indies (Indonesia) 308, 311
Egypt 26, 27–8, 48–51, 248, 286
El Agheila 266
Elliott, Brigadier General Pompey 61, 191, 192–4
Ellwood, Captain 90
Emperor Hirohito 320, 344–5
Estonia 236
Eureka Stockade 190
Euripides 26–7
Farr, Colonel Walker 209
Fiji 319
Finland 236
1st AIF
I Anzac Corps 51, 62, 103
II Anzac Corps 51
Anzac Mounted Division 51
8th Battalion 217
12th Battalion 79
13th Battalion 74
14th Battalion 217
21st Battalion 75–6
22nd Battalion 75, 91–2, 94
23rd Battalion 29, 37, 42–3
24th Battalion see 24th Battalion
37th Battalion 217
1st Brigade 97–8
5th Brigade 66–7, 70, 91, 92
6th Brigade 58–9, 63, 66–7, 69–71, 75–6, 80, 83, 86, 89, 91–101, 121 see also 24th Battalion
7th Brigade 66, 70, 93, 95
15th Brigade 61
1st Division 50, 59, 62, 63, 75, 76, 99, 103
2nd Division 50, 66, 69, 71, 75, 76, 86, 103, 106, 110
3rd Division 76, 81, 103, 105, 110–11, 171
4th Division 71, 74, 75, 76, 85
5th Division 76, 99
casualties 33, 34, 44, 58, 61, 63, 66, 70, 75, 76, 94, 100, 111, 176
‘The Dinkums’ 33
Egypt, in 28, 48–9
fitness training 29
Gallipoli see Gallipoli
gambling 49
Pioneer Battalion 94–5
prostitutes 28, 48–9
numbers 76
Fisher, Prime Minister Andrew 20
Fletcher, Harry 42, 177
Fleurbaix 56, 62, 74
Fort Eluet 261
14th (King’s) Hussars 144
4th Army (British) 59, 62
France 20, 21, 246
Vichy France see Vichy French forces
Western Front see Western Front
Francisco River 327, 330, 334
Franz Ferdinand, Archduke 19
French Indochina (Vietnam) 311, 345
Freud, Sigmund 88
Fromelles 57
Battle of 60–1
Fuchida, Captain Mitsuo 312
Funk, Dr and Mrs 172
Gallipoli 3–10, 22, 26, 29–30, 31–47, 58, 63, 103, 106, 176, 181
Anzac Cove 3–4, 30, 32, 45
Baby 700 5, 7, 39
Cape Hellas 46
conditions 41–2
enemy snipers 35, 39
Lone Pine 3, 9, 37, 42–3, 45, 46
Monash Valley 34–5, 37, 167
The Nek 34, 74, 224
North Beach 41, 45, 47
Rest Gully 34, 46
Russell’s Top 34, 46
Sniper’s Ridge 3–4, 9, 39, 96, 176, 233, 330
The Sphinx 34, 41
withdrawal from 43–7
Galloway, Brigadier 275
Garrett, Colonel Alwyn Ragnar 276, 278–9, 343
Geelong 184, 185
Gellert, Leon 36
Songs of a Campaign 36–7
Gellibrand, Major General John 58, 65, 69–70, 77, 79, 83, 86–7, 92–3, 97, 98–9, 121, 171, 188–90, 201, 216, 225, 231, 232–4, 235, 239, 295
German Army (World War I) 61
27th Battalion 97
1st Guard Reserve Division 73
4th Guard Reserve Division 73
26th Württemberg Division 73
212th Regiment 105
tactics 105
German Army (World War II) 266 see also Luftwaffe
Afrika Corps 269
blitzkrieg 271
Germany 20, 21, 26, 119–20, 186, 198, 214, 223, 225, 236
Giovanni Berta 261, 263, 264
Godfrey, Tommy 177
Godley, Lieutenant General 106
Gona 337
Goodview 333
Gorman, Eugene 229
Gough, Lieutenant General Hubert 62–3, 66, 68–9, 70, 77, 84–5, 101, 105, 109
Grace, Lieutenant 36
Gravenstafel Ridge 105
Great Depression 215–16
Greece 265, 269, 270–85
Allied evacuation 285–90
casualties 284
Luftwaffe 271–3, 278–84, 287–9
refugees 280–2
Greek Military Cross 291
Grieve, Robert 217
Grimwade, Major General Harold 203, 219
Guppy, Sergeant A.L. 46
Haig, Field Marshal Douglas 59, 61, 62, 63, 68, 70, 77, 100–1, 103, 105, 107, 108–11, 119
Hamadan 125, 131, 134, 143, 147, 171, 172
Harriott, George 177
Harvey, Sergeant W.J. 98
Red and White Diamond 98
Hedderman, Sergeant ‘Smoky’ 331
Hendecourt 85
Hereward 287
Hero 287
Herring, Major General Edmund 253, 324, 328, 329–30, 334, 336, 338
Hetherington, John 229
Hiei 312
Hindenburg Line 84, 90, 92, 93
Hiroshima 343–4
Hiryu 312
Hitler, Adolf 198, 214–15, 223, 225, 231, 232, 234, 236, 246, 270, 271, 283
HMAS Perth 315
HMS Grafton 45–6
Hobart 188, 190
Hobart Remembrance Club 189–90
Hong Kong 223, 311
Honshu 344
Hughes, Prime Minister Billy 75, 197
Huon Gulf 326, 335
Ikingi Maryut Camp 248
Imperial General Staff 122
India 119–20, 219
Indian Mule Cart Corps 45
Ingram, George 217
Iran see Persia
Iraq 50, 143, 292
Ismailia 48
Italian Army 248, 265, 270
Italy 122, 198, 199, 270
Jacka, Albert 217
James, Captain W.E. 27
Japan 186, 187, 213, 222–3, 304, 306, 308, 310–44
15th Army 315
atomic bombs 344
attack on Darwin 312–14
Navy 319–321
Operation SR 316–17
POWs, treatment of 308–9, 345
surrender 344–5
Java 305, 315
Jerusalem 245, 300
Johnston, Brigadier General George 191, 192
Johnston, Captain Bill 79, 80, 82–3
Joynt, Donovan 217
Kaga 312
Kaiser Wilhelm II 72
Kalabaka 274, 275, 280, 287
Kalamata 286
Kanda, Lieutenant General Masatane 346
Kantara 245
Kara Kand 155–6, 160
Karachi 304
Kasi-i-Sherin 124
Kasvin 133, 134
Kenney, General 333
Kermanshah 129
King Cyrus 124
King Edward VIII 51
King George V 61, 71–2, 81, 107
King George VI 349
King, Lieutenant Colonel Roy 265, 297
Kipling, Rudyard 120
Stalky & Co 120
Kirishima 312
Kitchener, Field Marshal Lord 41, 43
Kokoda, Battle of 326, 337
Kokoda Track 321–2, 337
Kokura 344
Komiatum Spur 331–2, 333
Korea 311
Korumburra 11, 15
Korumburra State School 12
Korumburra Times 14
Kuchin Khan 133–4
Kurds 130–1, 133, 143, 148, 150, 152, 155–7, 161, 166–7, 169–70
Kut 124
Lababia Ridge 326
Lae 328, 329, 333, 334, 335
Lake Urmia 133, 139, 143, 144, 146, 147 see also Urmia
Larissa 273–5, 277, 280
Latvia 236
Lavarack, Major General John Dudley 241, 294–5, 339
Laver, Major 334
Lawrence, T.E. 123
Lawson, Premier Harry 192
League of National Security (LNS) 203
Lebanon 292, 295, 299
Legacy 190, 199, 200–1, 210–212, 238, 241, 308, 348, 349
Legge, Major General James 66, 68–70
Lemnos 29, 31, 47, 122
Lexington 317
Libya 257, 260
Libyan Campaign
First 248–65
Second 269, 271
Lithuania 236
‘Little Boy’ atomic bomb 344
Lloyd George, David 61, 100
Lloyd, Lieutenant John 97, 98
Long, Gavin 254, 284
Ludendorff, General 105
Luftwaffe 267–8, 271–3, 278–84, 287–9
Lustreforce 274, 275–7
Luxton, Sir Harold 218
Lyons, Prime Minister Joseph 232, 235, 237
MacArthur, General Douglas 317, 324, 328, 329, 335, 339–41
McCay, Major General James Whiteside 191, 194, 198
Macindoe, Hugh 228–9, 233
Mackay, Major General Iven 241, 249, 255–6, 257, 260, 267, 280–1, 286
McKie, Reverend Dr J.D. 351
Maclellan and Co (The Big Store) 16, 183
Maclellan, John 16, 183
McMillan, Quartermaster Sergeant Bill 289
cat Ooboo 289–90
Malaya 304, 306, 311, 316, 345
Malta 9
Manchuria 222, 318
Mao Tse Tung 222
Marseilles 55
Maxfield, Captain Gordon 71, 92, 93, 94–5
Melbourne 11, 15–16, 22, 25, 175, 180, 189
Athenaeum Club 230
Naval and Military Club 205, 206, 207, 229, 237
Williamstown Rifle Range 233
Melbourne Club 205
Melbourne Continuation School 13
Melbourne Cup 1923 196, 197
Melbourne police strike 1923 190–6, 198
Citizen’s Protection Committee 191, 192
volunteer force 193–5
Melbourne University 89, 192, 202
Menzies, Prime Minister Robert 235, 236, 240, 241, 294, 349
Merdjayoun 294, 295
Mersa Matruh 271
Messines Ridge 102–3
Miandoab 156
Midway, Battle of 320–1
casualties 320
Mikuma 320
Military Board 217, 237
Military Cross 99, 171
Milne Bay, Battle of 321–2, 326, 337
Monash, General Sir John 21, 51, 61, 76, 81, 171, 186, 188–9, 201, 215, 216, 217, 221, 232, 235, 239, 249–50, 349
amateur psychologist 88
atheism 89
death 220
Melbourne police strike 1923 191–6
military success 102–3, 105–7, 108–12, 188, 225
opposition to extremism 218–19
public popularity 197–9, 202–4
Monastir Gap 273
Montbrehain 177
Moody, Private 279–80, 287, 288, 289
dog Horrie 278–9, 287, 289–90
Moore, Major 144
Moran & Cato 349
Morshead, Lieutenant General Leslie 239, 240, 339
Morwell 11, 352
Moten, Brigadier Murray 325
Mount Tambu 333
Mouquet Farm 66, 71, 72, 73–6, 181
trenches 74–5
Mubo 316, 326, 329, 333
Munich Agreement 232, 236
Murdoch, Keith 75
Murphy, Sergeant Bernard Francis 160–2
Murray, Lieutenant Colonel Harry 74–5, 120
Murray, Major General John 304, 306
Mussolini, Benito 198, 215, 246
Nagasaki 344
Nagumo, Vice Admiral Chūichi 312
Nassau Bay 326, 327, 333
Nationalist Party 217–18
New Britain 316
New Caledonia 319
New Delhi 219
New Guinea 21, 308, 311, 319, 321–37, 339, 345
Japanese Operation SR 316–17
Salamaua-Lae area 316–17
Wau-Salamaua campaign 322–35
New Guinea Volunteer Rifles 316
New Zealand Division 103, 111
Nicholson, Police Commissioner Alexander 192
Nicol, Captain R.K. 144, 159, 160, 161–2
Nile 122
Nivelle, General Robert 100
Northumberland Fusiliers 257–8
Operation Exporter 293
Palestine 245, 294, 295
Papua 316, 321, 326, 335, 337, 339, 345
Paris 56, 61, 171, 246
Paris Protocols 292–3
Passchendaele 103, 108–12, 121, 181
Paterson, Banjo 11
Paterson, Laing & Bruce 184
Paton, Lieutenant Colonel John 47
Pearl Harbor 304, 312
Percival, Lieutenant General Arthur 310–11
Persia (Iran) 119, 125–43
famine 133, 140
Persian Gulf 122–3
Petros, General Agha 144–50, 154, 159, 166, 167, 169–70
Philippines 311, 339–40, 345
Pinios River 277, 281
Piraeus 273, 280
Plumer, General Herbert 109
Poland 236
Polygon Wood 103
Poperinghe 78
Port Moresby 316–17, 319, 321–2, 328, 329, 335, 338
Port Said 27
Potsdam Declaration 344
Potts, Major Arnold 342
Pozières 80, 84
Battle of 59, 60–76, 99, 103, 121, 181
Mouquet Farm see Mouquet Farm
tactics 66, 68, 70
Prahran Senior Cadets 15, 20
Price, Lisa 352
Princip, Gavrilo 19
Quetta 201
Rabaul 308, 311, 316, 333
Rangoon 304, 305, 315
Rawlinson, Lieutenant General Henry 59, 61, 62, 77, 101
Reid, Captain 144
Returned Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Woollen and Worsted Mill Co-operative 185, 241, 348
Richards, Padre 313
River Tigris 124
Robertson, Lieutenant Colonel Horace 240, 255–6, 259, 267, 339
animosity to Savige 224, 256, 260–5
Robertson, Sir William 122
Robinson, Sir Arthur 192
Rommel, General Ernst 269
Roosevelt, President 314, 338
Rotary Club 189
Rowell, Lieutenant General
Sydney 240, 266, 267, 275, 324
Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) 316–17, 329, 337
32 Squadron 316
Rule, Ted 63
Russell, Major General Andrew Hamilton 111
Russia 20, 119–20, 135–6, 198, 236, 270
Saidor 337
Sain Kala (Shahin Dezh) 144, 145, 146, 147–8, 166, 167, 168
Salamaua 316, 317, 322, 324, 326, 327–9, 332, 333–5
Salum 248
Samoa 319
Savige, Ann 12, 14–15, 20, 23–4
Savige, Gwendolyn Lesley 183, 201, 211, 212, 237, 241, 349, 350
Savige, Lady Lilian (née Stockton) 17, 20, 75, 178–84, 192, 197, 199–201, 208, 213, 218, 237, 306
coronation of Queen Elizabeth II 349–50
death 350
defamation case 221–2
depression 211–12, 237, 241
faith 18–19, 184, 241–2, 350
letters from Savige 28, 30, 38, 56–7, 79, 82, 103, 113–15, 123, 124, 126, 281
letters to Savige 49–50, 57, 83
marriage 180–4
support for Savige 21–2, 24
Savige, Samuel 12, 14–15, 20, 23–4, 27
Savige, Sir Stan
adoption of sister’s children 199, 212
army training 25–6, 29, 124
Australian-Assyrian tribute 352
between wars 180–235
Blamey, relationship with see Blamey, Field Marshal Thomas
bushman skills 5, 9, 10, 13, 15, 32
character 4, 6, 29, 40, 140–2, 177, 200–1, 209–11, 216, 247, 248–9, 255, 281–4, 298, 307–8, 324–6, 330
Commander of II Corps 338–9, 340–3
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) 269
Companion of the Order of the Bath 335
daughter 183
death 351
defamation suit 221–2
demobilisation role 348
Distinguished Service Order (DSO) 171
Dunsterforce see Dunsterforce
early employment 13–14, 16
education 3–4, 12–14
Egypt 27, 49–50
enlistment 23–4
Federal Parliament bid 217–18
funeral 351
Gallipoli, in 3–10, 31–47, 224
gas effects 79, 82–3, 113
Greek Military Cross 291
horse bite 212–13
junior cadet 11–12
Legacy work 190, 199, 200–1, 210–212, 238, 241, 308, 348, 349
letters from 28, 30, 38, 56–7, 75–7, 79, 82, 103, 113–15, 123, 124, 126, 245, 281
malaria 170, 171–2, 335
marksmanship 3, 6, 9, 25, 29, 35, 128
marriage 180
Melbourne police strike 1923 and 191–6
mentioned in despatches 99, 112
Military Cross 99, 171
militia 183, 188, 199, 214, 216–17, 222–3, 231
militia recruitment 304, 307–8, 311–12
New Guinea 323–35
political-activist parents 14–15, 16
political views 199
postwar employment 184–6, 348
post-World War I 175–82
ranks and promotions 3, 25, 26, 39, 41, 57, 58, 112, 214, 223, 231, 306
reconnaissance and intelligence-gathering 58–9, 65, 83, 86–7, 91, 110
religious faith 6, 10, 15–16, 18–19, 22, 30, 36, 40, 42, 65, 77, 82, 88–9, 104, 113–14, 121, 175–8, 182, 184, 211–12, 241–2, 245–6, 284, 351
siblings 12
sniper, as 4–10, 35–7, 39, 40–1, 96, 156, 176–7
Stalky’s Forlorn Hope 189
training recruits 307–8, 318
war, effects on 176–82, 185, 347–8
Western Front 55–115, 181
working-class background 10, 11–17
World War II 238–303
Scullin, Prime Minister James 219
2nd AIF 232
6th Battalion 330–1
11th Brigade 340
15th Brigade 239, 240, 247
16th Brigade 239, 240, 247, 248, 249, 251, 253, 258, 271, 273
17th Brigade 238, 240, 245–82, 294, 295–9, 307, 325
18th Brigade 247, 248
19th Brigade 255, 256, 257, 258, 259, 260–1, 263, 265, 271, 273
21st Brigade 295–8
23rd Brigade 340, 342
I Corps 322, 328, 338–9, 340
II Corps 322, 340
1st Division 321
2nd Division 240
3rd Division 307, 311–12, 318, 321, 323–6, 340
6th Division 237–8, 240, 241, 248, 251–2, 257, 259, 265, 271, 272, 286–7, 294, 307, 314–15, 318, 322
7th Division 241, 271, 293, 294–5, 314–15, 318–19, 321, 327
8th Division 304, 306, 308, 312, 314, 315, 321
9th Division 271, 314, 328
D Force POWs 315
‘Gull Force’ 308
Kanga Force 325
regulars versus militia 239–41, 247, 254–6
Serbia 19–20
Shah of Persia 132, 136
Shedd, Dr John Haskell 148
Shedd, Dr William Ambrose 148–50, 153–4, 166, 167–8, 177
wife 152–3, 166, 167, 168, 177
Shedden, Frederick 235
Shepherd, Sergeant Ted 42, 177
Sidi Barrani 248
Sidi Saleh 265
Sinbad the Sailor 123
Sing, Billy 36
Singapore 304, 305, 306, 316
fall of 310–12, 313
Slater, W.J. ‘Bill’ 16
Solomon Islands 319, 345
Somers 210, 212–13
the Somme 60, 62, 76, 78, 79, 85
Soryu 312
South Yarra Baptist Church 17, 180, 241–2, 350
Soviet-German non-aggression pact 236–7
Spanish Civil War 267
SS Orcades 315
Starnes, Major 169
State Savings Bank 349
Stevens, Brigadier Jack 295, 299
Stockton, Lilian see Savige, Lady Lilian (née Stockton)
Street, Geoffrey 232
Stukas 267–8, 271, 272, 273, 278–9, 281–4, 287–9
Sturdee, Lieutenant General Vernon 341–3
Suda Bay 290
Sudan 62
Sudetenland 232
Suez Canal 48, 50
Sumer 123
Sunderland, Private Mick 3, 5–10, 39, 40, 42, 177
Swanson, Sir John Warren 190
Sydney 184, 231
Syria 143, 292–9
Takan Tepe 146, 147, 169, 170
Tallarook 307, 308
Tambu Bay 331
Tel Aviv 245
Thailand 304, 311, 315, 316, 345
Timor 313, 315, 345
Tobruk 257–9, 271, 318
Tojo, General 318, 320
Tone 312
Torokina 340
Townsville 316–17
Tripolitani 265
Turkey 26, 30, 50, 119–20
treatment of Armenians and Assyrians 143
24th Battalion 4, 26, 29–30, 31–47, 55–6, 75–6, 83, 87, 89–101, 102, 181, 217, 238
biography 98
militia unit 214
Tyquin, Hilda (née Savige) 12, 199
United States 304
US Navy 320–1
US 41st Division 327
US 162nd Regiment 329
Urmia 131, 134, 144, 147, 148, 152 see also Lake Urmia
USS Hammann 320
USS Peary 314
Varennes 59
Vasey, Major General George ‘Alan’ 224, 240, 256, 263–4, 265, 267, 290, 304, 323, 327, 338–9, 340
Verdun, Battle of 61, 100
Veria Pass 273
Versailles Treaty 223
Vevi 273
Vichy French forces 292–9
Victoria Cross 120
Victorian State Electricity Commission 198, 202
Villers-Bretonneux 191
Vimy 84
Volos 273, 274
Wadi Muatered 250, 253
Walker, Major General Harold 62–3, 66
Warburton 22, 242
Warloy 102
Wau 316, 322, 325, 328
Wavell, General Archibald 247, 257, 259, 285, 293
Wellington Battalion 36
Western Front 51, 55–115, 181
casualties 61, 63, 64, 66, 70, 75, 76, 94, 100, 111
‘phony war’ period 58
phosgene 78–83
shellshock 82
tanks, use of 85–6
weather conditions 80
Wewak 333
White Army 198, 202
White Australia policy 213
White, Colonel Cyril Brudenell 43, 44, 81, 202
Wilson, Field Marshal Henry Maitland ‘Jumbo’ 274, 276, 281, 286
Wilton, Lieutenant Colonel 332
Wiltshire, Captain Aubrey 65
Wootten, Major General George 328
World War I
Australian total casualties 176
Eastern Front 103
Gallipoli see Gallipoli
outbreak 19–20
postwar effects 176
Western Front see Western Front
World War II 237–346
casualties 252, 255
Yamashita, General 311, 317–18, 338
Yorktown 317
Ypres 102–3
Yugoslavia 270–1, 273
Zanjan 134, 135, 144
Zarkos 280–2