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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