Invasion Rabaul (49 page)
Authors: Bruce Gamble
Duranbah
,
166
,
202
Gunjin Chokuyu
,
72
,
74
Hiei,
71
Junyu Maru
,
266
Kaga
,
71
,
74
,
76
,
80
,
83
,
107
,
122
Katori
,
65
,
66
Kirishima
,
71
Kiyokawa Maru
,
107
Komaki Maru
,
222
,
223
Mito Maru
,
112
Montevideo Maru
,
235
-238,
240
-242,
246
-248,
259
,
260
,
262
,
263
,
265
-270
Naruto Maru
,
245
-248
Okinoshima
,
93
,
103
Rio de Janeiro Maru
,
10
,
240
Shoho
,
225
,
226
Shokaku
,
71
,
74
,
225
,
226
Tenyo Maru
,
103
Tone
,
71
Toyohasi Maru
,
230
Tsugaru
,
103
Venice Maru
,
72
,
200
Yokohama Maru
,
71
,
104
Japanese Vessels, continued
Zuikaku
,
71
,
225
,
226
Herstein
,
70
,
76
,
77
,
79
,
88
,
90
,
119
,
143
,
235
Quong Wah
,
178
U.S. Vessels
Lexington
,
208
,
209
,
225
Neosho
,
225
Phelps
,
226
President Johnson
,
185
Sims
,
225
Sturgeon
,
8
-10,
228
,
229
Yorktown
,
225
,
226
,
229
Volcanic activity,
27
-29,
33
,
38
,
39
,
42
,
43
Von Bismarck, Otto,
34
Vulcan Crater,
100
Vulcan Island eruption,
38
,
39
,
101
,
102
,
105
Vunakanau airdrome,
52
,
57
,
69
,
75
,
77
,
82
,
83
,
85
,
87
,
88
,
95
,
96
(map),
102
,
104
,
105
,
109
,
111
,
127
,
128
,
132
,
145
,
165
,
208
Vunapope mission,
89
,
117
-119,
130
,
209
-211,
215
,
216
,
221
,
223
,
226
,
244
,
245
,
259
Waitavalo plantation,
152
,
157
,
168
,
169
Walkley, Norman W.,
152
,
168
Walsh, Sergeant Richard,
88
Walstab, Lieutenant Colonel John,
45
Wau, New Guinea,
40
Webster, Hugh J. “Nipper,”
152
,
182
,
197
Webster, Private Norman D.,
49
,
108
,
128
,
158
,
159
Whyte Johnson, Lorna,
11
,
40
,
42
,
47
,
48
,
117
,
210
,
243
,
255
-257,
259
Wide Bay,
143
,
146
,
167
Wigmore, Lionel,
45
Williams, Major Harold S.,
259
,
260
,
269
,
270
Wright, Lieutenant Commander William L. “Bull,”
228
-231,
239
,
240
,
242
,
266
Wunung plantation,
180
,
182
,
184
-187,
190
Yamaji, Yoshiaki,
267
,
268
Yamamoto, Admiral Isoroku,
225
,
228
,
229
YMCA,
18
Yokohama Yacht Club,
249
,
254
,
255
Yokohama,
248
Zentsuji POW camp,
244
,
249
-251,
253
,
254
For Rachel Gamble, and Ian Gamble, and all the Diggers
First published in 2006 as
Darkest Hour
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Digital edition: 978-1-62788-131-9
Softcover edition: 978-0-7603-4591-7
Library of Congress has Cataloged the first edition of this book as follows:
Gamble, Bruce.
Darkest hour : the true story of Lark Force at Rabaul - Australia’s worst military disaster of World War II / By Bruce Gamble.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN-13: 978-0-7603-2349-6 (hardbound w/jacket)
ISBN-10: 0-7603-2349-6 (hardbound w/ jacket)
1. Australia. Australian Army. Australian Imperial Force (1940-1947). Infantry Battalion, 2/22nd—History—World War, 1939-1945. 2. World War, 1939-1945—Regimental histories—Australia. 3. World War, 1939-1945—Campaigns—Papua New Guinea—Rabaul. 4. World War, 1939-1945—Prisoners and prisons, Japanese. 5. Prisoners of war—Australia. 6. World War, 1939-1945—Atrocities—Papua New Guinea—Rabaul. 7. Montevideo Maru (Ship) I. Title. D767.813.G35 2006
940.54’26585—dc22
2006029035
Layout: Jennifer Maas
Cover design: Kent Jenson
On the cover:
Rabaul under attack.
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