Free Voices from the Air by Tony Hill

Borneo 276–8, 279, 344
    Â Â Â Â Â Â  character 219
    Â Â Â Â Â Â  Derna 45–8
    Â Â Â Â Â Â  Greece, in 52, 54–5, 57
    Â Â Â Â Â Â  Japanese surrender (Tokyo Bay) 300–2
    Â Â Â Â Â Â  Middle East, in 30, 35, 36, 38, 44–9, 59, 63, 65, 73, 77, 78–81, 84–5, 88
    Â Â Â Â Â Â  Pacific war 89, 112, 114, 115, 141, 143
    Â Â Â Â Â Â  Papua and New Guinea 141, 143, 177, 188, 199, 210, 219, 224
    Â Â Â Â Â Â  post-war 344–5
    Â Â Â Â Â Â  skill as technician 80, 326, 344–5
    Â Â Â Â Â Â  Tarakan 276–8
    Â Â Â Â Â Â  Tobruk 73, 77, 78–83
    Â Â Â Â Â Â  Townsville 112–13, 114
    Â Â Â Â Â Â  war crimes trials 316
    McGibbon, S.J. 61
    MacNamee, Moira see Marien, Moira
    Madang 222, 241
    Malacca Straits 291
    malaria 8, 131, 138–9, 163, 169–71, 177, 204, 237, 271, 272, 293, 331, 335
    Malaya 6, 10, 17, 60, 94–5, 97, 103, 301, 328
    Malayan Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) 94, 96, 101
    Malayan Command 98–100, 103
    Manila 17, 90, 248, 257, 258–61, 280, 281, 282–4, 286, 301, 317
    Â Â Â Â Â Â  massacre 258–9
    Manus Island 223
    Marawasa 194
    Marien, Bill 7, 10, 116, 122, 207, 332–3
    Â Â Â Â Â Â  army PR, and 201–2
    Â Â Â Â Â Â  background 122–3
    Â Â Â Â Â Â  Darwin 123–4, 126, 203
    Â Â Â Â Â Â  death 333
    Â Â Â Â Â Â  injured leg 127, 131–2
    Â Â Â Â Â Â  Lae 189, 190–3
    Â Â Â Â Â Â  newspaper correspondent 332
    Â Â Â Â Â Â  Papua and New Guinea 177–85, 186–8, 189, 190–4, 198, 201, 201–4, 219, 230, 332
    Â Â Â Â Â Â  post-war 332–3
    Â Â Â Â Â Â  Timor 125–32, 178, 203, 312
    Marien, Elizabeth Anne 177, 179, 333
    Marien, Frank (father) 122, 123
    Marien, Frank (son) 333
    Marien, Merrick 333
    Marien, Moira ‘Peg’ (nee MacNamee) 123, 177, 179, 188, 333
    Marien, Moira (daughter) 333
    Markham Valley 187, 189, 194, 203
    Maroubra Force 143, 144, 146
    Mason, Arthur 14, 15, 17, 19
    mateship 73–4
    Matilda tanks 220
    Melbourne 92, 110, 116, 141, 334
    Merdjayoun 67–8
    Mersa Matruh 35
    Middle East 5, 6, 7, 10, 25, 26, 27, 30–51, 60–3, 65–90, 148, 167, 254, 312, 345
    military
    Â Â Â Â Â Â  public relations 8, 112, 137, 149, 160, 169, 185, 193, 201–4, 246, 262, 265, 267, 268, 269–71, 276, 279, 281, 312, 316, 329, 332, 335
    Â Â Â Â Â Â  tensions with 8–9, 193–4, 201–4, 226, 265–71, 275, 332, 335
    military aircraft
    Â Â Â Â Â Â  bombers see bombers
    Â Â Â Â Â Â  correspondents flying on 148, 160, 181, 186, 203, 206–8, 227–9, 252, 256, 280, 329
    Â Â Â Â Â Â  Kittyhawks 105, 119, 134
    Milne Bay 159–60, 162, 171, 175, 186
    Mindoro Island 256
    mobile recordings 21–6, 34, 36, 85, 167, 227, 242–3, 313
    Molesworth, BH 111, 112, 114, 159, 167, 176, 211, 215, 249, 255, 273, 276, 299, 305–6, 346
    Moluccas (Maluku Islands) 317–18
    Monastir Gap 56–7
    Mont Park 91
    Montevideo Maru 309
    Moorehead, Alan 50, 325
    Morison, GH 15
    Morobe 181, 182
    Morotai 12, 247, 248, 249, 276, 279, 319, 348
    Â Â Â Â Â Â  war crimes trials 12, 311–21
    Morrison, Ian 206, 207
    Morshead, Lieutenant General Leslie 74, 280
    Moses, Charles 17, 26, 29, 99–100, 200, 201, 203, 213, 217, 223, 226, 340
    Mount Balbi 239
    Mount Lunaman 190
    Mount of Olives 86
    Mount Tambu 183, 203
    Mountbatten, Lord Louis 289, 299
    Muara Island 280
    Munich agreement 17
    music 13, 14, 108, 121, 348
    Myola 152–3, 158

    Nadzab 186–8, 190, 193, 194, 197, 307
    Nagasaki 289
    Nassau Bay 175, 177, 178, 181, 182, 203
    National Broadcasting Company (NBC) 21–2, 91
    Nazareth 83
    Netherlands East Indies 98, 319
    New Britain 137,