Contents of the Book

Contents

Chapters			Pages
FOREWORD			vii
THE AUTHOR			viii
AUTHOR’S NOTE			ix
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS			x-xi
PROLOGUE			xii

1	1932-39	EARLY DAYS	1 - 12
2	1939-45	THE WORLD WAR II YEARS	13 - 34
3	1946-51	TEENAGER - WORKING MAN - NASHO	35 - 52
4	1952-53	OFFICER MATERIAL	53 - 68
5	1953-54	PUCKAPUNYAL AND WATSONIA	69 - 82
6	1954-56	ROUGH PATH TO MALAYA	83 - 96
7	1956-57	EMERGENCY IN MALAYA	97 - 112
8	1957	TRACKING DOWN THE ENEMY	113 - 120
9	1958-59	HOLSWORTHY AND BRISBANE	121 - 130
10	1960-62	STUDENT AND TEACHER	131 - 142
11	Early 1963	PORT MORESBY & THE KOKODA TRAIL	143 - 156
12	1963-64	VANIMO OUTSTATION	157 - 168
13	1964	PORT MORESBY	169 - 176
14	1965	NEW ASSIGNMENT AT WEWAK	177 - 194
15	New Year 1965-66	A PLEASANT INTERLUDE	195 - 196
16	June 1966	TO VIETNAM WITH 6RAR	197 - 212
17	June-July 1966	WE MEET CHARLIE	213 - 230
18	July-August 1966	CHARLIE COMES THE HEAVY	231 - 246
19	August 1966	THINGS GET SERIOUS	247 - 266
20	August-September 1966	PUSHING FURTHER OUT	267 - 292
21	October 1966	THE LONG HAUL CONTINUES	293 - 312
22	November 1966	IN FULL BATTLE ARRAY	313 - 330
23	December 1966	THE STRAIN BEGINS TO TELL	331 - 342
24	January-February 1967	NEW DANGERS TO FACE	343 - 366
25	February-June 1967	SEEING IT THROUGH	367 - 392
EPILOGUE			393 - 406

APPENDICES
A		NOMINAL ROLL - THOSE WHO SERVED WITH C COMPANY 6RAR 1966-67	407 - 412
B		THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN REGIMENT BRIEF HISTORY OF BATTALIONS	413 - 416

POSTSCRIPT			417 - 418
BIBLIOGRAPHY			419 - 420
INDEX			421 - 448

Maps, Diagrams and Photographs

Maps
Malaya	Page 96
South East Asia	Page 112
Military Bases &ndash Melbourne Area	Page 130
Kokoda Trail	Page 142
Papua New Guinea	Page 156
North-West Papua New Guinea	Page 168
Southern Vietnam	Page 212
Southern Phuoc Tuy	Page 214
The 1^st Australian Task Force base at Nui Dat.	Page 215
Phuoc Tuy Province	Page 266
Eastern Phuoc Tuy Province - ‘In Full Battle Array’	Page 312
Eastern Phuoc Tuy Province	Page 342

Colour Photographs
1 - Malaya and Papua New Guinea	following page 114
2 - Papua New Guinea	following page 130
3 - Vietnam	following page 298

Black and White Photographs
Five hundred and two photographs throughout text	see index for names