Tom Gilling - Bastard Behind the Lines

2/10th Ordnance Workshop 2, 7

2/10th Field Regiment 11, 22

2/19th Battalion 179

Second Australian Imperial Force 7, 23

7th Australian Division 185, 194

9th Australian Division 176, 209, 212

51st Highland Battalion 4

106th Division guerrillas 152, 154

108th Division guerrillas 117

108th Division Unit History 127

125th Infantry Regiment (US) 60, 99

Agas 198206

Agas IV 199205

Agas V 199200, 205

Ahern, Catherine 150

Allied air raid 156

American POWs 176

anti-guerrilla tactics 127

anting-anting 94

Anzac House 90

appendicitis operation 1502

Australian Dictionary of Biography 4, 218, 219

Australian Services Reconnaissance Department (SRD) 1812

Z Special Unit 182, 185, 204, 206

Australian War Memorial 215

Bahau 1416

Balikpapan

assault on 1845

Platypus IX 1967

Platypus VI 18995, 204

Balis, Michael 102

Barnes, Sergeant 190

Bastard 166

Sarangani Bay, at 156

seaborne attacks at Malabang and Parang 1589

US Navy Hellcats spotting 157

Bataan 61, 62

Batu Batu 64, 91, 92, 93, 94, 96, 97, 98

Berhala Island 26, 278, 36, 43, 47, 4853, 56, 70

beriberi 13, 17, 33, 38, 144, 148, 177, 203

Blain, Sergeant Adair Macalister 71

Blamey, General Sir Thomas 65, 129, 1745, 180, 182, 184

Blow, Lieutenant Rex 5, 11, 43, 44, 47, 48, 49, 50, 52, 56, 59, 70, 92, 93, 98, 100, 117, 122, 133, 164, 182

acts of bravery 143

Agas IV 199205

arrival at Mindanao 100

arrival at Tawi Tawi 59

attack on Japanese garrison at Malabang 165

Australian news about 172, 177

character 21

Distinguished Service Order 143

encounter with Japanese sailors 645, 689

enlistment 23

escape from Berhala Island 4653

escape kit 27, 28

escape plans 22, 32, 33, 37

first impression of McLaren 21

friendship with Koram 31

gift to Koram 58

guerrilla field commander 63

impression of Hedges 110

Japanese prisoners, delivery of 213

leave in Australia 1756

Liangan attack 1217

life after the war 21720

Moro encounter 94, 956

Moros, opinion of 143

physique 23

promotion to captain 129

reward for capture of 162

Sandakan camp 182

swimming prowess 23

witness to Japanese atrocities 66

Boelens, Captain Leo 1389

Bongao 91, 126

Borneo 1, 20

reconquest of 18497

Botterill, Private Keith 179

Bowden, Tim 4, 124

Bowler, Colonel Robert 117, 159

British Borneo Civil Affairs Unit (BBCAU) 213

Bronze Star Medal 5, 161

Brunei 184

The Bulletin 2, 4

Burma 8

Burnett, Private Ginger 2, 44

death of 1789

escape from Changi 89, 44, 178

Malayan jungle camp 11, 13

Pudu Gaol 16, 17

return to Changi 18

Butler, Driver Sergeant Rex 37, 44, 46, 47, 4950, 53, 56, 63, 93, 95, 125

Cagayan 131

cage 78

Campbell, Gunner Owen Colin 178

Campbell, Warrant Officer A. 200

Changi

escape 2, 6, 8

facilities 19

Changi Gaol 38

Chinese 11, 14

civilian massacres 1112

communist spies 20

guerrillas 823

guides 9, 10, 11, 13

Chinese Communist Party (CP) 10, 12

Citizen Military Forces 4

Cohen, M.Y. 35, 85

Cotabato 131, 154

Curtin, John 181

Davao 131, 173

death marches 29, 51, 1779, 183

de Klerk steamer 21, 23

Dey, Sergeant Bob 188

Dwyer, Lieutenant Bill 188

dysentery 13, 17, 85, 1456, 148, 177

E Force 20, 21, 22, 31, 40, 44

Edmeades, Captain Eric 209

Ehara, Sergeant Major 78, 79, 80

Eichelberger, General Robert L. 131, 16970

invasion plans 1702

Eight Mile Camp 30, 32, 33, 34, 36, 42, 71, 76, 218

Escape Club/Dit Club 22

Evatt, H.V. 161

Fairey, Corporal 38

Fairley, Major John 24, 25

Farquharson, Warrant Officer Leslie 189

Fertig, Colonel Wendell 62, 96, 99, 100, 101, 106, 107, 108, 109, 11014, 118, 119, 126, 154, 158, 171

number of men under command of 129

Filipino guerrilla army 33, 39, 60, 624, 71, 83, 84, 95, 99

training by McLaren 136

Fleming, Major 37, 39, 42, 76, 80, 81, 85

Fujino, Captain

humane treatment of 215

Lawas, journey to 21416

prisoner, as 214

renegade Japanese force under 21112

Funk, Alex 35, 76, 87, 88

Funk, Helen 35, 76

Funk, Johnny 35, 79, 87

Funk, Paddy 35, 72, 756, 87

G2 Staff Study of Philippine Islands Situation 118, 119, 12932

Notes on guerrillas 132

Geneva Convention 68

George Cross 88

Gillon, Lieutenant Leslie Miles 212, 23, 28, 33, 37, 44, 48, 50, 63, 93, 94, 115, 159

Liangan attack 1216

wounds on Tawi Tawi 129

Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere 102

guerrilla pesos 163

guerrilla warfare 3

anti-guerrilla tactics 127

Haley, Private Frank 200

Halsey, Captain J.A. 200

Hanlon, Ned 219

Harada, Major General 127

Harrisson, Major Tom 6, 206

Operation Semut 20716

Harvey, Howard 40, 412, 54

Hedges, Colonel Charlie 109, 110, 113, 117, 118, 123, 126, 164

Heimann, Judith 6

Herps, Sergeant Douglas 200

Hill, Anthony 29

Homma, Lieutenant General Masaharu 62

Hoshijima, Captain Susumi 29, 52, 77

welcome speech 29, 30, 82

Houghton, Warrant Officer Robert 189

Idiris 97

Illanda Bay

Eighth Army landings at 168

Imperial Japanese Army

Allied impressions and treatment of 656

atrocities committed by 11, 66

Aurora, assault on 149

Baroy, raid at 138

civilian massacres 1112

Kolambugan, assault at 1401

Lanao coast, at 126

Leyte, loss of 157

Liangan attack 1216, 1412, 147

losses of 168

Mindanao landing 11214

Mindanao, strength at 12931

offer to surrender 1678

Panguil Bay, at 140, 158

Philippines occupation 1017, 135

problems faced in Mindanao 135

retreat along major river systems 209

retreat to Misamis City 1267, 139, 164

Tawi Tawi landing 989

Trusan River, deaths at 209

Jackson, Major Harry 27, 32, 35, 36, 39, 40, 42, 46, 47, 501, 55, 71, 72, 74

Japan

army see Imperial Japanese Army

military police see Kempei-Tai

propaganda 978

Japanese prisoners

delivery of 213

feeding 21314

humane treatment of 215

killing of each other 215

Lawas, entering 21516

march of 214

Jesselton 71, 834, 96

Johnston, Dr Mark 656

Joo Ming, Heng 41, 42, 43, 712, 76, 87, 88

Kamimura, Lieutenant 212

humane treatment of 215

prisoner, as 214

Keating, Sapper Ted 70, 71, 856

Kelly, Private Kenneth Patrick 23

Kempei-Tai 1415, 1920, 53, 736, 78, 7982, 845, 88

Kennedy, Sapper Jim 24, 28, 37, 44, 46, 47, 48, 49, 53, 56, 63, 90, 91, 115, 116, 117

return to Australia 128

Keppel Harbour 11, 21

Kluang 12

Kolambugan

enemy assault at 1401

lookout above 140

Koram, Corporal 301, 32, 33, 34, 37, 41, 43, 46, 47, 52, 53, 56, 57, 58, 70, 71, 72

escape 745

interrogation and torture 74

Jesselton uprising 83

Sergeant, as 200

Kota Tinggi 11, 12

Kuching 21, 24, 27

Labuan 25

Lagan, Ernesto 35, 40, 58, 72, 734, 87, 889

Lahad Datu 40

Lai, Peter Raymond 34

Lanao Province 103, 106, 112, 113, 114, 117