Peter Davidson - Sky Pilot: A History of Chaplaincy in the RAAF 1926-1990

Copyright Peter Davidson

First published 1990

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SKY PILOT

A HISTORY OF CHAPLAINCY IN THE RAAF 1926-1990

PETER A. DAVIDSON

INDEX

A

Adam, Alec

1941 Malaya deployment

Kota Bharu

Singapore evacuation

Advanced Operational Bases

Ahern, Thomas

Air Board

1936 decision to pay chaplains

chaplaincy service, submission for establishing

full-time chaplains, push for

Air Crew Wings

Air Force Association of Victoria

Air Force List

1927

1944

chaplains, title

George McWilliams entries

Air Force News

Wombat

Air Force Order (AFO)

AFO 3C3 1935

AFO 9 May 1938 chaplain job description

Air Force Regulations

Air Member for Personnel (AMP)

posting of chaplains

unsuitable chaplains, recommendations

airborne ministries

Albiston, Ronald

Albiston, Walter

post-World War II

Alexander, John

Alexander, Wing Commander C.R.

Altona

Anderson, Air Commodore William

Anglican Archbishop of Melbourne

Anglican Church

Anglican Community of the Ascension

Capellanus

clergy pay rate

first full-time chaplain

Point Cook services

Anglican League of Soldiers Friends

Annual Chaplain Branch Conferences

1978

Area Chaplains

Cobby proposals

formalisation of appointments

mobility

operational sorties, participation

Pacific War

rank

recreation of the men

resourcefulness

standardisation of role

vehicles, provision of

Armistice Day observances

Ashcroft, Ronald

Ashworth, George

Vietnam

Australian Army chaplains

rank

remuneration

Australian Comforts Fund (ACF)

ACF clubs

Australian Defence Force Academy (ADFA)

Australian Flying Corps (AFC)

chaplaincy in

Sunday Services

Australian Inland Mission Patrol

Australian War Memorial

Australian Womens Weekly

B

Baldwin, Percy

Balikpapan

Baptist Church

Bari

Barnard, Lance

Batchelor

Battle of Britain Sunday 1943

Battle of the Coral Sea

BBC productions

RAAF Four Years of War

RAAF Glee Singers

Beckett, Ken

barbering services

Japanese Occupation

Belanger, Chaplain (US)

Bennett, Keith

Japan

Beyer, David

Assistant Principal Air Chaplain

Bludgers Bower Newsletter

cricket

Japanese Occupation

Korea

London bombings

post-World War II

Unit Sports Officer

United Kingdom ,

114,

Vietnam

Bible Society

Blackman, Helen

Bladin, AVM Frank

Blake, Wreford

Bludgers Bower Newsletter

Board of Chaplains (BOC)

creation

membership

Principal Chaplain, role

training of chaplains

WRAAF, concern about treatment of

Boardman, J.

Boddington, Ben

Boer War

Boerth, Rodger

United States Navy

Vietnamese refugee work

Boomerang Club, London

Booth, Archbishop J.J.

recruitment of chaplains

Staff Chaplain

Staff Chaplains rate of pay

Bostock, AVM

Bourke, Group Captain

Bovard, J.R.

Box, Steve

Brinsted, Bishop Norman S.

British Army

6th Airborne Division

British Commonwealth Occupation Force

(BCOF)

Brown, Glen

Bruce, Stanley

Buckle, E.G.

burials

Korea

Middle East

Burnett, Air Chief Marshal Sir Charles

1940 conferences with church representatives

expectations of Staff Chaplains

interest in RAAF chaplaincy

Burton, Brian

Burton, Keith

Bush Brothers

C

Calder, Stuart

Woomera church foundation stone

Campaigners for Christ

Canadian chaplains

Japan, visit by Church leaders

candidates for confirmation

Cape York

Carver, V.G.

Casas

Anzac Casa

Koala Casa

Kookaburra Casa

Catholic Church

Catholic Welfare Organisation

Changi

Chaplains badges

The Chaplains Branch proposal 1926

days of service

payment

rank insignia

uniforms

Character Guidance (CG) curriculum

Chaplains Half Hour

Character Guidance Training Camp

Course Staff

early history

Charlton, Group Captain D.

Christian Scientists

Church, Ivor

the Church

authority over military chaplains

nomination of chaplains, control of

redeployment of chaplains

Church Parades

compulsory attendance

churches and chapels

more than one on a Base

patronal names

permanent chapels at Bases, need

provision of

Citizen Air Force (CAF)

Clark, Russell

Clayden, William

Clayton, Lewis

Cobby, Air Commodore

Area Chaplains, proposals

Cocos (Keeling) Islands

Coldham, Mr Justice

Cole, AVM A.T.

columbaria at Bases, proposal

communism

concentration camps

Cooling, Flying Officer K.N.

Cooper, Franklin

Air Force News

censored letter

nomination and appointment

Philippines

post-World War II

Copp, Charles

Correll, Roger

Kiriwina

sexuality lectures

Crisp, Les

Crossman, Geoff

Cutmore, Ken

D

Darby, Richard

Darwin

bombing

Davidson, A.I.

Staff Chaplain

Davidson, Peter

Davies, R.E. Bob

awards