Bibliograph

Japanese blitz on Darwin, February 19, 1942, John Thompson-Gray

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Japanese blitz on Darwin, February 19, 1942, John Thompson-Gray

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrationsmaps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Japanese blitz on Darwin

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

John Thompson-Gray

Sub title

February 19, 1942

Summary

This is the untold story of Margaret and Jean Davies and their uncompromising faith, amazing courage and endless endurance. Margaret was called to Korea as an educator from 1910 to 1940. During the Mansei Uprising, Japanese police arrested her for inciting to riot and drove Kim Il-Sung into Manchuria where he founded Korean Communism. Jean gave up a promising career in surgery at the Women's Hospital in Melbourne to practise at a mission hospital in Chinju, Korea. Sent home as a foreign alien before the attack on Pearl Harbor she practised at outback mission stations in Australia, doubling as the Flying Doctor. She medically examined the population of the New Hebrides (Vanuatu) as a first step to rid the country of leprosy. Jean returned to Pukatja in South Australia during British nuclear bomb testing at Maralinga

Table Of Contents

1. Darwin town as a target -- 2. Harbour defence -- 3. RAAF and army targets -- 4. Front line -- 5. Houston convoy -- 6. Fuschida's plan -- 7. Houston plays a ghost trick -- 8. Thursday February 19th 1942 -- 9. Zero v Kittyhawk first attack on RAAF Base -- 10. Kates over town and shore -- 11. Airfield raid -- 12. Second raid on harbour -- 13. Road-kill on the aerial-highway -- 14. Third raid on harbour -- 15. Fourth raid on harbour -- 16. "All clear" -- 17. Fourth raid on RAAF Base -- 18. Fuschida's phantoms -- 19. What happened to 'Houston'? -- 20. Some of the awards of valour

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