Tarakan : an Australian Tragedy
In 1945, 240 Australians died taking the small Borneo island of Tarakan from the Japanese. The tragedy of Tarakan was that by the time they succeeded, they need not have begun
1 online resource (257 pages)
9781925268584, 1925268586
1055047513
Intro; Title; Copyright; Foreword; Contents; List of maps; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Tarakan, fifty years on; Chapter 1 'We're heading for Japan': Tarakan-stepping stone to nowhere; Chapter 2 'The boys who do the landing': the men and units of Oboe One Force; Chapter 3 'To capture Tarakan': planning Operation Oboe One; Chapter 4 'The barrage is lifting; we're just about to land': P-Day, 1 May 1945; Chapter 5 'Heading for the airstrip': the first week-the airstrip, Tarakan Hill and Sykes; Chapter 6 'Then push up from the beachhead': the second week-Tiger, Crazy Ridge and Helen. Chapter 7 'Carry on without a frown': the third week-the patrol fight and the airstripChapter 8 'We've got to climb the razorback': Freda and Margy; Chapter 9 'There's fire from Nippon's pillbox': the corporals' fight for Fukukaku; Chapter 10 'This lousy joint': capitulation; Chapter 11 'Oboe One is over': occupation and departure, 1945; Chapter 12 'We're sure to have the memory': looking back on Tarakan; Appendices; I Order of battle, Oboe One Force, May 1945; II Casualties, Oboe One Force, May-December 1945; III Roll of Honour, Australian forces on Tarakan, May-December 1945. IV Note on sources and BibliographyEndnotes; Index