200 pages : illustrations, portraits, maps ; 27 cm
Contents
The Japanese task force -- The irresolute evacuation -- The warnings ignored -- The aerodromes: Raid 1 -- Pearl Harbor parallel -- The much maligned wharfies -- The Militia tested -- The silent lines -- Dath and escape at Government House -- "All patients under beds!" -- R.A.A.F. - second raid -- "Kill twenty Japs each!" -- The Adelaide River stakes -- The forsaken Aborigines -- Aftermath 1. The military inquest 2. The Civil inquest 3. Reckoning for the Japanese -- Appendices I Civilian evacuation order -- II Fate of the Reverend Leonard Kentish -- III Attack on Florence D and Catalina -- IV Japanese aircraft used and lost -- V Japanese activity near Darwin before February 19, 1942 -- VI Air-raids on Darwin after February 19, 1942
Summary
The first ever attack on Australia by a foreign power occurred at Darwin on 19th February 1942. At the time of the raid, Douglas Lockwood was a correspondent for the Melbourne Herald in Darwin
