Table of Contents

Introduction; The Sudan Campaign; The Boer War; World War II Between the Wars; The First Convoy; The Second Convoy; The Third Convoy; August to December 1940; From Britain to Egypt; The 'Monster' Convoys; Reinforcing Singapore; The Final Middle East Convoys; Airmen at Sea; Darwin and the Pacific islands; The Singapore Convoys; Operation Stepsister and the Fall of Singapore; Operation Pamphlet; New Guinea and the Islands; Coming Home; The Korean War; The Vietnam War.

About the Author

Peter Plowman is a noted maritime researcher and writer, having had five books published in Australia over the past twenty years. His first books detailed the history of Australian and New Zealand Passenger Ships from 1875 to 1980.