Table of Contents

List of maps

Acknowledgements

Conventions and abbreviations

Introduction

1 Origins and early days

2 Tobruk: crisis and survival

3 Tobruk: endurance and relief

4 Syrian interlude

5 Return to the desert: El Alamein, July 1942

6 The static period: El Alamein, August-22 October 1942

7 Climax at El Alamein

8 Ho-Ho-Home in 1943

9 New Guinea, new laurels

10 New Guinea: winning the high ground

11 'Frustrated isolation': Australia, February 1944-April 1945

12 Tarakan

13 North Borneo

14 Conclusions

Appendix 1: 9th Division casualties

Appendix 2: 9th Division honours and awards

Endnotes

Bibliography

Index

About the Author

Mark Johnston has spent many years researching the experiences of Australian soldiers in World War II and has written two books on the subject.