Book A

            i.          Title

            i           Foreword

            iii          References and Acknowledgements

            iv          Acknowledgements

            v          Vessel Types

            vi          Vessel Types

            vii         Contents

            viii        Contents Page

            1          The RAAF Marine Section Point Cook.

            4          Advance Operation Bases

            5          Escape from Tanambogo Island, Solomon Islands.

            11        Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea.

            19        RAAF Marine Workshops.

            23        RAAF Base Rathmines, Lake Macquarie, NSW.

            26        Arrival of Catalinas.

Book B

            31        John Lewis Couch, Engineer (FMBC).

            35        Oro Bay, Air Sea Rescue Boat 08.3 "Mary Ann".

            52        Mooring Buoys

            53        Millingimbi and Melville Bay.

            61        Cairns Bound, Jim Hewett.

            72        RAAF Base Cairns, Frank Purcell.

Book C

            77        06.9 "Betty Joan", Ketch.

            89        Karumba Marine Section.

            95        06.11 "Yalata", Ketch.

            102      Sailing Vessels and RAAF Radar Units.

            103      03.13 New Guinea Air Sea Rescue Patrols.

            108      Trawler 016.3 in New Guinea.

            111      Ship and Boat Building.

Book D

            119      Trobriand Islands 04.2 Air Sea Rescue.

            125      03.1 Torpedo Recovery Boat.

            131      015.09 "Una V", Ketch.

            137      02.2 Air Sea Rescue Boat.

            143      S.S."Wanaka".

            147      RAAF Townsville Marine Section.

            153      RAAF Lake Boga, No.1 Flying Boat Repair Base.

            158      RAAF Evans Head Marine Section.

            160      RAAF Base Bowen

            162     Other Flying Boats

            163     Brisbane Capital of Queensland

            170      Martin Mariner Ditches in Storm.

Book E

            173      Defence & Offence: RAAF Bases in Australia's Nth.

            175      RAAF Base Truscott & West Bay Marine Section.

            191      RAAF Base Doctors Gully.

            201      06.10 Schooner "Waimana".

            211      Marine Section Merauke, Dutch New Guinea.

            217      06.14 "The Ruptured Duck" Steel Supply Ship.

            226      Marine Section Borneo Campaign.

            234      Royal Australian Navy's, 925 "Air Mercy", A.S.R.

            236      R.A.N "Air Boats"

Book F

            247      Fremantle Marine Section

            259      RAAF Base Townsville

            265      West Coast Marine Sections

            269      Catalina, Crew and Passengers Rescued.

            272      Saint George's Basin

            276      Jervis Bay

            280      Cockatoo Island  "SHE CAT"

            282      East Arm Darwin

            291      Admiralty Islands, Manus, Los Negros

            293      Paynesville Victoria

Book G

            295      Japanese Rabaul Surrender

            301      Disposal of Marine Section Boats

            304      RAAF Marine Sections in the Post War period

            307      Interim RAAF Port Moresby

            309      Morotai

            313      Timor, East Arm, Borneo, and Rathmines

            319      Point Cook

            323      Townsville

            329      Cocos Atol, the International Air Port

            339      Neutral Bay

            349      Cairns Memorial

            351      Epilogue

            352      About the Author

            353      Roll of Honour

            Inventory of RAAF Marine Section Vessels

This page was last updated on 23/10/2001
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