623... Preface

626... Introduction

627... Chapter 1: D.Met.S.—Australia's Wartime Weather Service

• 627... Establishment of D.Met.S. War Communication System
• 628... New Stations and Services
• 628... Censorship and Codes
• 629... RAAF Appointments
• 629... Organisational Conferences
• 630... Pacific Island Weather Stations
• 631... Services to the War Room
• 631... The Allied Air Meteorological Service
• 632... Training of US Personnel
• 633... Perth-Colombo Air-route
• 633... Wide Pacific Expansion
• 634... Closing Years of the War

636... Chapter 2: The Weather Factor in Warfare

• 636... Meteorology Through History
• 636... Enemy Use of Weather Strategy
• 639... Battle of the Coral Sea
• 641... Milne Bay and Buna-Gona
• 642... The Lae and Salamaua Landings
• 643... Weather in the Allied Advance
• 645... Chemical Warfare Experiments

646... Chapter 3: Met in the Retreat

• 646... The Evacuations from Ambon and Namlea
• 647... Fall of Salamaua
• 648... The Singapore Expedition/ Brief Visit to Singapore
• 649... Trek across Timor/ The Retreat in Timor
• 652... Sea Escape from Tulagi
• 654... Vila and Noumea Bases
• 654... The Attacks on Darwin and Broome

656... Chapter 4: Met in the Advance

• 656... Port Moresby to Milne Bay
• 659... New Pacific Stations
• 661... 9 Operational Group
• 662... 10 Operational Group
• 664... Northern Command
• 664... First Tactical Air Force
• 665... Labuan Island
• 667... The End in Singapore

668... Chapter 5: Meteorology in Aviation

• 668... Functions and Wartime Development
• 669... Service at RAAF Training Schools and Stations
• 670... Cooperation with US Personnel
• 671... Operational Expansion
• 672... Movement into Borneo

673... Chapter 6: Central Forecasting Services

• 673... General Reorganisation for War
• 675... Security and Censorship
• 676... Code and Cipher Development
• 678... National Synoptic Broadcasts
• 679... Services to Armed Forces
• 683... Services to Private Industry

685... Chapter 7: Met With the Army

• 685... How Weather Formations Were Created as Essential to the Army
• 686... Establishments Throughout Australia
• 687... Meteorological Staff Officer
• 688... Disposition of Flights
• 689... Successive Movements to Pacific Theatres
• 692... The Close of Hostilities

693... Chapter 8: Research and Personnel Training

• 695... Radiosonde Personnel
• 695... Chemical Warfare Experiments
• 696... Training of Outside Personnel
• 698... Miscellaneous Training and Lectures
• 699... Civil Air Lines' Trainees
• 700... Compilation of Notes and Manuals
• 701... Meteorological and Climatic Reports
• 703... Coastal and Seaward Areas
• 705... Enemy Occupied Areas
• 706... Training Statistics

707... Chapter 9: Instrumental Development and Maintenance

• 709... Major Projects

711... Chapter 10: Scientific Developments in the RAAF Meteorological Service

715... Chapter 11: Divisional Bureaux and Their Work

• 715... Organisation of State Bureaux on War Basis/ Additional Functions Undertaken
• 715... Communication and Censorship Problems
• 716... Operations at Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth and Hobart

723... Appendix 1: List of Reports Provided by D.Met.S. for Advances Operational Planning and Other Purposes

• 723... Solomon Islands
• 724... New Britain and New Guinea Regions
• 725... Netherlands East Indies, excluding Dutch New Guinea
• 726... Philippine Islands
• 727... Japan, with Japanese and Mandated Territories
• 728... Miscellaneous Reports
• 729... Investigations, Intelligence and Services

730... Appendix 2: List of Service Personnel RAAF Meteorological Service

• 730... Men A-K
• 731... Men L-Z
• 732... Women

733... Appendix 3: List of Civilian Personnel Who Worked Together with Service Personnel of the RAAF Meteorological Service

• 733... Men
• 733... Women

734... Appendix 4: List of Locations at which RAAF Meteorological Service Personnel Served

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