Major General Ivan Noel Dougherty, 251858 and NX148, interviewed by Peter Brune

Major General Sir Ivan Noel Dougherty as a Brigadier, Commander 21st Brigade, New Guinea, 1942-1943, interviewed by the author Peter Brune as research for his books on Second World War New Guinea conflicts.
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Dougherty discusses the state of the Australian Army when he returned from the Middle East; AIF vs Militia; lack of training of the force in Darwin; his impressions of officers in Darwin; his arrival in Port Moresby after Brigadier Pott's sacking; the reaction to Pott;s controversy of the Kokoda campaign; opinions of Lt Col Cooper 2/27th; his opinions of Brigade Hill and Mission Ridge; his detailed interpretation of the Koitaki Parade; a detailed analysis of his decisions at Gona; the state of the battle; removing officers; Gona's fall; a final summing up of the three battalions of the 21st Brigade - 2/14th, 2/16th and the 2/27th; and his impressions of the Commanding Officers of the three battalions.