^[1] For a detailed history of the PIR, and its involvement in World War II, see Barrett (1969), Mench (1975), and Sinclair (1990, 1992).

^[2] ‘The Sword and the State’. Two-part program by Australian Broadcasting Commission, 2, 9 November 1972.

^[3] Peipul, at a seminar at Australian National University, 19 June 1992.

^[4] The former officer was Tom Poang, a colonel and chief of personnel at the time, who left the PNGDF soon after and in 1983 was speaker in the Morobe provincial assembly.

^[5] Geoff Heriot, ABC ‘Background Briefing’ 21 August 1983.

^[6] Pokasui subsequently worked for Fr John Momis, parliamentary leader of the Melanesian Alliance, and was elected in 1987, becoming minister for Defence.

^[7] Under the provisions of the Defence Act 1974 it is possible for a member of the PNGDF to transfer to the reserve force, and later apply for re-admission to the regular force.

^[8] For a more detailed account of the background to the ‘Bougainville crisis’, the ongoing events, and their broader implications, see May (1990), May and Spriggs (1990), Oliver (1991), Spriggs and Denoon (1992), Liria (1993) and The Contemporary Pacific 4(2), 1992, special issue, ‘A legacy of development: three years of crisis in Bougainville’.