Kokoda is a station town in the Oro Province of Papua New Guinea. It is famous as the northern end of the Kokoda Track, site of the eponymous Kokoda Track... 7 KB (442 words) - 08:42, 7 January 2024 |
The Kokoda Track Memorial Walkway is a walking track and war memorial located in the suburb of Concord West, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is... 13 KB (1,403 words) - 08:09, 11 December 2023 |
The Battle of Kokoda consisted of two engagements fought in late July – early August 1942. Forming part of the Kokoda Track campaign of the Second World... 26 KB (3,311 words) - 22:24, 7 August 2023 |
experiences of Australian troops fighting Japanese forces during the 1942 Kokoda Track campaign. Due to budgetary restrictions, Grierson and co-writer John... 12 KB (1,610 words) - 12:00, 17 March 2024 |
New Guinea campaign (section Kokoda Track) Port Moresby by an overland advance from the north coast, following the Kokoda Track over the mountains of the Owen Stanley Range, as part of a strategy to... 40 KB (4,599 words) - 21:38, 6 May 2024 |
Battle of Buna–Gona (section Sanananda Track) Pacific Theatre during World War II. It followed the conclusion of the Kokoda Track campaign and lasted from 16 November 1942 until 22 January 1943. The... 162 KB (21,104 words) - 11:44, 1 May 2024 |
2/14th Battalion (Australia) (section Kokoda Track) Guinea in August 1942 as the Australians sent reinforcements to the Kokoda Track to fight against Japanese forces that had been advancing towards Port... 39 KB (5,092 words) - 09:01, 4 April 2024 |
is a small town in Papua New Guinea, located in Oro Province, on the Kokoda Track. It is the site of the Battle of Isurava that occurred over the period... 2 KB (253 words) - 20:02, 11 April 2021 |
of battle listing the Australian and Japanese forces involved in the Kokoda Track campaign from 21 July – 16 November 1942. New Guinea Force (Port Moresby)... 4 KB (335 words) - 22:48, 14 April 2021 |
Law Walk, taking visitors approximately 45 minutes to complete. The Kokoda Track Memorial Walk is a tribute to the bravery of Australian troops who fought... 30 KB (2,925 words) - 08:06, 6 May 2024 |
side. There are few practicable passes, the easiest being the famous Kokoda Track which crosses the range between Port Moresby and Buna and was in use... 4 KB (503 words) - 02:12, 16 February 2023 |
Bruce Kingsbury (section Kokoda Track Campaign) actions during the Battle of Isurava, one of many battles forming the Kokoda Track Campaign in the south-east of the island of New Guinea, then part of... 24 KB (2,655 words) - 12:52, 29 October 2023 |
of Ioribaiwa took place between 14 and 16 September 1942, during the Kokoda Track campaign in Papua during the Second World War. Involving forces from... 26 KB (3,255 words) - 02:50, 14 May 2023 |
fought from 31 August 1942 to 5 September 1942. Forming part of the Kokoda Track campaign of the Second World War, the battle involved military forces... 20 KB (2,422 words) - 02:15, 6 December 2021 |
is representative of the actual Kokoda Track, along which elements of the Australian Army fought during the Kokoda Track Campaign of World War 2. The 39-hour... 4 KB (457 words) - 05:55, 3 December 2023 |
6th Division (Australia) (section Kokoda to Buna–Gona) brigades had a major role in the successful counter-offensive along the Kokoda Track, at Buna–Gona and around Salamaua–Lae in 1942–43. Throughout late 1943–44... 53 KB (6,654 words) - 06:42, 17 April 2024 |
History of Oceania (section Kokoda Track campaign) The Japanese were turned back at the Battle of the Coral Sea and the Kokoda Track campaign before they were finally defeated in 1945. Some of the most... 95 KB (10,909 words) - 20:09, 24 April 2024 |
township of Wau in the Bulolo Valley. The track is some one hundred kilometres due west of the famous Kokoda Track and crosses some of the most rugged and... 6 KB (823 words) - 23:22, 30 March 2024 |
William T. Owen (category Kokoda) Rabaul, he was killed in action leading the 39th Battalion during the Kokoda Track campaign. Owen was born on 27 May 1905, in Nagambie, Victoria. He worked... 10 KB (1,040 words) - 17:48, 29 October 2023 |