We have designed and registered this generic ‘Kokoda Badge’ which incorporates the famous image of a soldier being helped by a ‘fuzzy-wuzzy angel in the shape of the Australian Rising Sun Badge incorporating PNG spears rather than bayonets, the PNG flag, a traditional PNG Kundu Drum, the year of the campaign, and Papua & New Guinea (as it was then) engraved on a Kina shell which is the inspiration for today’s PNG currency.
Young Kokoda ‘graduate’ addressing her RSL Sub-Branch after her return from the Alan Grassby Scholarshi Program
RSL Kokoda Youth Challenge Group of the Kokoda plateau at the end of theire trek and their ‘Orokaiva’ welcome
Burial service on the Kokoda Trail during the Kokoda campaign: Lest We Forget’
Youth leaders walking through their Orokaiva ‘Guard of Honour’ on arrival at Kokoda
Young female graduats of our Kokod youth program assisting with a fundraising auction in Victoria’s Parliament House after they had completed their trek
Dawn Service at Isurava
End of a Dawn Service at Isurava
Creek Crossing
Creek Crossings
An interesting headstone – C.Lynn was killed the day after I was born. I have not been able to find any information about him.
Dawn Service at Isurava
Assisted descent down a steep section of the Trail between Launumunu and Kagi
Trekking through Laununumu village towards Kagi
Assisted descent down towards Ofi Creek
Leaving Bombers Campsite after morning briefing
Trekkers delivering books and sporting goods they have carried with them to present to schoolchildren in Efogi village
Dawn Service at Isurava
RSL Clubs leadership team at the Isurava Memorial
Kokoda Youth Leadership dawn service at the Isurava Memorial
Kokoda Youth Leadership team viewing a weapons cache during their trek
Village children capture the hearts of our trekkers during their treks
Isurava Dawn Service
Orokaiva welcome onto the Kokoda Plateau for our Kokoda Youth Leadership Group
RSL NSW Clubs Kokoda Youth Leadership Challenge trekker paying their respects at Bomana War Cemetery at the end of their treks
At the completion of their trek our young leaders are asked to knell before a headstone, place their hands on each one, and make a commitment that they will honour their sacrifice by being the best they can be at whatever they choose to be, or do, after they return home to Australia
Isurava Dawn Service
RSL NSW Clubs Kokoda Youth Leadership group more than half-way through their trek at Eora Creek
