Kokoda Villagers Need Charity Too!
The recent popularity of Kokoda has spawned a new breed of ‘trekking Samaritans’ who...
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Author: Charlie
Military Heritage off track on Kokoda
The Kokoda campaign, along with other campaigns in Melanesia, has been ignored by successive Australian governments since the end of the Pacific War.A proposal to mine part of the Kokoda Trail caused them to focus attention on...
Read MoreAll Kokoda People Must Benefit – by Maclaren Jude Hiari MBE:
Papua New Guinea war historian, Maclaren Jude Hiari MBE, is currently researching and documenting the recollections of war experiences of native carriers, medical orderlies, policemen and soldiers during World War Two in Papua...
Read MoreFuzzy Wuzzy Angels deserve a medal
One of the most shameful omissions of successive Australian vernments since the end of the Pacific War has been their neglect to issue a civilian service medal to the New Guinea Carriers who were indentured to support Australian...
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Trekking to Hell and Back
OVERCOME by emotion Dr John de Courcy halts mid-sentence. Lying almost flat, his head propped against the thatched wall of a smoke-filled hut in the remote ranges of Papua New Guinea, he tries to describe those who have influenced his life. After a short pause, he continues without inhibition and his audience listens with empathy. It’s the kind of exchange that only a collective experience – bordering on near hell – is likely to deliver.
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