Time for ‘Kokoda Day’ to Honour the Legacy of the Wartime Carriers
‘The Australian army would have been defeated in the Kokoda campaign if they had not...
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Category: KOKODA DAY
Kokoda Day: Honouring the Legacy of the Papua & New Guinea Native Carriers
‘Kokoda Day’ has the potential to rival the commemorative status of Anzac Day in Australia. Most importantly it provides a status of recognition for the Papuan and New Guinea wartime carriers – the unsung heroes of the Pacific War campaigns in Papua and New Guinea from 1942 – 1945.
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Kokoda Day 2020: keynote speech by The Hon Charlie Lynn OAM OL
‘For those who command a desk in distant bureaucratic empires and academia the care and compassion of a Papuan in a remote jungle is something they will never comprehend.
‘But for those who have been carried to safety on a stretcher over that inhospitable terrain, as I have been on two occasions over the past 29 years, their unconditional care and compassion will never be forgotten.‘
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KOKODA DAY: PNG Gateway to Wartime Tourism
Adventure Kokoda made a submission to the PNG Government to proclaim ‘Kokoda Day’ as a National Day of Commemoration to honour the service of the wartime carriers.
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Kokoda Day: A Tribute to Papua New Guinea’s Unsung Heroes
The bleached bones of hundreds, perhaps thousands, of nameless PNG wartime carriers lie where they fell in unknown locations in swamps, jungles and formidable mountain ranges during the New Guinea campaigns. To this day we don’t know who they were. We don’t know where they came from. We don’t know where they died. There is no record of their existence. No medals were ever struck to acknowledge their service towards the war effort.
It’s time to honour their sacrifice by providing a Spirit Haus for their souls and a day to commemorate their sacrifice.
Kokoda Day – Time for Recognition
‘Kokoda Day’ could be a source of intense pride for all Papua New Guineans. It has the potential to emulate the commemorative status of Anzac Day in Australia. It will also provide a strong incentive for Australians to visit PNG...
Read MoreKokoda Day: Deeds not Words
Kokoda Day Speech by Charlie Lynn MLC at the Kokoda Track Memorial Walkway, Concord – 3 November 2014 Today we commemorate the 72nd anniversary of the day the Australian flag was raised by our troops after they had...
Read MoreNSW schools to commemorate 70th anniversary of the raising of the flag on Kokoda
Following is a speech delivered by Charlie Lynn, Parliamentary Secretary for Veterans Affairs, at the Anzac Memorial in Sydney to launch the NSW Schools Commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the raising of the flag at Kokoda...
Read MoreFuzzy-Wuzzy Angel statue unveiled on Kokoda Day in Sydney
UNVEILING OF THE BRONZE STATUE HONOURING THE NEW GUINEA WARTIME CARRIERS by THE HON VICTOR DOMINELLO MP Ladies and Gentlemen, There is no doubt that Kokoda is a pinnacle on that Anzac line of courage and fortitude that runs...
Read More2011 Kokoda Day commemorated in Sydney
KOKODA DAY SPEECH BY BRIGADIER PHIL McNAMARA CSC ESM (Retired) Chairman, Network Kokoda www.networkkokoda.org Ladies and Gentlemen, We are gathered here today to commemorate the raising of the Australian Flag at Kokoda...
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Kokoda Day will be commemorated at a special ceremony at the Kokoda Track Memorial Walkway, Rhodes Park, Concord, at 10.30 AM on 3rd of November 2011. The commemoration will include a re-enactment of the flag raising ceremony...
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On the 3rd November 1942, 68 years ago today, a ragged bunch of Australian troops paraded on the Kokoda plateau to raise the Australian flag. It was a poignant moment because it signalled the end of the Kokoda campaign which...
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