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21.01.2022 Wishing 39th veteran Cec Driscoll a very happy 99th birthday.

20.01.2022 Kokopo Museum....Lots of History

20.01.2022 The beachhead battles were the final slog in the long campaign to defeat the Japanese in Papua. The overland attack towards Port Moresby had begun in July 1942,... when Japanese forces established beachheads at Buna, Gona, and Sanananda, three villages along a 25-kilometre stretch of the north coast of Papua. By mid-September, the Japanese had fought their way along the Kokoda Trail, and, it is said, could see the lights of Port Moresby. But they had outrun their supply line and were soon ordered to withdraw because of losses suffered elsewhere. Pursued by elements of the 7th and 6th divisions, the Japanese dug in along the north coast, determined to hold the beachheads at all costs. On the 16th of November, Australian troops crossed the Kumusi River, about 65 km from the beachheads. The following battles took place during the tropical wet season, in one of the most malarial regions in the world, amidst waterlogged swamp, dense jungle, and 2-metre tall kunai grass, facing an enemy that was skillful, well prepared, and resolute. The difficult conditions favored the Japanese force, which had developed a strong network of well-concealed defences. For two bloody months the Australians and Americans threw themselves against the defenders, only dislodging them after a fight that many veterans considered their toughest of the war. The Japanese position at Gona was finally cleared on the morning of the 9th of December. Read about the Japanese experience at Buna-Gona: https://www.awm.gov.au/wartime/83/article-two Photo: An Australian mortar crew in action during fighting against Japanese forces in the Gona area. 4 December 1942, George Silk, 013754/21, https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C33172

19.01.2022 Rabaul Explorer Tour Images

18.01.2022 We have often been criticised for not self promoting, so in the positive signs of Re Branding, here goes. On our last trek we had the pleasure and ability to re...cycle some extremely valuable pieces of medical equipment. Kim Baggs who had trekked with us last August and who works at the Calvary Mater Hospital in Newcastle had organised for 16 blood pressure machines that where being replaced, to be re used, a few phone calls and we had delivery of them. They do weigh in at 4kg each, so we where kind of limited to amount we could take. What we did do is Stuart and I sacrificed some of our own trekking gear and took 5 over with us. We are so proud that we could deliver these to Popendetta Hospital x 3 and to Kokoda Hospital x 2. We had a lot of fun teaching the staff how to use them and demonstrating just how easy they are, most times. The staff where so excited to receive them that the anaesthetist came out of theatre to see. A massive thanks to Kim for organising, it shows that we make a difference, not only by what we do in the background but by how we bring our clients into a family, See more

02.01.2022 It’s one of the most iconic images of the war in the Pacific, a blinded Australian soldier being led by a barefoot Papuan on Christmas Day 1942. Private George ...Dick Whittington of Queensland was with the 2/10th Battalion when he was wounded in action during the vicious and bloody beachhead battles around Buna. He was temporarily blinded after being shot by a sniper above the eye and was being guided by Raphael Oimbari along a track through the tall kunai grass to a casualty clearing station. Read more about this iconic photo: https://www.awm.gov.au//dick-whittington-and-raphael-oimba #MuseumWeek #FriendsMW #MuseumWeek2019 #MyAWM #AWMemorial

01.01.2022 #OnThisDay 1942 the first Japanese air attack on Port Moresby, New Guinea, began. The Japanese had hoped to occupy Port Moresby as a base from which to cut off ...shipping to Eastern Australia. Their defeat in the Battle of the Coral Sea thwarted the planned naval attack and invasion against Port Moresby. To read more: https://www.awm.gov.au/articles/blog/1942-milne-bay Photo: The aftermath of a bombing raid by the Japanese on an Allied airfield.