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For Menari,them, Kokoda (Australian War Memorial, 1942)the war involved fighting in their own districts and in ISBN 978-1-921733-99-4 many other places around Papua New Guinea. 4 54 DISCLAIMER: The views and opinions expressed in this publication are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the Papua New Guinea (PNG) Government or the PNG Minister for Environment and Conservation, or the Australian Government or the Australian THE KOKODA Minister for the Environment. © Copyright Commonwealth of Australia, 2015 TRACK GONA SANANANDA BUNA The war meant that many young Papua New Guinean men had to leave their villages. They were employed by the Voices from the war – Papua New Guinean stories of the Kokoda Australians and Americans to work as carriers, medical orderlies, police, cooks and in other service jobs. Sometimes this Campaign, World War Two is licensed by the Commonwealth lasted until the war ended. 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For licence conditions see: https:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 EORA MT BELLAMY Requests and enquiries concerning reproduction and rights EFOGI should be addressed to the Department of the Environment, Public MENARI Affairs, GPO Box 787 Canberra ACT 2601 or email public.affairs@ NAURO environment.gov.au IORIBAIWA IMITA RIDGE CITATION: OWERS CORNER Kokoda Initiative 2015, Voices from the war – Papua New Guinean stories of the Kokoda Campaign, World War Two, a joint publication SOGERI of the Governments of Papua New Guinea and Australia. PORT MORESBY IMAGE CREDITS (FRONT) Carriers and troops crossing the Brown River between Nauro and Menari, Kokoda (Australian War Memorial, 1942) ISBN 978-1-921733-99-4 4 Message from the Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea Seventy-five years ago, soldiers from Papua Today, we live in a modernising country that is joined with soldiers from Australia and other generations away from the death and sacrifice of allied nations in stopping the invasion of our soil World War II. from the North. As a nation, Papua New Guinea expresses its Through austere conditions, terrible sacrifice gratitude to those who gave their all so that our and many demonstrations of true comradery countries could have a future that was free. To all between men and women of different cultures soldiers who took up arms from Papua, Australia and background, our people built the foundations and all contributing countries, to the Papuan porters that are an important part of Papua New Guinea who carried the injured from the battlefield to and Australian relations today. medical care, and to the communities who suffered along the trail, we thank them for their sacrifice and The seventy-fifth anniversary edition of “Voices we celebrate their heroism. Connections and relationships from the War – Papua New Guinea Stories of the between peoples are sadly often Kokoda Campaign” provides great insight into formed through war and conflict. the relationship between soldiers and civilians. It provides us with greater understanding of the pain and the sacrifice that fell upon them in horrible conditions on the Kokoda Trail. Hon. Peter O’Neill CMG MP The death, the injury and the sickness that Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea occurred along the trail were experiences no man, woman or child should ever experience. But in those days, seventy-five years ago, many communities and villages were immersed in war and this changed their lives forever. ii VOICES FROM THE WAR PAPUA NEW GUINEAN STORIES OF THE KOKODA CAMPAIGN, WORLD WAR TWO iii Message from the Prime Minister of Australia The fighting was some of the most vicious It is, therefore a great honour to launch a special experienced by our troops in the Second World 75th anniversary edition of Voices from the War. War in partnership with the Papua New Guinea Government. This book preserves Papua New The 75th anniversary of the Kokoda campaign Guineans’ stories of the Kokoda campaign for future provides an opportunity to reflect on this period generations and makes an important contribution in our country’s past, and remember those who to the history of the war. It is through deeds such as fought and died in the desperate battle in Papua. those described in these stories that we have forged It is also a time to remember the heroic the close and enduring bonds between our two contributions of our Papua New Guinean countries. neighbours. Indeed, Kokoda is a monument to the courage, endurance, mateship and sacrifice Between July and November that both Australians and Papuans displayed in 1942, Australian, Papuan this time of immense peril. and Japanese soldiers fought The story of Kokoda is often told from an a deadly struggle along Australian perspective, which means that few the Kokoda Trail, which people have heard it from the Papuan side. The Hon Malcolm Turnbull MP crosses the precipitous Papuan Infantry Battalion, for example, fought Prime Minister of Australia Owen Stanley Range. gallantly to stem the Japanese advance on Kokoda. And Papuans carried or helped sick and wounded Australians from the front lines to safety. Without them, Australian casualties would have borne greater suffering and fewer would have survived.
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