Projects Update as we enter 2020.
Network Kokoda, together with the villagers of Papua New Guinea achieved a great deal during 2019. Most of our project updates are...
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- Mar 22, 2018
- 1 min
PNG VS NSW Kokoda Cup
Fantastic success for all involved and plans are already under way for another event, future competition and coaching support between NSW...
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- Oct 11, 2017
- 2 min
The Battle for Templeton’s Crossing: 11th-28th of October
General Horii’s force had paid a heavy price for their advance to Ioribaiwa Ridge and were now not capable of holding the line forward of...
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- Oct 4, 2017
- 1 min
The Battle of Ioribaiwa Ridge: 14th-16th September, 1942
Eather planned to pin the Japanese on Ioribaiwa Ridge and conduct flanking attacks to the east and west of the position. A lack of maps,...
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- Sep 26, 2017
- 3 min
The Battle of Brigade Hill: 7 – 9 September, 1942
Potts chose Bogeanumu, a dominating feature on the southern side of the valley from Efogi and Kagi. A mission hut was perched on a bald...
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- Sep 14, 2017
- 4 min
The Battle for Milne Bay: 25 August – 7 September, 1942
The Battle for Milne Bay was one of the two land battles that saved Port Moresby and secured Australia from the threat of invasion....
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- Sep 4, 2017
- 2 min
The Battle for Isurava: 26 – 30 August, 1942
While valour is remembered, Isurava will not be forgotten.’ – Lieutenant Colonel Ralph Honner DSO MC Lieutenant-Colonel Ralph Honner, a...
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- Sep 4, 2017
- 2 min
The Battle of Kokoda: 27 July,1942
It was on July 21, 1942, that Japanese troops landed on the northern coast of then New Guinea and unexpectedly began to march over the...
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- Aug 2, 2017
- 1 min
Construction Begins of New TB Ward for Popondetta
Construction is underway for a new Tuberculosis Ward for Popondetta Hospital to help tackle the disease in Oro Province. The six-bed ward...
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- Jun 9, 2017
- 1 min
Construction Underway for Iarowari Highschool Aquaculture Farm
Construction has begun on a fish farm for Iarowari Highschool, located in Central Province on the Sogeri Plateau, approximately 45...
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- Apr 21, 2017
- 1 min
West Tigers Visit Kokoda Track Memorial Walkway
Just ahead of the Anzac Round, Wests Tigers took time out to make the short trip from training at Concord Oval to visit the Kokoda Track...
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- Dec 14, 2016
- 1 min
Kokoda Day Dinner - Why 3 November?
The Kokoda campaign began with a full scale attack on the Australian 39th Militia Battalion on 29 July 1942. The campaign lasted three...
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- Oct 29, 2016
- 2 min
A New TB Ward for Popondetta General Hospital
A new ward specifically for tuberculosis patients is to be built at Popondetta General Hospital in a major step to tackle the disease in...
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- Oct 25, 2016
- 1 min
Iarowari High School Aquaculture Farm
On behalf of Network Kokoda, Charlie Lynn attended the Rotary Club of Richmond and received a generous cheque from President Barry Adams...
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- Sep 16, 2016
- 1 min
Network Kokoda Launch
In early September we officially launched Network Kokoda to a room full of hand picked board contacts: from our closest and longest...
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- Sep 14, 2016
- 2 min
Kokoda Day 2016
The Kokoda Trail is one of many jungle shrines littered with relics of desperate battles fought between Australian and Japanese soldiers...
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- Feb 26, 2016
- 6 min
Network Kokoda
Network Kokoda is a not-for-profit organisation established to protect our wartime heritage along the Kokoda Trail and honour the legacy...
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