Kokoda Historical's very own David Howell will be the keynote speaker at this year's Battle for Australia commemoration at the Shrine of Remembrance Melboure.

The day will honour the courage, sacrifice and service of Australians and our allies, especially the United States of America, who endured and repulsed Japanese attacks on Australian soil and in the islands to our north.

We remember the courageous battles in Darwin, on the Kokoda Track, at Milne Bay, on the Coral Sea and the Bismarck Sea, and in other fierce actions on land, sea, in the air; and in the POW camps during the perilous days during the Pacific War.

Australia’s servicemen and women and the merchant marine, as well as the whole-hearted commitment of the Australian people in defence of our homeland, must always be an integral part of our national heritage and never forgotten by Australians.

When: Wednesday 6 September 2023, 11am

Where: Shrine of Remembrance, Melbourne-Forecourt.