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First Battle of Kokoda
29 July 1942, the first of two engagements at Kokoda the Japanese defeated Lieutenant Colonel Owen's force and captured the airstrip from which they expected to receive supplies from Rabaul.
Japanese Landing and First Contact
21 July 1942, the first Japanese force to land in Papua, in advance of the main body of the Nankai Shitai, was to seize Kokoda and examine the practicality of advancing along the Kokoda track towards Port Moresby.
Withdrawal & Fighting at Deniki
12-14 August 1942, after the second Kokoda engagement the Australians retired to Deniki. There they were attacked by the Japanese and driven back to Isurava.
Squadron Leader Peter St George Bruce Turnbull DFC
“The Flying Cowboy” and was known for his “magnificent fighting spirit and great skill”
Japanese Bomb Port Moresby
The Japanese begin air raids on Port Moresby
Lloyd Birdsall
Lloyd Birdsall remembers watching Japanese bombers flying overhead in New Guinea, and listening to the sounds of the planes as bombs fell from the sky.
Sergeant Katue
Papuan Infantry Battalion
