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| Accession Number | MSS1196 |
| Collection type | Manuscript |
| Measurement | 1 wallet: 3cm |
| Object type | Manuscript |
| Maker |
Austin, Victor Patrick Crowley, Kevin Arthur |
| Place made | Australia |
| Date made | 1986-1988 |
| Access | Open |
| Related File This file can be copied or viewed via the Memorial’s Reading Room. | AWM315 422/008/177 |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copying Provisions | Copyright restrictions apply. Only personal, non-commercial, research and study use permitted. Permission of copyright holder required for any commercial use and/or reproduction. |
"To Kokoda and Beyond: the story of the 39th Infantry Battalion, 1941-1943"
Description
"To Kokoda and Beyond: the story of the 39th Infantry Battalion, 1941-1943". Account of the fighting along the Kokoda Trail and in the coastal swamps of the Buna - Sanananda - Gona Area and of the events which led immediately up to that fighting. Chapters cover the formation of the unit; the voyage to Moresby; the Fortress at Moresby; to Kokoda; events at Deniki and Isurava and Koitaki; the struggle for the Buna - Gona Beachhead; the struggle for the beachhead at Haddy's Village (Gona West) and Huggins' Road Block and the Sanananda Track; and in 1943 the home coming and incorporation into other units. The manuscript was published by Melbourne University Press in 1988.
Related information
Conflicts
Places
- Oceania: New Guinea1, Papua New Guinea, Northern Province, Gona
- Oceania: New Guinea1, Papua New Guinea, Papua, Owen Stanley Range, Buna Area, Buna
- Oceania: New Guinea1, Papua New Guinea, Papua, Owen Stanley Range, Buna Area, Sanananda
- Oceania: New Guinea1, Papua New Guinea, Papua, Owen Stanley Range, Kokoda Trail