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…The men of Australia’s
39th Battalion had no maps. They had simply been told that if they followed
their feet up the track they would eventually come to Kokoda. And they were
doing their best to do exactly that. With their feet in raw blisters the
only thing to do was to keep laboriously trudging...
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"Many
a mother in Australia
when the busy day is done
Sends a prayer to the Almighty for the
keeping of her son..."
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…For Stan, of the 2/14th Battalion on its way up the track in August
1942 it didn’t take long to find his brother Butch’s platoon, even in the
darkness.As always when looking for his brother Stan followed the sound of
the laughter and, sure enough by the glow of the campfire he found him
finishing one more of his rib-tickling stories as the others of the platoon
fell about laughing...
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In
the field
There were many stories
of courage and devotion to duty.
Captain Ben Buckler led 41 men through the rainforest after they were cut
off from Australian force. For several weeks during this journey, they were
behind enemy lines. A medical officer in the group, Tom Fletcher,
volunteered to stay with seven wounded at Sangai village while the rest of
the party went for help. When a rescue party returned, they found the
wounded men shot dead in their stretchers and Tom's body next to them. Tom
could have saved himself, but he chose to stay and protect his friends.
In another action,
Private Charlie McCallum, with a bren gun in one hand and a tommy gun in
the other, covered the withdrawal of 12th Platoon .
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greatest asset - Faith
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The
greatest attire - Smile
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…At the moment that
Butch got shot, Stan had been about 50 yards away, trying to make sure that
all was all right with 10th platoon. Before he got to Butch and amid the
terrible fire he met one of the Butch’s men who’d had his hand blown off
:”Butch has been hit pretty bad. The boys are trying to bring him in.” Stan
felt like some giant hand had grabbed his heart and squeezed hard choking
it deadly…
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