George Fetterplace & Bill Napper

Name: Kokoda Day
Start: 2020-11-03T10:30:00+11:00
End: 2020-11-03T12:00:00+11:00
Location: Kokoda Track Memorial Walkway

George Fetterplace

George Fetterplace

#1 (2.07) Moving the 25lb guns with a tractor

#2 (2.05) How effective were the guns? Lack of maps

Bill Napper

#1 (1.34) Fighting as a gun layer

#2 (1.41) Artillery support, How good were the guns/gunners

#3 (1.10) Gun accuracy

#4 (1.07) Kokoda Memorial

The Kokoda Track Memorial Walkway is a living memorial and a principal site of commemoration honouring all those who fought for Australia during World War II.

A principal focus is on the sacrifices made during key Papua New Guinea battles which took place in 1942-43 along the Kokoda Track, at Milne Bay on the south-eastern tip of Papua, and at Buna, Gona, and Sanananda on the northern coastline.

The Walkway covers more than 800 metres from Rhodes Station to Concord Hospital in Sydney’s inner-west, and runs along the mangrove-studded shores of Brays Bay on the Parramatta River.

At the centrepiece are magnificent granite walls bearing photographic images of the Kokoda campaign. There are 22 audio-visual stations along the Walkway, each describing a significant place or military engagement. The Walkway has been planted with lush tropical vegetation simulating the conditions of The Kokoda Track.