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Kokoda airstrip and village from the air (Video)

Deniki to Isurava from the air (Video)

'The Isurava battlefield - where Bruce Kingsbury won the Victoria Cross.'

Eora Creek from the air (Video)

Kokoda village from the air and the monuments at Kokoda Plateau (Video)

Gona coastline from the air (Video)

Sanananda and Buna from the air (Video)

Kokoda Track trekking in Papua New Guinea

Significance of KokodaWhen Australians remember World War I, they often think of the Gallipoli Campaign. When they think of World War II, many think of the Kokoda Campaign.

Kokoda village from the air and the monuments at Kokoda Plateau (Video)

Kokoda: Exploring the Second World War campaign in Papua New Guinea (Book), (Student activity), (Educational)

This resource has been developed to mark the 70th anniversary of the Kokoda campaign. The book contains 12 units of teaching and learning activities for secondary school students. Through this…

Kokoda: In Their Own Words (Educational), (Student activity)

Hear Australian veterans talk about their experiences in the Territory of Papua during the Second World War.

Konyu River camp

Above and behind us to the north runs a high jungle-treed ridge in the greens, browns and reds of the Australian bush.

Konyu Road camps

We had located Major Quick's 'T' Battalion early, on our arrival at Kenyu [sic], and received a shock to see the conditions under which they were living

Lae falls to Australians (Video)

A newsreel story of the capture of Lae by the 7th and 9th Australian Divisions. The film was made in September 1943.

Lancaster pilot survived numerous scrapes

Squadron Leader Frank Slade of the RAAF had made many raids on German targets during World War II so another trip to Hamburg on 28 July 1944 was just another day at the office

Landing craft (Video)

Landing craft from HMAS Kanimbla ferry Australian troops to shore during Operation Oboe 6, Brunei, 4-15 June 1945.

Landings

Shortly after dawn we anchored with all the other assault ships. 'Away all boats' sounded off soon after at 0700.

Last battles

During the last years of the war with Japan, thousands of Australian men and women served in Australia's largest military campaigns in the islands north of Australia: on the mainland of Papua New…

Leaving home

The lives of many Australian women changed dramatically between 1940 and 1945 when there was pressure for young women to participate in the war effort, particularly in the armed services.

Left to their fate...

I was 11 weeks on the island after the Japanese landing. I lived on Taro, sweet potatoes and fish, but the soldiers did not have a chance.

Leonard Victor Waters

Early life

Les Cook - Artillery in the jungle (Oral history)

Les Cook talks about artillery in the jungle

Les Cook - Native carriers - supplies (Oral history)

Les Cook talks about native carriers - supplies

Les Cook - Physical effects of New Guinea campaign (Oral history)

Les Cook talks about physical effects of New Guinea campaign

Les Cook - Walking in the jungle (Oral history)

Les Cook talks about walking in the jungle

Les Williams (Audio file)

Listen to Les Williams discussing supplies. [No: S00959, Murdoch Sound Archive, AWM]

Leslie Boon - World War II veteran (Oral history)

Leslie Boon - World War II veteran (Video)

Leslie Boon enlisted in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) on 26 February 1943.

Leslie Charles (Clarence) Allen

Leslie Glover - World War II veteran (Army) (Oral history)

Leslie Glover - World War II veteran (Army) (Video)

Leslie Glover enlisted with the Australian Imperial Force (AIF) at Bowen, Queensland, on 24 June 1940.

Leslie James Morshead

Early life Sir Leslie James Morshead was born on 18 September 1889 in Ballarat East, Victora. He was one of 6 children to William Morshead and Mary Eliza.

Leslie Thomislav Starcevich

Libya and the Siege of Tobruk 1941

In 1941, Australians fought in land and air campaigns in Egypt and Libya in North Africa. Three AIF divisions - the 6th, 7th and 9th - fought in those countries.

Life at Milne Bay (Audio file)

[Bruce Brown, 75 Squadron RAAF]

List of casualties for Kokoda, Milne Bay and Buna-Gona

An order to all Australian army formations in 1942 stated that 'to ensure uniformity in the rendering of casualty returns the following standards entries will be used.' ...

Little-known operations 1939-1945

Several thousand Australians served in locations remote from the main areas of Australian operations during World War II. They served in places like China, Russia, the Faroe Islands, Madagascar,…

Living through "friendly fire" in New Guinea

Being shot at by planes and having bombs dropped near you was a fairly common occurrence in New Guinea during World War II, as Tony Booth would be the first to tell you. But when the bullets and the…

Living with war

On 9 September 1939, the National Security Act became law.

Local memories

Very few Thais worked on the construction of the

Long green shore

Aitape-Wewak campaignFrom the last Christmas of the Second World War, until that war ended … the Sixth Australian Infantry Division fought an obscure but at times bitter and blood

Lost at sea

Not only direct enemy action but also floating mines, fire, sudden squalls, treacherous seas, being washed overboard and drowning were some of the perils faced by those at sea in the Royal Australi

Lost...and found...and lost

Squadron Leader John Francis Jackson DFC led the small band of fighter pilots, known as 'Jackson's Few', who defended Port Moresby in April-May 1942.

Macdhui meets her end (Video)

Maiogura

I give thanks to God that I was able in some small measure to assist my very good Australian friends. Leading Aircraftsman J F Donegan, RAAF, owed his life to the bravery

Making gold bars to aid war funds (Video)

Malaria and dysentery

Japanese and Australian medical problems It has been said that epidemics carry the blame for defeat while the generals get the credit for victory...

Malay Hamlet camp

The site of the camp was on a beautiful sloping hill with a stream running and gurgling some twenty yards away.

Map of Crete 1941 (Image)

Map of F Force camps

Map of Greece 1941 (Image)

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