Memorial News
The Rabaul & Montevideo Maru Society was established in 2009 and integrated into the PNGAA in 2013. The society encourages students and adults to explore the significance of WWII in the Papua New Guinea...
Category: Memorial News
A Sydney Anzac Day March to Remember : Russell Wade – PNGK Sept 2021
Anzac Day 2021 was a momentous occasion for Warrant Officer John Irwin (‘Jock’) Wilkinson, having both recently turned 100 and met his personal goal to march on his own two feet on Anzac Day....
Memorial News – RABAUL & MONTEVIDEO MARU SOCIETY
The Rabaul & Montevideo Maru Society was established in 2009 and integrated into the PNGAA in 2013. The society encourages students and adults to explore the significance of WWII in the Papua New Guinea...
Papua New Guinea Remembers—Anzac Day 2021
Australian achievements in Papua New Guinea during WW II were critical to victory in the Pacific War against the Japanese. Australians fought alongside men of the Papuan Infantry Battalion and the Pacific Islands Regiment,...
Papuan Carriers Memorial by RICK MOOR – PNGK June 2021
The Kokoda Track, which runs ninety-six km through the Owen Stanley Range in Papua New Guinea, was the location of the 1942 World War II battle between Japanese and Australian forces in what was...
