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Catalogue  > Second World War  > WW2 Kokoda  > To Kokoda and Beyond, The Story of the 39th Battalion 1941-43. Austin, Victor




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The 39th Australian Infantry Battalion, existed as a unit for only 24 months of World War Two, but its story is one of the most unusual and proudest in the annals of Australian Military History.

Formed in haste in 1941, from disparate Victorian militia elements and initially officered (except for platoon commanders) by World War One veterans, its ranks largely composed of eighteen - and nineteen year old boys, armed with 1914-18 weapons. Designated for passive garrison role in Australian administered Papua, the 39th was, literally, a 'scratch' unit.  The untried and largely untrained, 'garrison battalion' found itself in Port Moresby in the front line of Australia's defence, just weeks after there Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour. A few months later, they were suddenly the front line troops on the Kokoda Track........

CONTENTS: Illustrations and Maps - Acknowledgments - Preface to First Edition - Preface to Second Edition - Introduction - From Formation to Embarkation - The Voyage to Port Moresby - Fortress Moresby - To Kokoda - Deniki To Isurava - Isurave - Isuravew to Koitaki - Intermission -  The struggle for the beachhead - Haddy's Village - Huggins' Roadblock to Sanananda Track - Homecoming and disbandment - Appendix 1: Nominal Roll Appendix 2: Honours and Awards - Appendix 3: Casualties - Addendum - Abbreviations - Photographic Gallery - Index


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SKU:9780522843798
Quantity:1 item(s) available
Author/s: Victor Austin
Book Size(cm): 21 x 14
Condition: NEW
Format: Hardcover Laminated Boards
Pages: 317
Printing &/or Publishing Information: Australian Military History Publications
Printing Year: 2007 - reprint
History Of: 39th Australian Infantry Battalion AIF World War 2
ISBN: 9780522843798
Infantry Battalion: 39
Weight:0.88 kg
Price:$ 48.95
 
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