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A paper which looks at the importance of the Kokoda campaign in Papua New Guinea in 1942, with specific reference to the role of the Australian militia. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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File: JL5_JLkakod.rtf
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it is regarded as a major Australian victory today. As Clark states, the Kokoda Trail is "rightly remembered as a high point in Australian history . . . the Kokoda
campaign remains the most important ever fought by Australians to ensure the direct security of Australia" (Clark, 2002, PG). This is partly because of the considerable odds against which the
soldiers were battling, but also because of the composition of the troops themselves; as Clark states, many of them were teenagers who had "never fired a rifle in anger" and
who were "outnumbered . . . by adversaries equipped with heavy machine-guns, mortars and mountain guns" (Clark, 2002, PG). As noted by the Battle for
Australia Historical Society (2005), the conditions in New Guinea were also much more familiar to the Japanese soldiers, who had had experience of fighting in Malaya, the Philippines and the
East Indies, and were accustomed to jungle warfare. The Australians, on the other hand, were not trained for jungle fighting, were poorly equipped and trained, and had to cope with
appalling terrain and weather conditions. They had to contend with razor-sharp vegetation, heavy mud, rainfall, insects and disease; in addition, supply transportation was almost impossible.
There were also conflicts between the Australian Imperial Force and the militia troops, who had hastily been drafted when it became obvious that more substantial defences of Port Moresby
were needed. As the BAHS states, the militia troops were young, poorly trained and equipped and had no experience of combat: they were treated with contempt by the AIF, who
referred to them as "chocolate soldiers". BAHS comments that "the appalling treatment of these young militia recruits provides a damning indictment of Australias army leadership in 1941 - 42"
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