Kokoda Historical are helping to Light Up the Kokoda Track helping to sponsor an initiative driven by the

Kokoda Track Foundation distributing solar lights to communities along and around the Kokoda Track.

The 39th Battalion Association will be holding a very special Kokoda Luncheon to commemorate the 70th Anniversary of the Kokoda Campaign.

Guest Speaker will be the Chief of the Australian Army LIEUTENANT GENERAL DAVID MORRISON AO and will be in the presence of the surviving Kokoda Diggers

Rob and Allan Kenna, the sons of Ted Kenna VC, and their brother-in-law Ian Day are visiting the region where Ted Kenna won his Victoria Cross medal. Kokoda Historical are honoured to be chosen to operate this tailored tour of the Sepik region in PNG. On 15 May 1945 Ted Kenna singlehandledly engaged and took out two Japanese machine gun posts at Wirui Mission Hill.

On his own initiative Private Kenna stood up in full view of a Japanese machine gun crew who were less than 50 metres away, he continually fired upon the enemy gunner to save the lives of his fellow soldiers. The Japanese returned fire and bullets darted between his arms and his body, Private Kenna continued to fire and when his Bren machine gun ran empty called for a rifle to continue his assault. Kenna killed the gunner with the first round from the rifle. A second machine gun fired at Kenna from a different position and Kenna remained standing and took him out with the second round.