Remembrance Day

For Papua New Guinea, Remembrance Day was established to honor those who have died on duty in the first world war, the second world war, and subsequent peacekeeping and law & order engagements. And July 23 holds a special meaning. Exactly 78 years ago on July 23rd 1942, with Japanese forces heading towards their capital of Port Moresby, a small number of soldiers from the PNG infantry battalion, supported by Australian forces, attacked a forward party of Japanese troops at Awala in the Kokoda region. This was a historic landmark in the country’s history as it was the first time, Papua New Guinea soldiers had engaged in battle on native soil. Eventually this battle was won, and it was the beginning of end of Japanese expansion in the Pacific.

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