Bede Tongs M.M. & Owen Baskett – 3rd Militia Battalion – Kokoda

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Oct 4, 2009

Image Left:  The colour patch of the 3rd Militia Battalion, C.M.F. (Citizens Military Forces) on the Kokoda Track – 5th September to 1st December, 1942. Stories of  ”mateship” – during times of war; are universal.  It does not matter from which corner of the globe they came from.  Whether on the battlefields of Europe, Russia and North Africa, [...]


 
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