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29-August-2019 [Sandra Brown]
29-August-2019 [Sandra Brown]
29-August-2019 [Sandra Brown]
29-August-2019 [Sandra Brown]
29-August-2019 [Sandra Brown]

Photographs supplied by Diane Watson / Sandra Brown

The Kokoda Stone was presented by the Port Moresby Sub-Branch to Sherwood Indooroopilly RSL Sub Branch in 1972 and commemorates those who fought and those who lost their lives on the Kokoda Track during World War Two.

In 2002, a plaque sculpted by Ross Bastian commemorated the 60th anniversary of the Kokoda battles. In 2019 an additional plaque was added to the precinct on Kokoda Day (3rd November), detailing the history of the stone, to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Sherwood RSL Sub-Branch. 

The Kokoda Track campaign or Kokoda Trail campaign was part of the Pacific War of World War Two. The campaign consisted of a series of battles fought between July and November 1942 between Japanese and Allied - primarily Australian forces in what was then the Australian territory of Papua.

 

 

Location

Address:Clewley Street, Croll Memorial Precinct , Corinda, 4075
State:QLD
Area:AUS
GPS Coordinates:Lat: -27.537785
Long: 152.981044
Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate.
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Details

Monument Type:Monument
Monument Theme:Conflict
Sub-Theme:WW2
Designer:Ross J. Bastiaan (Melbourne, VIC)
Artist:Ross J. Bastiaan (Melbourne, VIC)

Dedication

Approx. Monument Dedication Date:February-1972
Front Inscription

This stone from the Kokoda Trail

Presented by the Port Moresby Sub Branch R.S.L.A. is erected in memory of fallen comrades

February 1972.

 

Source: SKP, MA
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