Episode # | Description |
1 Moving up | Onto the Kokoda Track from camp at Bootless Bay, 5 September 1942. What do you say to a Dying Man? p85 |
2 Ioribaiwa Ridge | Forward positions as retreating Australian Battalions pass through then retreat to Ioribaiwa then Imita. Stand-To in the Jungle. p22 |
3 Templeton’s Crossing | Japanese advance stopped and then they retreat. Australian’s in pursuit. Kokoda Track Prayer. p45 Field Burial. p41 |
4 Occupying Templeton’s Crossing | The Japanese made a stand at Eora Creek with Templeton’s Crossing their forward positions. The Ultimate Leader. p34 |
5 Kokoda to Oivi | Back to Myola, then forward to Alola, Kokoda and Oivi. Keep Smiling. p86 |
6 Gona | Fighting at Oivi, then Gona. Relieved on 4 December 1942. Watch your Front. p30 |
7 Epilogue | Targets. Statistics. Reflection. Absent Friends. p15 Return to the Kokoda Track. p47 |
Poetry written by Bede Tongs OAM MM. Page numbers refer to ‘Poems of an Infanteer in the Firing Line’ by Bede Tongs, published in 2011 by Nerrigundah Publishing.