Kokoda Day Remembrance service 2015.
Each year on 8th August, the 39th Bn Assn and the 2/14th Assn hold a memorial service at the magnificent Kokoda Memorial at Cascade Gardens, Broadbeach, on the Gold Coast. Our Assn attends and lays a wreath.
This is a magnificent memorial and each year the service has a Band and a Catafalque Party provided by “The Southport School
This is a magnificent memorial and each year the service has a Band and a Catafalque Party provided by “The Southport School
This photo was taken in 2015, the same year that the NGVR/ANGAU Plaque was installed.
L-R: Bill McGrath, Bob Collins, Jesse Chee, Barry Beaman, Douglas Ng, Ross Johnson, Bruce Johnson, Kieran Nelson, Ken Connolly, Phil Ainsworth, Kerry Glover, Ralph Seeto, Des Pryde, Tony Boulter.
L-R: Bill McGrath, Bob Collins, Jesse Chee, Barry Beaman, Douglas Ng, Ross Johnson, Bruce Johnson, Kieran Nelson, Ken Connolly, Phil Ainsworth, Kerry Glover, Ralph Seeto, Des Pryde, Tony Boulter.
Kieran Nelson, Phil Ainsworth, Bruce Johnson and Bob Collins, taken in 2016.
Bob Collins and Phil Ainsworth
Kokoda Day 2017.
Above. Keith Payne VC, wife Florence Payne, Phil Ainsworth, Bob Collins, Alan ? .
Below. Bob Collins prepares to lay a wreath.
Above. Keith Payne VC, wife Florence Payne, Phil Ainsworth, Bob Collins, Alan ? .
Below. Bob Collins prepares to lay a wreath.
Des Pryde and Bob Collins at Kokoda Day 2016.
Des served with PNGVR, joined the Regular Army and served with AATTV in Vietnam
Phil Ainsworth and Bob Collins at the service 2016.
Bob Collins after laying wreath, 2018.
Bob Collins and Bruce Johnson 2016.
Phil Ainsworth, Jesse Chee, Bill McGrath, Ken Connolly, Bob Collins, Gil Harvey-Hall, 2017
Fora typical programme for the above event see below.
| kokoda_day_cascade_gardens.pdf |
| kokoda_day_cascade_gardens_2.pdf |
Sherwood Indooropilly RSL Kokoda Day Ceremony.
Each year also the Sherwood Indooropilly RSL holds a Ceremony to commemorate Kokoda Day.
Above and Left. Service to commemorate Kokoda Day at the Sherwood Indooropilly RS. Sunday 9th August, 2020.
Above. Phil Ainsworth lays a wreath.
Left. Mike Griffin with Lantana sprigs to place on memorial. It is believed the raw troops moving up on to the start of the Kokoda Trail found the smell of lantana reminded them of the bush at home. For many years the Sub Branch has honoured their memory by laying sprigs of lantana on Kokoda Day.
Above. Phil Ainsworth lays a wreath.
Left. Mike Griffin with Lantana sprigs to place on memorial. It is believed the raw troops moving up on to the start of the Kokoda Trail found the smell of lantana reminded them of the bush at home. For many years the Sub Branch has honoured their memory by laying sprigs of lantana on Kokoda Day.
For the programme regarding the Kokoda Day above see below.
| kokoda_program_2020.doc |
