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ThreadThe tragic story of the Mullarkey family from Sydney. Frederick and Elizabeth Mullarkey were immigrants from Galway and Tipperary respectively.They had nine children.One son died in infancy.Six sons grew into

Dec 25, 1942:George Silk’s iconic photograph of local Orokaiva villager Raphael Oimbari escorting Pte George Whittington during the battle for Buna Station.Silk had returned from Libya after being captured for

Thread1/8The Defence of the NorthAfter Darwin and Broome were bombed in early 1942 it was realised that Japan could invade anywhere in northern & western Australia’s thousands of kms of

Thread 1/19THE LOST UNIT: To support the Japanese Naval landings #MilneBay in August 1942, the Tsukioka Unit (353 men of the 5th Sasebo Special Naval Landing Force, plus others) were

Thread Oct 1942: The LOST BATTALION. General MacArthur, frustrated with the “slow pace” of the Australians’ advance on the Kokoda Trail in the Papuan campaign, decided to send a newly-arrived

1/5 Few know of the forgotten POW Indian army troops, captured in Feb 42, who didn’t join the INA. 8,000 were sent to New Guinea, where they were brutally used