Battle of Isurava
The Battle of Isurava (also sometimes referred to as the Battle of Isurava – Abuari or the Battle of Isuraba) took place over the period 26 to 31 August 1942. Forming part of the Kokoda Track campaign of the Second World War, the battle involved military forces from Australia, supported by the United States, fighting against Japanese troops from Major General Tomitaro Horii's South Seas Detachment who had landed around Buna and Gona in Papua mid-July 1942, with the intent of capturing Port Moresby to the south via the overland route.
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2/14th Battalion (Australia)2/16th Battalion (Australia)2/27th Battalion (Australia)21st Brigade (Australia)30th Brigade (Australia)39th Battalion (Australia)53rd Battalion (Australia)7th Division (Australia)Allied logistics in the Kokoda Track campaignArnold PottsAsiatic-Pacific TheaterBattle and theatre honours of the Australian ArmyBren light machine gunBruce KingsburyJanuary 1918Kokoda (film)List of World War II battlesList of battles 1901–2000Maroubra Force
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Battle of Isurava
The Battle of Isurava (also sometimes referred to as the Battle of Isurava – Abuari or the Battle of Isuraba) took place over the period 26 to 31 August 1942. Forming part of the Kokoda Track campaign of the Second World War, the battle involved military forces from Australia, supported by the United States, fighting against Japanese troops from Major General Tomitaro Horii's South Seas Detachment who had landed around Buna and Gona in Papua mid-July 1942, with the intent of capturing Port Moresby to the south via the overland route.
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The Battle of Isurava (also so ...... from the Japanese commanders.
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111 wounded
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1942-08-31
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Japanese victory
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Soldiers in short sleeve shirt ...... les slung over their shoulders
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Members of the 39th Battalion withdrawing after the Battle of Isurava
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Arnold Potts
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Tomitaro Horii
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Battle of Isurava
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the Second World War, Pacific War
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Private Kingsbury, who was one ...... m a sniper hiding in the wood.
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Japanese victory
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