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Lost Battlefield In Papua on the Kokoda Trail - 4/15/2013 10:33:47 PM   
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RE: Lost Battlefield In Papua on the Kokoda Trail - 4/15/2013 11:27:18 PM   
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RE: Lost Battlefield In Papua on the Kokoda Trail - 4/16/2013 12:17:12 AM   
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RE: Lost Battlefield In Papua on the Kokoda Trail - 4/16/2013 3:06:07 AM   
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RE: Lost Battlefield In Papua on the Kokoda Trail - 4/16/2013 5:24:12 PM   
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Those rusted gernades are British Mills Bombs.
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Are you sure about that? Here are photos of Japanese type 91 and type 97 grenades.





I looked again, you must be right these are different from the ones at eura creek

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RE: Lost Battlefield In Papua on the Kokoda Trail - 4/16/2013 5:31:24 PM   
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RE: Lost Battlefield In Papua on the Kokoda Trail - 4/17/2013 1:08:30 AM   
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RE: Lost Battlefield In Papua on the Kokoda Trail - 4/17/2013 1:17:02 AM   
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Take a good look at the photo.
You will see the Mills Bombs distinctive filler plug and base cap.
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RE: Lost Battlefield In Papua on the Kokoda Trail - 4/18/2013 3:04:32 AM   
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RE: Lost Battlefield In Papua on the Kokoda Trail - 4/18/2013 3:36:58 PM   
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RE: Lost Battlefield In Papua on the Kokoda Trail - 4/18/2013 8:38:39 PM   
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Status: offline 		You betcha. And besides the grenades etc. that you could see, there might be a minefield in the area. Those guys are lucky they haven't stepped on one.

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RE: Lost Battlefield In Papua on the Kokoda Trail - 4/20/2013 2:05:58 AM   
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You betcha. And besides the grenades etc. that you could see, there might be a minefield in the area. Those guys are lucky they haven't stepped on one.


If you read your history books, the Battle of Eora Creek was a fighting withdrawal not a static position defence. Besides everything (what little there was) had to be hauled over a mountain range along a muddy track on someones back so I cannot see (and I have not heard) of mines used in this campaign. Improvised devices such as grenades stuck in a tree with a piece of wire as a trigger (widely used as night time perimeter picket) would be a more realistic hazard but it has been a long time for those type of devices.....

Unstable unexploded ordinance would be everywhere though they probably would not be much larger than grenades and mortar rounds (all infantry weapons)....



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RE: Lost Battlefield In Papua on the Kokoda Trail - 4/21/2013 11:55:13 PM   
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RE: Lost Battlefield In Papua on the Kokoda Trail - 4/24/2013 3:42:05 AM   
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Take a good look at the photo.
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Hi Tom. I really like your avatar. Do you have any extras I can choose from for myself?

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RE: Lost Battlefield In Papua on the Kokoda Trail - 4/24/2013 4:22:15 AM   
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RE: Lost Battlefield In Papua on the Kokoda Trail - 4/24/2013 4:26:27 AM   
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RE: Lost Battlefield In Papua on the Kokoda Trail - 4/24/2013 4:27:15 AM   
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RE: Lost Battlefield In Papua on the Kokoda Trail - 4/24/2013 4:27:59 AM   
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RE: Lost Battlefield In Papua on the Kokoda Trail - 4/24/2013 4:30:32 AM   
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RE: Lost Battlefield In Papua on the Kokoda Trail - 4/24/2013 4:33:59 AM   
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RE: Lost Battlefield In Papua on the Kokoda Trail - 4/24/2013 4:36:29 AM   
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RE: Lost Battlefield In Papua on the Kokoda Trail - 4/24/2013 4:38:21 AM   
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RE: Lost Battlefield In Papua on the Kokoda Trail - 4/24/2013 5:00:28 AM   
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