Sincere thanks to all who answered my query. As luck would have it I was out all day yesterday so didn't have a chance to respond earlier. Bob, Callie and John, the information you've provided is fascinating and makes me wonder even more at the apparant lack of songs about the Kokoda campaign in the Australian canon. I have lived many years here in Oz but I confess I was quite ignorant of the ramifications of Kokoda until the then Prime Minister Keating visited the area (1992?) and dropped to his knees to kiss the ground. It was shown on TV news and was either a spontaneous act of homage to brave men or a carefully calculated politician's stunt, but for me at least, the act itself transcended any base motivation it might have had. It also stirred the first faint tinglings of patriotism in me for my adopted country. Thanks again, ChrisJ