Kokoda Day 2021
PUBLISHED November 2021
On 3 November 2021 the Walkway commemorated Kokoda Day and His Excellency General The Honourable David Hurley AC DSC (Retd) Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia – the Walkway’s patron – provided a recorded address. A transcript of the message can be read here. The day was also a day of celebration as it was the 25th anniversary of the ceremony to open stage one of the Walkway plus the day saw the launch of Their Spirit Lives On, a history of the 25 years of the Walkway.
VIP guests in the Ralph Honner Education Centre experiencing the new virtual reality (VR) program.
VIP guests in the Ralph Honner Education Centre experiencing the new virtual reality (VR) program.
VIP guests in the Ralph Honner Education Centre experiencing the new virtual reality (VR) program.
VIP guests in the Ralph Honner Education Centre experiencing the new virtual reality (VR) program.
VIP guests in the Ralph Honner Education Centre experiencing the new virtual reality (VR) program.
VIP guests in the Ralph Honner Education Centre experiencing the new virtual reality (VR) program.
VIP guests in the Ralph Honner Education Centre experiencing the new virtual reality (VR) program.
VIP guests in the Ralph Honner Education Centre experiencing the new virtual reality (VR) program.
VIP guests in the Ralph Honner Education Centre experiencing the new virtual reality (VR) program.
VIP guests in the Ralph Honner Education Centre experiencing the new virtual reality (VR) program.
Carole-Anne Priest (KTMW Board Deputy Chair) and the late Peter Woods OAM (KTMW Board member).
John Haines AM, former KTMW Board Chair.
Charlie Lynn OAM, former KTMW Board member.
Cr Angelo Tsirekas (Mayor of City of Canada Bay Council) addresses the service.
Those attending watch the recorded address by the Walkway’s Patron, the Governor-General David Hurley.
Jennifer Collins (Chair KTMW Board) addresses those attending.
Kokoda veterans Bruce Robertson and Reg Chard OAM raising the Australian and Papua New Guinea flags.
Kokoda veterans Bruce Robertson and Reg Chard OAM raising the Australian and Papua New Guinea flags.
Kokoda veterans Bruce Robertson and Reg Chard OAM raising the Australian and Papua New Guinea flags.
Bruce Robertson and Reg Chard with Alice Kang OAM, KTMW Director.
Members of the Catafalque Party from the 1st Military Police Battalion.
A piper leads the wreath laying ceremony at the Memorial centrepiece
Reg Chard, Jennifer Collins and Angelo Tsirekas prepare to lay wreaths.
Chaplain Fr Graeme Malone leads prayers.
Kokoda veteran Bert Collins speaks with Carole-Anne Priest (Deputy Chair KTMW Board) with Bruce Robertson and Reg Chard in the background.
Alice Kang OAM (KTMW Director) addresses those attending.
Alice Kang OAM (KTMW Director) addresses those attending.
Members of the Catafalque Party, NSW Corrective Services band and the piper at the Memorial centrepiece.