tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88378691393318017752024-02-19T02:17:22.451-08:00Kokoda Campaign 1942A wargames campaign designed for use with 28mm minaturesDrewsart70http://www.blogger.com/profile/11929606997488453305noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8837869139331801775.post-67450142198140568562013-04-09T18:41:00.001-07:002013-04-09T20:14:44.550-07:00The Japanese Advance – Awala and Gorari Ambush Actions<div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 16pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Campaign Actions Phase 1 July 1942<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 16pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The Japanese Advance – Awala and Gorari Ambush Actions<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The initial battles for control of the lower part of the Kokoda track took place immediately after the Japanese invasion and occupation of Buna on 21<sup>st</sup> July 1942. The battles occurred first at Awala on the 23<sup>rd</sup> July. This would be the first contact between Australian and Japanese forces in Papua, with the second engagement being fought outsisde the village of Gorari as an ambush action on the 25<sup>th</sup> July 1942. </span></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Action 1: Awala 23<sup>rd</sup> July 1942.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The Japanese Yokoyama Advance Force landed at Buna on the 21<sup>st</sup> July and immediately sent out a probing force to secure the track that leds to the village of Kokoda a vital objective for the Japanese in these early stages of the coming campaign. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Spotting the advancing members of the Japanese 15<sup>th</sup> Independent Engineers on the 22<sup>nd</sup> July, Lieutenant John Chalk commander of the local elements of A Company Papuan Infantry Battalion (PIB) takes two actions <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">(1)</span><span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">He immediately sends a runner to his immediate superior Major Watson, asking for orders of action. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">(2)</span><span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">While he awaits his commanders response Chalk keeps his troops out of sight while observing the approaching Japanese.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Chalk receives a handwritten note later that day, stating simply: <i>"You will engage the enemy."</i><span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> Chalk lays an ambush and awaits the opportunity to spring it on the 23<sup>rd</sup></span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Awala is played as a point defense scenario page 112 of the core rules book. <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Special rules</span></b><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"> - While primarily an action between the troops of the PIB and the Japanese. Elements of B company 39<sup>th</sup> Militia Battalion are close enough to be included in the battle should the Allied commander wish. While the Japanese have access to artillery support there is no preparatory bombardment in this scenario.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">If an all PIB force is selected to play this scenario, ½ the PIB Forces may be deployed for an ambush action. If there is a mixed force of PIB and Australian militia, All PIB units must be deployed on board while the Australian Militia forms the reserve.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Australian OOB Expenditure</span></b><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"> - 500 points, no less than 250 points may be spend on PIB forces.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">PIB forces</span></b><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"> must comply with the British/Commonwealth Army Book, Inexperienced Infantry Sections (Early War) page 22, one reinforced platoon at a minimum must be purchased, no LMG option may be taken, NCO’s may not select SMG’s, AT grenades may not be taken.. Officers and NCO’s are represented by white Australian troops the PIB are all indigenous Papuans.</span><span lang="EN"> </span><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Chalk</span><span lang="EN-US"> is purchased as a regular officer.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Special Green Ghost rules are in play for the PIB</span></b><span lang="EN" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Australian Militia forces</span></b><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"> must comply with the British/Commonwealth Army Book, Inexperienced Infantry Sections (Mid/Late War) page 22-23, one reinforced platoon may be purchased, LMG’s may be purchased, only the NCO’s may select a SMG’s, AT grenades may not be taken. 11<sup>th</sup> Platoon B Company, 39th Militia Battalion under the command of </span><span lang="EN-US">Lieutenant Seekamp are all inexperienced militia troops, Seekamp is purchased as a regular officer.</span><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Supporting elements for the PIB and 39<sup>th</sup> Battalion Troops<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Mortar<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Flame<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">AT Team<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">PIB<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">No</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">No</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">No</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">No</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">No</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">No</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">No</span></span></div>
</td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 37pt;" valign="top" width="49"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">No</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">No</span></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">39<sup>th</sup> Bn<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Yes<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">No</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">No</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">No</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Yes</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">No</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">No</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">No</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">No</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">No</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">No</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Japanese OOB Expenditure</span></b><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"> - 750 points in total<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The Japanese troops that made up the Yokoyama Advance Force were battle hardened veterans, to reflect this at minimum Japanese troops may be purchased as Regular. One reinforced platoons can be drawn from the following front line units.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Supporting elements for the Japanese troops of The Yokoyama Advance Force<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="color: white; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Troop type<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="color: white; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Medic<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="color: white; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">FOO<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="color: white; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">MMG<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="color: white; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Mortar<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="color: white; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Sniper<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="color: white; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Flame<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="color: white; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Thrower<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="color: white; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">AT Team<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="color: white; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Arty<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="color: white; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">A/Car<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="color: white; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Tank<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="color: white; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">etc<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="color: white; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Transp<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="color: white; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">15<sup>th</sup> Ind<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="color: white; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Engineers<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Yes<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
</td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 35.2pt;" width="47"><div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">No</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
</td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 35.55pt;" width="47"><div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Yes</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
</td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 43.4pt;" width="58"><div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Yes</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
</td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 40pt;" width="53"><div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Yes<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
</td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 49.65pt;" width="66"><div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">No<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
</td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 36.7pt;" width="49"><div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">No<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
</td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 32.8pt;" width="44"><div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">No<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
</td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 37.5pt;" width="50"><div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">No<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
</td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 34.5pt;" width="46"><div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">No<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
</td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 41.8pt;" width="56"><div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Yes<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<tr style="height: 15.25pt; mso-yfti-irow: 2;"><td style="background: red; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15.25pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 54.9pt;" valign="top" width="73"><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="color: white; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1<sup>st</sup> Bn<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="color: white; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">144<sup>th</sup> Regt<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
</td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15.25pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 36.8pt;" width="49"><div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Yes<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
</td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15.25pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 35.2pt;" width="47"><div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Yes Arty</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
</td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15.25pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 35.55pt;" width="47"><div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Yes</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
</td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15.25pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 43.4pt;" width="58"><div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Yes</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
</td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15.25pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 40pt;" width="53"><div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Yes<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
</td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15.25pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 49.65pt;" width="66"><div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">No<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
</td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15.25pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 36.7pt;" width="49"><div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">No<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
</td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15.25pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 32.8pt;" width="44"><div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Yes<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
</td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15.25pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 37.5pt;" width="50"><div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">No<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
</td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15.25pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 34.5pt;" width="46"><div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">No<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
</td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15.25pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 41.8pt;" width="56"><div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Yes<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
</td></tr>
<tr style="height: 15.25pt; mso-yfti-irow: 3; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes;"><td style="background: red; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15.25pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 54.9pt;" valign="top" width="73"><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="color: white; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">5<sup>th</sup> <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="color: white; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Sasebo SNLF<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
</td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15.25pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 36.8pt;" width="49"><div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Yes<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
</td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15.25pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 35.2pt;" width="47"><div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">No<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
</td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15.25pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 35.55pt;" width="47"><div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Yes<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
</td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15.25pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 43.4pt;" width="58"><div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Yes<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
</td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15.25pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 40pt;" width="53"><div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Yes<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
</td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15.25pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 49.65pt;" width="66"><div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">No<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
</td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15.25pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 36.7pt;" width="49"><div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">No<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
</td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15.25pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 32.8pt;" width="44"><div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">No<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
</td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15.25pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 37.5pt;" width="50"><div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">No<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">No<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">(1)</span><span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">the hill overlooking the Gona–Sangara road, <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">(2)</span><span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">the road itself<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">(3)</span><span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">the native garden that is aligned with the road.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">A loss for the Japanese means a loss of 50 Points on the next game and -25 for the Australians<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Action 2: Gorari village crossing </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt;">Kumusi River </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">25<sup>th</sup> July 1942.<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The Kokoda track left the coast at Buna and travelled approximately 50 kilometers to a point where the track came to a halt at the mighty Kumusi River. The Kumusi, 100 meters wide and four meters deep, flowed with a rush towards the Solomon’s Sea at 8 knots. To cross the river a primitive wire rope bridge spanned the river torrent. </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Initially the Australian militia troops thought that this point would make a great ambush point, but decided that a better stand could be achieved at Gorari where an additional Militia Platoon, the 12<sup>th</sup> under lieutenant Mortimore was located, the militia of 11<sup>th</sup> Platoon along with the remaining PIB forced blew up the bridge and moved to Gorari. </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">At Gorari the Australian and Papuan forces set up an ambush position 800 yards east of the small village, the 11<sup>th</sup> and 12<sup>th</sup> Platoons on main track leading towards Kokoda within thick jungle. The Papuans in tall kunai grass to the militia forces flanks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Bren and Lewis Guns were sited to fire along track while Thompson Machine Guns were for the most part to be used in Jungle to give fire power at close quarters.</span></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Gorari is played as an envelopment scenario page 108 of the core rules book. <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Special rules - </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">11<sup>th</sup> and 12<sup>th</sup> Militia Platoons<b> </b></span><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">are the primarily an action troops for the action, the PIB may be purchased but there were very few of them present in this action. While the Japanese have access to artillery support there is no preparatory bombardment in this scenario.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Australian OOB Expenditure </span></b><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">- 500 points, no more than 100 points may be spend on PIB forces.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Australian Militia forces</span></b><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"> must comply with the British/Commonwealth Army Book, Inexperienced Infantry Sections (Mid/Late War) page 22-23, one reinforced platoon may be purchased, LMG’s may be purchased, only the NCO’s may select a SMG’s, AT grenades may not be taken. 11<sup>th</sup> and 12<sup>th</sup> Platoon militia </span><span lang="EN-US">are all inexperienced troops, Seekamp and Mortimore are purchased as a regular officer.</span><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">PIB forces</span></b><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"> must comply with the British/Commonwealth Army Book, Inexperienced Infantry Sections (Early War) page 22, one reinforced platoon at a minimum must be purchased, no LMG option may be taken, NCO’s may not select SMG’s, AT grenades may not be taken.. Officers and NCO’s are represented by white Australian troops the PIB are all indigenous Papuans.</span><span lang="EN"> </span><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Chalk</span><span lang="EN-US"> is purchased as a regular officer.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Special Green Ghost rules are in play for the PIB</span></b><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">PIB<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">No<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
</td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 37.7pt;" valign="top" width="50"><div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">No</span></span></div>
</td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 37.7pt;" valign="top" width="50"><div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">No</span></span></div>
</td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 40.45pt;" valign="top" width="54"><div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">No</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">No</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">No</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">No</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">No</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">No</span></span></div>
</td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 37pt;" valign="top" width="49"><div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">No</span></span></div>
</td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 39pt;" valign="top" width="52"><div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">No</span></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">39<sup>th</sup> Bn<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Yes<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
</td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15.25pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 37.7pt;" valign="top" width="50"><div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">No</span></span></div>
</td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15.25pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 37.7pt;" valign="top" width="50"><div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">No</span></span></div>
</td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15.25pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 40.45pt;" valign="top" width="54"><div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">No</span></span></div>
</td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15.25pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 37.95pt;" valign="top" width="51"><div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Yes</span></span></div>
</td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15.25pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 46.1pt;" valign="top" width="61"><div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">No</span></span></div>
</td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15.25pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 37.45pt;" valign="top" width="50"><div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">No</span></span></div>
</td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15.25pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 36.65pt;" valign="top" width="49"><div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">No</span></span></div>
</td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15.25pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 37.6pt;" valign="top" width="50"><div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">No</span></span></div>
</td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15.25pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 37pt;" valign="top" width="49"><div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">No</span></span></div>
</td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15.25pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 39pt;" valign="top" width="52"><div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">No</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Japanese OOB Expenditure</span></b><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"> - 750 points in total<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The Japanese troops that made up the Yokoyama Advance Force were battle hardened veterans, to reflect this at minimum Japanese troops may be purchased as Regular. One reinforced platoons can be drawn from the following front line units.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Supporting elements for the Japanese troops of The Yokoyama Advance Force<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Troop type<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Medic<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">FOO<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">MMG<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Mortar<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Sniper<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Flame<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Thrower<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">AT Team<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Arty<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
</td><td style="background: red; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: windowtext 1pt solid; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 37.5pt;" valign="top" width="50"><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">A/Car<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
</td><td style="background: red; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: windowtext 1pt solid; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 34.5pt;" valign="top" width="46"><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Tank<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">etc<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
</td><td style="background: red; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: windowtext 1pt solid; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 41.8pt;" valign="top" width="56"><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Transp<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 1;"><td style="background: red; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 54.9pt;" valign="top" width="73"><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">15<sup>th</sup> Ind<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Engineers<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
</td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 36.8pt;" width="49"><div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Yes<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
</td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 35.2pt;" width="47"><div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">No</span></span></div>
</td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 35.55pt;" width="47"><div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Yes</span></span></div>
</td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 43.4pt;" width="58"><div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">No</span></span></div>
</td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 40pt;" width="53"><div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Yes</span></span></div>
</td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 49.65pt;" width="66"><div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">No</span></span></div>
</td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 36.7pt;" width="49"><div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">No</span></span></div>
</td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 32.8pt;" width="44"><div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">No</span></span></div>
</td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 37.5pt;" width="50"><div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">No</span></span></div>
</td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 34.5pt;" width="46"><div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">No</span></span></div>
</td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 41.8pt;" width="56"><div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Yes</span></span></div>
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<tr style="height: 15.25pt; mso-yfti-irow: 2;"><td style="background: red; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15.25pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 54.9pt;" valign="top" width="73"><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1<sup>st</sup> Bn<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">144<sup>th</sup> Regt<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
</td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15.25pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 36.8pt;" width="49"><div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Yes<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
</td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15.25pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 35.2pt;" width="47"><div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">No</span></span></div>
</td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15.25pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 35.55pt;" width="47"><div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Yes</span></span></div>
</td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15.25pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 43.4pt;" width="58"><div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">No</span></span></div>
</td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15.25pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 40pt;" width="53"><div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Yes</span></span></div>
</td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15.25pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 49.65pt;" width="66"><div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">No</span></span></div>
</td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15.25pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 36.7pt;" width="49"><div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">No</span></span></div>
</td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15.25pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 32.8pt;" width="44"><div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">No</span></span></div>
</td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15.25pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 37.5pt;" width="50"><div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">No</span></span></div>
</td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15.25pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 34.5pt;" width="46"><div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">No</span></span></div>
</td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15.25pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 41.8pt;" width="56"><div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Yes</span></span></div>
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<tr style="height: 15.25pt; mso-yfti-irow: 3; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes;"><td style="background: red; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15.25pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 54.9pt;" valign="top" width="73"><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">5<sup>th</sup> <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Sasebo SNLF<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
</td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15.25pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 36.8pt;" width="49"><div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Yes<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
</td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15.25pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 35.2pt;" width="47"><div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">No<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
</td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15.25pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 35.55pt;" width="47"><div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Yes<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
</td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15.25pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 43.4pt;" width="58"><div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">No<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
</td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15.25pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 40pt;" width="53"><div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Yes</span></span></div>
</td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 15.25pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 49.65pt;" width="66"><div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">No</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">No</span></span></div>
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Drewsart70http://www.blogger.com/profile/11929606997488453305noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8837869139331801775.post-60071392893927533562013-04-09T18:01:00.000-07:002013-04-09T18:01:34.223-07:00After a break of some time and a change of rules Hi All<br />
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After a break of some time, the blog is active again. I have been bitten by the Bolt Action bug and I am now working on converting the Kokoda campaigfn into the Bolt action format. <br />
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An overview of the campaign follows<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">The rules for the Kokoda Campaign 1942 are divided into five sections. Each section following on to the next, allowing players to easily access the information and mechanisms required to be able to play the campaign. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Some of the information provided is designed to place the campaign within a historical context giving the player a small understanding of the issues and peculiarities that faced the troops on ground who fought the campaign from 1942 to 1943. <br /><br />It is recommended that players do their own research into the campaign to give a flavour to what they are playing. <br /><br />The following are the rule sections <br /><br />(1) Campaign Introduction <br /><br />(2) Campaign Phase Overview <br /><br />(3) Historical Formations <br /><br />(4) Campaign Points System </span><b><span style="font-family: Calibri,Calibri; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Calibri,Calibri; font-size: medium;"></span></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Calibri,Calibri; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Calibri,Calibri; font-size: medium;">Campaign Introduction </span></span></b><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">The Kokoda Campaign 1942 is designed to enable players to refight minor actions that occurred within the major battles of the Kokoda campaign using Bolt action rules with 28mm figures. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">The campaign is divided into three distinct phases. Each phase can be played as stand alone mini campaigns. Players may also opt to play individual battles within each phase. Some players may wish to take on the grand campaign and play all the phases and battles from July 1942 to January 1943. <br /><br />Each scenario within the campaign will have a listed maximum point value per side which players will be able to purchase units as per the normal method of troop selection. <br /><br />Each scenario within each phase will have a list of allowable purchases as well as a default army list should players want to just play the game. The default list will be drawn from historical orders of battle. <br /><br />For force construction allowable purchases will comply with the army lists available from Warlord games at the time and individual scenarios will have notes as to what may or may not be selected based on historical allocation of forces. <br /><br /><span style="font-size: small;">Some specialised units such as the Papuan Infantry Battalion list will compliment the Warlord games lists. Where there is no army list covering the forces by default units may be purchased from the core rule book. </span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: medium;">Campaign Phase Overview</span></b><span style="font-family: Calibri,Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri,Calibri;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri,Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri,Calibri;">The campaign is broken in three distinct segments or phases which can be played as a mini campaign, as individual battles or as the campaign in whole. <br /><div style="text-align: left;">
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The phases of the campaign are as follows numbered from 1 to 3, within each phase some of the major actions are listed, next to each action there is the number of campaign games listed as actions for reach battle. <br /><br /><strong>(Phase 1) The Japanese Advance comprising </strong><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">July 24<sup>th</sup> 1942 - Battles in Awala area (2 actions)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">July 28<sup>th</sup> to 29<sup>th</sup> 1942 – 1<sup>st</sup> Battle of Kokoda (3 Actions)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">August 8<sup>th</sup>-10<sup>th</sup> 1942 – 2<sup>nd</sup> Battle of Kokoda (2 Actions)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">August 12<sup>th</sup> to 14<sup>th</sup> 1942 – Battle of Deniki (2 Actions)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">August 26<sup>th</sup> to 30<sup>th</sup> 1942 – Battle of Isurava (3 Actions)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">September 7<sup>th</sup> to 8<sup>th</sup> 1942 – Battle of Brigade Hill (3 Actions)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">September 11<sup>th</sup> to 16<sup>th</sup> 1942 – Battle of Ioribaiwa (2 Actions)</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">August 25<sup>th</sup> - Japanese landing and initial attack at K.B. Mission (1 Action)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>August 26<sup>th</sup> to 27<sup>th</sup> 2<sup>nd</sup> Battle for KB Mission </span>(3 Actions)<span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>August 27th August - Australian 18th Brigade retakes K.B. Mission (1 Action)</div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>August 28<sup>th</sup> - Japanese push Australians back to No. 3 airstrip (3 Actions)</div>
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August 30<sup>th</sup> to 31st - Japanese final attack on the airstrip – (2 Actions)</div>
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September 4<sup>th</sup> - the Australians reached Goroni (1 Action)</div>
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September 5<sup>th </sup>to 7<sup>th</sup> - Australians begin to mop up Japanese stragglers (2 Action)</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">(Phase 3) The Australian Advance comprising<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>October 11<sup>th</sup> 1942 – Japanese delaying action Mount Bellamy (2 Actions)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>October 16<sup>th</sup> to 21<sup>st</sup> – Battle of Templeton’s Crossing (2 Actions)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>October 22<sup>nd</sup> to 29<sup>th</sup> – Battle of Eora Creek (3 Actions)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>November 5<sup>th</sup> to 12<sup>th</sup> – Battle of Oivi/Gorari (3 Actions)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>November 15<sup>th</sup> to 9<sup>th</sup> Dec – Battle of Guna (3 Actions)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>November 19<sup>th</sup> to 2<sup>nd</sup> Jan – Battle of Buna (3 Actions)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>December 9<sup>th</sup> to 21<sup>st</sup>Jan – Battle of Sanananda (3 Actions)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9pt;">53rd Militia Battalion (NSW)</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Inexperienced<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9pt;">Lt-Col Kenneth Harry Ward</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9pt;">1st Papuan Infantry Battalion</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Inexperienced<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Major Watson<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Yokoyama Advance Force - Commander Colonel Yokoyama</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9pt;">15th Independent Engineer Regiment</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Regulars<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9pt;">Colonel Yokoyama</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9pt;">1 Bn, 144th Infantry Regiment</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Veteran<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9pt;">Lt-Col Tsukamoto</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9pt;">5th Coy, 2nd Bn, 144th Regt</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Veteran<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">As Above<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9pt;">1st Batty, 55th Mountain Artillery Regt</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Veteran<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9pt;">Lt Hamada</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9pt;">2nd Battery, 47th Field AA Bn</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Regular<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9pt;">Lt Nakashima</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9pt;">Sasebo 5th SNLF (2 Coys)-<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Veteran<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9pt;">Commander Tsukioka<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9pt;">15th Naval Pioneer Unit<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Inexperienced<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9pt;">Major Fukuchi<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">South Seas Detachment (Nankai Shitai) – Commanded </span>Major General Horii<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">55<sup>TH</sup> Division infantry HQ</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Veteran<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9pt;">Major General Horii</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">144<sup>th</sup> Infantry Regiment<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Veteran<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">1<sup>st</sup>, 2<sup>nd</sup><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and 3<sup>rd</sup> Battalions<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">41<sup>st</sup> Infantry Battalion<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Veteran<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">1<sup>st</sup>, 2<sup>nd</sup><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and 3<sup>rd</sup> Battalions<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">41st Inf Regt (from 5th Div)</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Veteran<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">15<sup>th</sup> Independent Engineer Regiment<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Regular<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">14<sup>th</sup> Independent Engineer Regiment<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Regular<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">3rd Coy 55<sup>th</sup> Cav Rect </span><span style="font-size: 9pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Veteran<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">with one AT Gun Section attached</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 9pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">1st Battalion 55<sup>th</sup> Mtn Arty Regt<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Veteran<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">47<sup>th</sup> Field AA Battalion (less 1 Co)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Regular<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Allied Kokoda Track Operations<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b>21st Infantry Brigade (AIF) </b>– Brigadier General <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Arnold Potts</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Unit<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Type<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Commander/notes<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9pt;">2/14th Infantry Battalion (Vic) AIF</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Veteran<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9pt;">Lt Col Arthur Samuel Key, Lt Col Hugh Cullen</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9pt;">2/16th Infantry Battalion (WA), AIF</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Veteran<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9pt;">Lt Col A Macdonald, Lt Col Albert Caro, Lt Col Frank Sublet</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9pt;">2/27th Infantry Battalion (SA) AIF.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Veteran<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9pt;">Lt Col G. Cooper</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9pt;">later 3rd Infantry Militia Battalion</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Regular<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">By the time of commitment had become well trained<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b>25th Infantry Brigade (AIF)</b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Unit<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Type<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Commander/Notes<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9pt;">2/25th Infantry Battalion (Vic) AIF</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Veteran<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9pt;">Lt Col Charles Burton Withy, Lt Col Richard Harold Marson</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9pt;">2/31st<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Infantry Battalion (WA), AIF</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Veteran<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9pt;">Lt Col S.Porter, Lt Col C.C. Dunbar, Lt Col James Miller</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9pt;">2/33rd Infantry Battalion (SA) AIF.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Veteran<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9pt;">Lt Col Alfred. W Buttrose</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Independent Formations<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9pt;">2/1st Independent <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Infantry Bn AIF</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Veteran<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p> Lt Col Kennith Either</o:p></span></div>
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<b>Milne Bay <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Allied forces<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Commande</b>r - Major General Cyril Clowes</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">7th Australian Militia Brigade</b> - Brigadier John Field- ( <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">By the time of commitment had become well trained)</span><o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Unit<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Commander<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9pt;">9th Militia<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Battalion</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Regulars<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p> Lt Col Harold Morhan, Lt Col Geoffrey Mathews</o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9pt;">25th Militia<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Battalion</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Regulars<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p><strong> </strong>Lt Col Edward Miles</o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9pt;">61st Militia<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Battalion Cameron Highlanders</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Regulars<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p><strong> </strong>Lt Col Alexander Meldrum</o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">18th Australian Infantry Brigade (AIF</b>) -<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Brigadier George WOOTTEN</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Unit<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Type<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Commander/Notes<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9pt;">2/9th Infantry Battalion AIF</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Veteran<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p> Lt Col Clemment Cummings</o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9pt;">2/10th<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Infantry Battalion AIF</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Veteran<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p><strong> </strong>Lt Col James Dodd </o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9pt;">2/12th Infantry Battalion AIF.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Veteran<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p><strong> </strong>Lt Col Arthur Arnold</o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9pt;">2nd Battn 43rd US Engineer Regt</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Inexperienced</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9pt;">E Company 46th US Engineer Regt</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Inexperienced</span></div>
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<b>Milne Bay <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> Japanese</span> forces<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Commande</b>r - Commander Shojiro Hayashi</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Unit<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Commander<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9pt;">5th Kure SNLF</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Veteran</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p>Commander Shojiro Hayashi</o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9pt;">5th Sasebo SNLF</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Veteran</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p>Lieutenant Fujikawa</o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9pt;">Milne Force Artillery</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Veteran</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p>Field guns, AA guns and AT guns</o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">10th Naval Landing force and 2nd Air Advance party, 16th Naval Construction Company</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Regulars</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Engineer Tsutsui</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9pt;">A Platoon 8th Tank Company</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Veteran<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p>2- 3 Ha-go's</o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9pt;">3rd Kure SNLF</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Veteran<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p>Commander Tano Minoru</o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9pt;">5th Yokohama SNLF</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Veteran<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p>Sub Commander Yoshiota FuraKumo</o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9pt;">41st Infantry Regy from 5th Division</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Veteran</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9pt;">Korean Construction workers</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Inexperienced</span></div>
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<b>Supreme Commander Buna, Gona & Sanananda Areas -<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></b>Major General Oda<b><o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>Japanese Defence Gona </b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Commander</b> - Lieutenant Colonel Tomita (committed suicide Jan 1943).</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Unit<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Type<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Commander<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9pt;">Detachments from 41st and 144th Infantry Regiments.</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Regular<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Troop class downgraded through degradation, poor rations and casualties<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9pt;">14th Billeting Unit</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">inexperienced<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Allied Offensive Gona</span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Unit<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Type<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Commander/Notes<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">21st AIF Infantry Brigade</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Veteran<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9pt;">2/14th, 2/16th, 2/27th AIF & 39th Militia Battalions</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">25th AIF Infantry Brigade</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Veteran<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">2/25th, 2/31st, 2/33rd AIF & 3rd Militia Battalion</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Chaforce</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Veteran<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">1 coy each from 2/14th, 2/16th, 2/27th Battalions</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Artillery</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Veteran<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p> 2/1st Field regt</o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">US 32nd Infantry Division</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">inexperienced</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p>126th, 127th, 128th Infantry Regiments</o:p></span></div>
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Japanese Defence Buna</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Commander</b> -<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Major General Oda, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Major General Yamagata</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Type<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Commander/Notes<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9pt;">3rd Battalion, 229 Infantry Regiment.</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Veteran<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9pt;">Main Force Yokosuka 5th SNLP</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Veteran<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9pt;">Captain Yasuda</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9pt;">Detachment 47th Field AA Battalion<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Regular<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Allied Offensive Buna</span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Type<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Commander/Notes<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">18th AIF Infantry Brigade</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Veteran<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9pt;">2/9th, 2/10th, 2/12th Battalions</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">2/6th Independant Company</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Veteran<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">2/6th Armoured Regiment</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Veteran<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Artillery</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Veteran<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p> 2/1st, 2/5th, 13th Field Regt, 1st Mountian Battery</o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">US 32nd Infantry Division</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">inexperienced</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p>126th, 127th, 128th Infantry Regiments</o:p></span></div>
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<b>Japanese Defence Sananda</b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Commander</b> -<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Colonel Yokoyama</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Unit<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Type<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Commander/Notes<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9pt;">1st Bn and detachments of 2nd & 3rd Bns, 144th Infantry Regiment.</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Regular<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9pt;">HQ 41st Infantry Regt and remnants.</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Regular<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9pt;">Colonel Yazawa</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9pt;">15th Independent Engineer Regiment<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Regular<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9pt;">A Battalion from 55th Mountain Artillery Regiment.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Regular<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9pt;">Detachment 47th Field AA Battalion.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Regular<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9pt;">106th Land Duties Unit<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Inexperienced<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9pt;">1st Lieutenant Miyazoto<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9pt;">120th Land Duties Unit<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Inexperienced<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9pt;">Lieutenant Goto.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9pt;">Detachment Sasebo 5 SNLP<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Veteran<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b>Allied Offencive Sananda</b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Unit<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Type<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Commander/Notes<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9pt;">US 32nd Division</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Regular<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p>126th, 127th, 128th Regiments </o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9pt;">US 163rd Regiment</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Regular<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9pt;">16th AIF Brigade</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Veteran</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9pt;"><o:p>2/1st, 2/2nd, 2/3rd AIF Battalions </o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9pt;">18th AIF Brigade</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Veteran</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9pt;"><o:p>2/9th, 2/10th, 2/12th AIF Battalions </o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9pt;">30th Militia Brigade</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Veteran</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9pt;"><o:p>36th, 49th, 55/53rd Militia Battalions </o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9pt;">39th Militia Battalion</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Veteran</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9pt;">Armour</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Veteran</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9pt;">2/7th cavalry Regt, 2/6th Armoured Regiment </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9pt;">Artillery</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Veteran<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9pt;"><o:p> 2/1st, 2/5th, 2/6th Field Regiments</o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9pt;">US 32nd Infantry Division</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">inexperienced</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9pt;"><o:p>126th, 127th, 128th Infantry Regiments</o:p></span></div>
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</span><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" /><strong>Campaign Points System </strong><br />The Campaign is played as individual actions within Historic battles. Each action will have a points <br />allowance to purchase troops to play that action (Scenario). <br /><br />As the campaign progresses, as sides will win lose or draw, in line with the games result, points will <br />be allocated or be withdrawn. The following is the points allocated for a win, loss or draw </span>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Japanese Advance Phase</b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoTableGrid" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-collapse: collapse; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;"><tbody>
<tr style="mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-irow: 0;"><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: black 1pt solid; border-right: black 1pt solid; border-top: black 1pt solid; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: text1; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 115.5pt;" valign="top" width="154"><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Nationality<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
</td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: black 1pt solid; border-top: black 1pt solid; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 115.5pt;" valign="top" width="154"><div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Win<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
</td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: black 1pt solid; border-top: black 1pt solid; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 115.55pt;" valign="top" width="154"><div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Draw<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
</td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: black 1pt solid; border-top: black 1pt solid; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 115.55pt;" valign="top" width="154"><div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Loss<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
</td></tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 1;"><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: black 1pt solid; border-right: black 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 115.5pt;" valign="top" width="154"><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Japanese<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: black 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 115.5pt;" valign="top" width="154"><div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">100<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: black 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 115.55pt;" valign="top" width="154"><div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">-<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: black 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 115.55pt;" valign="top" width="154"><div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">-50<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td></tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 2; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes;"><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: black 1pt solid; border-right: black 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 115.5pt;" valign="top" width="154"><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Allied<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: black 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 115.5pt;" valign="top" width="154"><div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">50<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: black 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 115.55pt;" valign="top" width="154"><div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">10<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: black 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 115.55pt;" valign="top" width="154"><div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">-25<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
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<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Note points will only be added to the next game and are not cumulative</b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
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<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Milne Bay <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Phase</b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoTableGrid" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-collapse: collapse; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;"><tbody>
<tr style="mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-irow: 0;"><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: black 1pt solid; border-right: black 1pt solid; border-top: black 1pt solid; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: text1; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 115.5pt;" valign="top" width="154"><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Nationality<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
</td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: black 1pt solid; border-top: black 1pt solid; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 115.5pt;" valign="top" width="154"><div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Win<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
</td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: black 1pt solid; border-top: black 1pt solid; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 115.55pt;" valign="top" width="154"><div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Draw<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
</td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: black 1pt solid; border-top: black 1pt solid; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 115.55pt;" valign="top" width="154"><div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Loss<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
</td></tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 1;"><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: black 1pt solid; border-right: black 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 115.5pt;" valign="top" width="154"><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Japanese<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: black 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 115.5pt;" valign="top" width="154"><div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">75<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: black 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 115.55pt;" valign="top" width="154"><div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">30<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: black 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 115.55pt;" valign="top" width="154"><div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">-20<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td></tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 2; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes;"><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: black 1pt solid; border-right: black 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 115.5pt;" valign="top" width="154"><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Allied<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: black 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 115.5pt;" valign="top" width="154"><div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">50<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: black 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 115.55pt;" valign="top" width="154"><div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">-<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: black 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 115.55pt;" valign="top" width="154"><div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">-25<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
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<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Note points will only be added to the next game and are not cumulative<o:p></o:p></b></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Australian <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Advance Phase</b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoTableGrid" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-collapse: collapse; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;"><tbody>
<tr style="mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-irow: 0;"><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: black 1pt solid; border-right: black 1pt solid; border-top: black 1pt solid; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: text1; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 115.5pt;" valign="top" width="154"><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Nationality<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
</td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: black 1pt solid; border-top: black 1pt solid; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 115.5pt;" valign="top" width="154"><div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Win<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
</td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: black 1pt solid; border-top: black 1pt solid; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 115.55pt;" valign="top" width="154"><div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Draw<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
</td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: black 1pt solid; border-top: black 1pt solid; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 115.55pt;" valign="top" width="154"><div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Loss<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Japanese<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">50<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">10<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">-25<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Allied<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">100<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">-<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">-50<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Note points will only be added to the next game and are not cumulative</b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<span style="font-family: Calibri,Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri,Calibri;"></span></span>Drewsart70http://www.blogger.com/profile/11929606997488453305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8837869139331801775.post-81869391955694072352011-09-29T22:35:00.000-07:002011-09-29T22:37:22.855-07:00AAR Battle of 3rd August 1942The Japanese started their assault after surrounding the allied position early in the morning of the 3rd August. they opened their attack by creeping to within 15 inches of the village and then fired two star shells that lit up the allied positions.<br />
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Defending the village was two sections of Australian troops, a section of Militia and a section of PIB. Once the first star shell had been fired an Australian Company located at Kanadara began to move back to rescue their besieged troops in the village a distance of only 1km.<br />
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By round 4 of the game the Japanese commander now knowing that their was little in the way of opposition ordered a charge which swept away the Australian section. the PIB still held their position to the north of the village but did not engage.<br />
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By round 6 the fresh Australian company had indeed arrived but the Japanese commander sensing that what he wanted to achieve had been completed gave the order to withdraw.<br />
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The rest of the game a further 3 round of movement saw the Japanese melt back into the jungle no further fighting took place except for a few stray pot shots from each side.<br />
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The supreme allied command seeing how easy it was for an entire Japanese company to slip around an isolated Australian position ordered a withdrawal back to Isurava where the Australian troops could be concentrated and where the terrain would now funnel any future attack towards prepared Allied defences. Drewsart70http://www.blogger.com/profile/11929606997488453305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8837869139331801775.post-62810079539094510922011-09-14T22:45:00.000-07:002011-09-14T22:48:03.722-07:00OOB for Australian forces and Japanese Fela 3rd August 1942<div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Australian OOB and Orders Fela 1.30am 3<sup>rd</sup> August 1942</span></b></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Introduction:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">At Midnight on 2<sup>nd</sup> August Papuan scouts A company PIB, inform your troops at Deniki that two </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">Japanese sections were spotted crossing the track between Deniki and Fela using Eora Creek as a </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">covering path as they move quickly towards the rear right flank of Deniki. </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">In response to this report Company C command at Deniki dispatched two full sections of militia each </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">with attached Papuan scouts to track down the reported Japanese. The commander at Deniki also </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">radios A Company moving between Isurava and Deniki which likewise dispatched two sections with </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">attached scouts to join up and support the searching troops.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">Meanwhile the Japanese sections execute a sharp left turn once clear of the track and creek </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">proceeding to deploy to the southern flank of Fela. </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">Between 12.30am and 1am on the 3<sup>rd</sup> August two other Japanese formations begin to deploy to the </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">North East and North West of Fela, they spend another ½ hour slowly creeping towards no 5 section </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">A company PIB that has been left to defend and hold Fela. </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">At 1.30 am they attack. </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLjWYi9MJHHjHrr-ROMXycdateUX6jNVN10OEGHwXIdqBlLjGUirKgMGRm9ail003UAMRKNZRZpO6B0PQhc-W4VOa09yyXII4H6LQtWdoIZh4xAup3umSzo6pAioCjkjif85TFCkF-ajCA/s1600/010.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="201" rba="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLjWYi9MJHHjHrr-ROMXycdateUX6jNVN10OEGHwXIdqBlLjGUirKgMGRm9ail003UAMRKNZRZpO6B0PQhc-W4VOa09yyXII4H6LQtWdoIZh4xAup3umSzo6pAioCjkjif85TFCkF-ajCA/s320/010.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;">Japanese break jungle cover and attack </div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Battle Field Conditions: </span></b></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">The weather is again like it has been for the last few nights, it is raining heavily and there is a thick </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">mist rolling over the battlefield (-1 for Rain, -1 for Mist on all ACC rolls). </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">Australian OOB and Conditions </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">Defence of Fela</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> – All Fela - Troops are entrenched </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">No 5 Section A Company PIB 1 x Australian corporal SMG armed, 7 x Papuan riflemen. </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">No 1 Section, 8<sup>th</sup> Platoon, A Company 1 x Australian corporal SMG, 1 x L/Cpl NCO rifle armed, 1 x </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">LMG, 6 x Riflemen </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">C Company Patrol from Deniki – These troops need to roll against their guts score and those of </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">the Japanese to see if they have located the Japanese. If they don’t they will be located 1 D6 in </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">turns away from the fight when it begins. </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">No 1 & 2 Sections, 14<sup>th</sup> Platoon, C Company each with<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">1 x Australian corporal SMG, 1 x L/Cpl NCO rifle armed, 1 x LMG, 6 x Riflemen, 3 Papuan Scouts </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">A Company Patrol from main body located between Deniki and Isurava – These troops start 6 </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">turns away from the battle, they also need to roll against their guts score and those of the </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">Japanese to see if they have located the Japanese. If they don’t they will add a further D6 in </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">turns away. </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">No 2 & 3 Sections, 8<sup>th</sup> Platoon, A Company each with<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">1 x Australian corporal SMG, 1 x L/Cpl NCO rifle armed, 1 x LMG, 6 x Riflemen, 3 Papuan Scouts </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">A Company main body troops located at kanadara – These troops start 4 turns away from the </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">battle, they may send through any or all of the following in aid but only after the first shots have </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">been fired </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">No 1, 2 & 3 Sections, 7<sup>th</sup> Platoon, A Company each with<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">1 x Australian corporal SMG, 1 x L/Cpl NCO rifle armed, 1 x LMG, 6 x Riflemen, 3 Papuan Scouts </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">No 1, 2 & 3 Sections, 9<sup>th</sup> Platoon, A Company each with<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>1 x Australian corporal SMG, 1 x L/Cpl NCO rifle armed, 1 x LMG, 6 x Riflemen, 3 Papuan Scouts </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">1 X HMG Section, 1 x Spotter FOO. Company Sergeant Major as C-in-C. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><br />
</div><div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Japanese OOB and Orders Fela 1.30am 3<sup>rd</sup> August 1942</span></b></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Introduction:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">At Midnight on 2<sup>nd</sup> August your troops from 1<sup>st</sup> Platoon of 1st Company 144<sup>th</sup> Regt, cross the track </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">between Deniki and Fela using Eora Creek as a covering path once across the track your platoon turns sharply to its left and circles around behind Fela. </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">At 12.20am 3<sup>rd</sup> August the 1<sup>st</sup> Platoon of 2<sup>nd</sup> Company 144<sup>th</sup> Regt follows the path of the leading </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">platoon and also circles now to the West of Fela </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">By 1.10 you last platoon 2<sup>nd</sup> Platoon, 2<sup>nd</sup> Company 144<sup>th</sup> Regt and the 2<sup>nd</sup> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Company HQ are in place to the north of Fela the village is now surrounded and all forces begin to creep forward. </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">At 1.30am the attack begins. </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Japanese <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>OOB and Conditions </span></b></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">All units start 15inches from Fela village </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">2<sup>nd</sup> Company HQ, I Battalion, 144<sup>th</sup> Infantry Regiment (from Kokoda) </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">7 men Veteran/Spirited Reactions </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1<sup>st</sup> Platoon, 1<sup>st</sup> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Company 1/144th</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Regt (Veteran/Spirited Reactions) (from Pitoki) </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Platoon HQ 1 x Officer and 1 x Sgt, 1 x Sniper, 2 riflemen </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">3 x Sections each<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>of 1 x LMG, 2 loaders, 2 x NCO, 8 x Soldiers </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1 x Section of three Knee Mortars, 2 x NCO, 6 x loaders/riflemen </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1 x HMG from HMG Coy 1/144<sup>th</sup> Regt </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1<sup>st</sup> Platoon, 2ndCompany 1/144<sup>th</sup> Regt (Veteran/Spirited Reactions) (from Kokoda) </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Platoon HQ 1 x Officer and 1 x Sgt, 1 x Sniper, 2 riflemen </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">3 x Sections each<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>of 1 x LMG, 2 loaders, 2 x NCO, 8 x Soldiers </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1 x Section of three Knee Mortars, 2 x NCO, 6 x loaders/riflemen </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1 x HMG from HMG Coy 1/144<sup>th</sup> Regt </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">2<sup>nd</sup> Platoon, 2<sup>nd</sup> Company 1/144th</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Regt (Veteran/Spirited Reactions) (from Oivi) </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Platoon HQ 1 x Officer and 1 x Sgt, 1 x Sniper, 2 riflemen </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">3 x Sections each<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>of 1 x LMG, 2 loaders, 2 x NCO, 8 x Soldiers </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1 x Section of three Knee Mortars, 2 x NCO, 6 x loaders/riflemen </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">No HMGs at Oivi. </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Support Elements A Section 55<sup>th</sup> Mountain battery </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1 x Observer team attached to 2 x75mm Mountain Howitzers located at Kokoda </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Support Elements 1/144<sup>th</sup> Regt Mortars 1 x Observer team attached to 2 x81mm Mortars located at Kokoda</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbvVjb6C69zj8e4QzG0BLvKZb5pZRSeXsTeY1CWH42_jzQFRJ9rbexkeaWWJ6zvTaG7kEJjMhg8ZzL86y__bNhk_b5R0gDqumjfvrj_5TVLziQmHCuxLREdWXQoEOVGYPzaa6pIpPd9QnI/s1600/002.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="291" rba="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbvVjb6C69zj8e4QzG0BLvKZb5pZRSeXsTeY1CWH42_jzQFRJ9rbexkeaWWJ6zvTaG7kEJjMhg8ZzL86y__bNhk_b5R0gDqumjfvrj_5TVLziQmHCuxLREdWXQoEOVGYPzaa6pIpPd9QnI/s320/002.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Allied Commanders Ian, Doug and Michael confir</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: left;">The AAR to follow for the action.</div>Drewsart70http://www.blogger.com/profile/11929606997488453305noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8837869139331801775.post-7624297122546109252011-09-08T20:54:00.000-07:002011-09-08T20:54:58.667-07:00Battle for Fila August 3rd 1942, 1.30amHi all<br />
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It has been a while since my last post. the reasoning’s for this is that Brad (Doc) has been doing a good coverage of the campaign to date so I figured that there was no reason to have two posts (one on my blog and one on his) per battle.<br />
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However Brad is unable to attend this Sundays coming game due to family commitments and therefore I will be posting the battle results<br />
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Please stay tuned the AAR with pictures will be posted early next week Drewsart70http://www.blogger.com/profile/11929606997488453305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8837869139331801775.post-47346185235288791012011-06-02T15:05:00.001-07:002011-06-02T15:05:13.057-07:00Hi Afewroundsmore<br />
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The three actions just played were small brief actions so not many photos were taken. When I post the other two AAR's there will be a few more photos - but again only a few.<br />
Both sides at this point are conducting probing actions which are smaller than the large pitched actions that have occured up until now. Howvere the campaign is getting to a point where there will be a major push from the Japanese. Then you will see lots of photos coupled with heated action.<br />
The Papuans are a combination of Brigade games minatures and converted foundry darkest african figures<br />
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Regards<br />
AndrewDrewsart70http://www.blogger.com/profile/11929606997488453305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8837869139331801775.post-52311613994901457202011-06-01T15:19:00.001-07:002011-06-01T15:19:44.060-07:00AARs from Fela and NaroHi all <br />
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The AARs from Fela and Naro to follow shortlyDrewsart70http://www.blogger.com/profile/11929606997488453305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8837869139331801775.post-50673247117530842222011-06-01T03:16:00.000-07:002011-06-01T15:18:02.658-07:00After Action Report Fowani Creek<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Location - Faiwani Creek<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>1.5 km Nth of Deniki </span></span></u></b></div><br />
<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Description – Faiwani creek intercepts the track that lays between Deniki and Pitoki. Both sides of the creek are heavily wooded except for an area of around a hundred yards either side of the track.</span></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Japanese OOB</span></span></u></b></div><br />
<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">1<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">st</span></sup> Platoon, 1<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">st</span></sup> Company 1/144<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> Regt (</span>Veteran/Spirited Reactions)</span></b></div><br />
<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Consisting of Platoon HQ 1 x Officer and 1 x Sgt, 1 x Sniper</span></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">3 x Sections each <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>of 1 x LMG, 2 x NCO, 8 x Soldiers</span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Support Elements A Section 55<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> Mountain battery</span></b></div><br />
<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1 x Observer team attached to 2 x75mm Mountain Howitzers located at Kokoda</span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Australian OOB </span></span></u></b></div><br />
<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">st</span></sup> Section, 13 Platoon, C Company, 39<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> Battalion (Tired/ Green/trained)</span></span></b></div><br />
<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Consisting of Platoon HQ 1 x Officer and 1 x Sgt, 39<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> Battalion </span></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1 x LMG (Bren), 2 x NCOs, 6 x Soldiers </span></span></div><br />
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<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">No 1 and 2 Sections, B Company, PIB (Untrained)</span></span></b></div><br />
<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Each PIB Section consists of 2 x NCO and<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>x 5 men </span></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Support Elements<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></b></div><br />
<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1 x Observer team attached to 2 x81mm Mortars located behind Denik</span></span></div><br />
<div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPQne6ghEOCOrYC6gRuyapsQ3ESv1yuKyMqr9VhW9I8yipmrLTyrMipYoG8dQ7qyBr_k4MaLZXRZtGgmGFN1hkV6giHpcje4vw96nGMvQ01UtvgucfXUMuen9Cxa_ptdgICUgrU0CE96Hq/s1600/Faiwani+Creek++1.5+km+Nth+of+Deniki.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="307" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPQne6ghEOCOrYC6gRuyapsQ3ESv1yuKyMqr9VhW9I8yipmrLTyrMipYoG8dQ7qyBr_k4MaLZXRZtGgmGFN1hkV6giHpcje4vw96nGMvQ01UtvgucfXUMuen9Cxa_ptdgICUgrU0CE96Hq/s320/Faiwani+Creek++1.5+km+Nth+of+Deniki.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div align="center" class="NoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Calibri;">Battle Report Faiwani Creek 31<sup>st</sup> July 1942</span></span></b></div><div class="NoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color: #f3f3f3;"><br />
</span></div><div class="NoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Calibri;">The Japanese force commander (Cameron) will take up the commentary from here.</span></span></div><div class="NoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color: #f3f3f3;"><br />
</span></div><div class="NoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Calibri;">The Japanese scouting force advancedtowards the creek crossing that intersected the track heading for Deniki. They moved forwardon either side of the track with caution until they came across a clearing that now not only created a buffer zone on the track but also the creek crossing as well.</span></span></div><div class="NoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color: #f3f3f3;"><br />
</span></div><div class="NoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Calibri;">They halted for a turn to observe the far side of the clearing and through the bright and hot morning light spotted a section of Papuan infantrylead by Australian NCOs sitting hiding in cover on the far side of the creek.</span></span></div><div class="NoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color: #f3f3f3;"><br />
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</span></div><div align="center" class="NoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Calibri;">Advancing Papuan Infantry Patrol – Photo via Greg and Ian</span></span></b></div><div class="NoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color: #f3f3f3;"><br />
</span></div><div class="NoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Calibri;">The Japanese machinegun section attached to the forward patrol opensfire laying down a hail of bullets for two turns before the Papuans begin to fire back. The attached Japanese rifle section thenbegins to add its fire to the fight and in an attempt to rattle the Papuans charges out into the open. The Sergeant of 1<sup>st</sup> Platoon realising that one of his sections are now charging across open terrain shouts to his force and calls them back into the cover of the Jungle.</span></span></div><div class="NoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color: #f3f3f3;"><br />
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</span></div><div align="center" class="NoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Calibri;">Faiwani Creek and track crossing – Photo via Greg and Ian</span></span></b></div><div class="NoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color: #f3f3f3;"><br />
</span></div><div class="NoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Calibri;">Following the initial exchange of fire from both sides an intense fire fight begins to buildas more sections and supporting weapons from both sides are drawn into the fight over the crossing. </span></span></div><div class="NoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color: #f3f3f3;"><br />
</span></div><div class="NoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Calibri;">A lone Japanese snipper who had until this pointhad beensitting quietly in his jungle cover spots an exposed Australian NCO,he hesitates for a second and with the squeeze of his trigger the NCO falls dead.</span></span></div><div class="NoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color: #f3f3f3;"><br />
</span></div><div class="NoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: #f3f3f3;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Around the same time a second Papuan infantry section and a Japanese section located opposite their position appear on the other side of the track,a firefight begins between the two forces. The Japanese force on this flank decided that they too will try to advance on the Papuans in an attempt to rattle them, but this section soon found themselves in trouble as they came under fire from a Australian infantry section which had gone unnoticed. </span></span></span></div><div class="NoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color: #f3f3f3;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="NoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Calibri;">Both sides were desperately attempting to call in fire support which was not able to range in. </span></span></div><div class="NoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color: #f3f3f3;"><br />
</span></div><div class="NoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Calibri;">The opposing forces continued to maintain a fierce fire fight. The Japanese on the right flank were almost wiped out and the Japanese commander committed his third section to the battle. More casualties were taken by the Australians and both force commanders decided to limit casualties, both sides withdrew.</span></span></div><div class="NoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color: #f3f3f3;"><br />
</span></div><div class="NoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Calibri;">The action was seen as a draw, neither side gained the creek, however the Japanese achieved their patrol objective of retrieving valuable Intel on the composition and make up of their opposing forces.</span></span></div><div class="NoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color: #f3f3f3;"><br />
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</span></div>Drewsart70http://www.blogger.com/profile/11929606997488453305noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8837869139331801775.post-6161538641053804712011-05-20T15:03:00.000-07:002011-05-20T15:07:31.550-07:00The next GameHi all<br />
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This sunday we will be playing the next installment of the Campaign. The game will consist of three patroll actions. A large action 1.5km North of the village of Deniki at Fawani creek crossing and two smaller actions one at Fela village and one in the open plains in front of the village of Naro.<br />
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The Australian commanders are desperately attempting to pulling together all their scattered forces at Deniki in an attempt to stop the advancing Japanese forces and hope that Deniki wil be the place to finally hold what to date has been a costly but un-stopable Japanese advance. The patrol actions occur on a circular arc around Deniki and are an essential part of teh Australin plans to slow down the Japanese advance. <br />
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Stay tuned for all the action.Drewsart70http://www.blogger.com/profile/11929606997488453305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8837869139331801775.post-18216754318382974662011-04-16T03:37:00.000-07:002011-04-16T03:41:46.981-07:00Australian OOB and Orders Pitoki 30th July 1942<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Following the defeat of the Australian forces at Kokoda on the 29<sup>th</sup> July, the remaining Australian officers scramble to put together an effective fighting force, as they retire back down the track towards Deniki. </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The decimated B and D Companies 39<sup>th</sup> Battalion are combined into the B/D Composite Company which is placed under the command of the newly appointed Captain Mclean.</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Midway along the track between Kokoda and Deniki is the village of Pitoki. Pitoki is seen by the retreating Australian commanders as a vital position from which an ambush action can be initiated. The aim of laying an ambush at Pitoki is to give time to the assembling forces at Deniki enabling them to reorganise and dig in creating formalised defences at that position.</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The command of the Pitoki Ambush force is assigned to Captain Smith (Promoted from Lieutenant) Papuan Infantry Battalion - a tough ex Papuan constabulary officer.</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Captain Smith’s forces consist of:-</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">No 1 Section, 12/16 Platoon B/D Composite Company – 9 men</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">A Company PIB – 35 Men under command Lt Jester (PIB)</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">GHQ Port Moresby has assigned one flight of P39 Air Cobras from the 5th USAAF’s<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> </b>8<sup>th</sup> Fighter Group to attack Kokoda. One of these aircraft has been assigned to hit pre designated targets at Pitoki.</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">OOB Australian Forces</span></b></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Pitoki Ambush Force</span></b></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">C-in-C, Captain Smith (PIB)</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">No 1 Section, 12/16 Platoon B/D Composite Company, 39<sup>th</sup> Battalion – 9 Men</span></b></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">2 x NCO’s (SMG), 1 x LMG, 6 x Riflemen</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">A Company PIB – 35 Men </b>(the rest not being able to be found)<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"></b></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">HQ Section - Lt Jester , SGT, 2 x Papuan’s</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">A Company PIB – 4 x Sections each of 2 Australian NCO’s (SMG) 6 x Papuan’s</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">8<sup>th</sup> Fighter Group, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>5th USAAF<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> </b>-<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>1 x P39 Air Cobra</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIy2UITpLiqyTGgRzElBCHu-bYKsyiLr0eKmPeVSRpbffK4b58oc2nZRvtBpGUqkhvGMXng6MtiWqQNoaQgoUtaNJ5cgPTAIQDsjJdNTWEw73uSNAo-QPNKY8esVNdu3cnA6xx6WSTbxWC/s1600/Strafed.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIy2UITpLiqyTGgRzElBCHu-bYKsyiLr0eKmPeVSRpbffK4b58oc2nZRvtBpGUqkhvGMXng6MtiWqQNoaQgoUtaNJ5cgPTAIQDsjJdNTWEw73uSNAo-QPNKY8esVNdu3cnA6xx6WSTbxWC/s320/Strafed.jpg" width="204" /></a></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;">US P-39 attacks Japanese troops in jungle (excellent Photo shop by Greg)</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The Australian forces have only been in position for around 10 hours, most of that time at night. When the Japanese advance on the Pitoki Position this occurs at 7.00am in the morning the weather conditions are fine, there is no mist, no rain. However your troops being tired and hampered by night conditions have only been able to establish shell scrap positions.</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div>Drewsart70http://www.blogger.com/profile/11929606997488453305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8837869139331801775.post-55579285414627976702011-04-16T03:35:00.000-07:002011-04-16T03:35:47.265-07:00Japanese OOB and Orders Pitoki 30th July 1942<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Background Information</span></b></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Following the defeat of the Australian forces at Kokoda on the 29<sup>th</sup> July, the remaining Australian forces have scrambled back towards their rear area lines at Deniki. </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Your troops, the Yokoyama Advance Force has been congratulated by Imperial Headquarters at Rabaul and ordered to make ready for the main fighting elements of the South Seas Force that is due to be landed in the coming days.</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The Local area commander Lt – Colonel Yokoyama has ordered the reinforced 1<sup>st</sup> Company, 1<sup>st</sup> Battalion, 144<sup>th</sup> regiment to maintain contact with the withdrawing Australians while also establishing a forward patrol base close enough to continue operations against the believed reorganised Australian forces at Deniki.</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The rest of the regiment has been ordered to various locations back down the track to continue the work that will make ready for the increasing Japanese forces that will begin the drive on Port Moresby.</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">At Kokoda After a period of time all 1<sup>st</sup> Battalion commanders are assigned their new orders, troops are rested and some reorganisation is undertaken, the first company is now sent towards Deniki </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">At 7.00am 30<sup>th</sup> July 1942, your forces approach a previously unknown village midway along the track between Kokoda and Deniki. This Village because of its locality will make an excellent forward patrol base. The 1<sup>st</sup> company commander orders his troops to take Pitoki.</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">OOB Japanese Forces</span></b></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The force commander is 2<sup>nd</sup> Lieutenant Onogowa commander of the 1<sup>st</sup> Company, 1/144<sup>th</sup> Bn</span></b></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1<sup>st</sup> Company, I Battalion, 144<sup>th</sup> Infantry Regiment (Type B)</span></b></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1<sup>st</sup> Company, I Battalion, 144<sup>th</sup> Infantry Regiment HQ - 7 men Veteran/Spirited Reactions</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1<sup>st</sup> Company, I Battalion, 144<sup>th</sup> - Infantry Regiment Snipers x 3 Veteran</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1<sup>st</sup> Rifle Platoon, 1/I/144<sup>th </sup>52 men + 2 men Pl HQ - Veteran/Spirited Reactions<sup></sup></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">2<sup>nd</sup> Rifle Platoon, 1/I/144<sup>th</sup> 52 men + 2 men Pl HQ - Veteran/Spirited Reactions</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">3<sup>rd</sup> Rifle Platoon, 1/I/144<sup>th </sup>52 men + 2 men Pl HQ - Veteran/Spirited Reactions</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Each rifle platoon consisting - Veteran/Spirited Reactions</span></b></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">3 x Section of 1 x LMG, 2 x NCO, 8 x Soldiers</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1 x Section of three Knee Mortars, 2 x NCO, 6 x loaders/riflemen</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Support Elements I/144<sup>th</sup> Regiment</span></b></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1 x Observer team attached to 2 x 81mm Mortars located at Kokoda</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">3 x HMG from I/144<sup>th</sup> Battalion HMG Company</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Support Elements A Section 55<sup>th</sup> Mountain battery</span></b></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1 x Observer team attached to 2 <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>x75mm Mountain Howitzers located at Kokoda</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The Pitoki attack occurs at 7.00am in the morning the weather conditions are fine, there is no mist, no rain. </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Your Forces orders are </span></b></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1st Company 1/144th: Establishment of a forward Patrol base (FPB) with forward patrols to maintain contact with Australian forces. Company HQ and HMGs established at camp. Snipers attached to each platoon: platoon patrol Schedule: (summary, 1 platoon at base, 1 platoon on patrol and 1 platoon on ambush during day and night)</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">FPB to consist of 1 Platoon, CHQ, 3x HMG and the FOOs for the 75mm mountain guns at all times</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Mortar Company: 2x 81MM Mortar and crew deployed at Kokoda, 2x 81mm Mortar’s</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div>Drewsart70http://www.blogger.com/profile/11929606997488453305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8837869139331801775.post-7323677072478023562011-04-16T03:34:00.000-07:002011-04-16T04:04:16.910-07:00Battle of Pitoki 30th July 1942<div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">AAR Battle for Pitoki July 30<sup>th</sup> 1942</span></b></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Following the defeat of the Australian forces at Kokoda on the 29<sup>th</sup> July, the remaining Australian officers scramble to put together an effective fighting force, as they retire back down the track towards Deniki. </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Midway along the track between Kokoda and Deniki is the village of Pitoki. Pitoki is seen by the retreating Australian commanders as a vital position from which an ambush action can be initiated with the aim of holding up the Japanese while give time to the assembling forces at Deniki to regroup. </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">A small section of militia is left at Pitoki along with the larger but under strength A company PIB to establish a defensive position with much hast. The pitoki ambush force is placed under the command of Captain Smith (Promoted from Lieutenant) Papuan Infantry Battalion - a tough ex Papuan constabulary officer.</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Pitoki Ambush Force Orders are </span></b></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Actively ambush any advancing Japanese forces that may be following the retreating battalion</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">2.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Where possible effect a delaying action while avoiding heavy casualties</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">3.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The force is to make use of favourable terrain where advancing Japanese troops can be funnelled and cannot circle quickly around flanks. This should be achieved by the defending forces digging in and prepare the positions as much as possible where time allows. </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">4.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">If the ambush force comes under significant pressure it is to withdraw to established positions at Deniki.</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The Japanese wanting to keep pressure up on the retreating Australian forces and after some re-organisation at Kokoda on the 29<sup>th</sup> send forward the reinforced 1<sup>st</sup> Company, 1<sup>st</sup> Battalion, 144<sup>th</sup> under commander of 2<sup>nd</sup> Lieutenant Onogowa.</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">At 7.00am on 30<sup>th</sup> July 1942 the Japanese forces approach a previously unknown village. Onogowa begins the assault by splitting his troops into three strike platoons, the first to assault the village, the second to skirt around the right flank of the village and the third to be held back in reserve. Attached to first company are the observers of a mortar section and a 75mm Mountain Howitzer section still located at Kokoda to give the force some fire support.</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The Australian forces have only been in positions for around 10 hours, most of that time at night. When the Japanese advance on the Pitoki at 7.00am the weather conditions are fine, there is no mist and no rain. However due to the Australian troops being tired and being hampered by night conditions they have only been able to establish shell scraps for protection.</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The first two game turns see very little action as the Japanese advance towards the Australian positions and the village utilising the jungle cover along the creek beds that approach their objective.</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">On turn three from the Australian left flank a section of PIB troops opens fire causing only minor casualties to the approaching Japanese.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A section of Japanese that is located directly in front of the<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>to the Australian sections position that has fired and is hidden by jungle now bursts forth, the Papuans fail their gut check and are forced back in retreat as the Japanese charge. The rest of turn three is reasonable quite except for a worrying message received by 2<sup>nd</sup> Lieutenant Onogowa, that a flight of US P-39 Aircobra’s is conducting areal attacks on Kokoda attempting to take out his artillery and Mortar support.</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">In turn four the retreating Papuans come under heavier fire losing two casualties, the Japanese that were following them now retreat back into the jungle edge. To support their escape a second section of Papuans hidden in the native garden opens fire causing a few casualties and keeping the Japanese hidden. Meanwhile the other Japanese forces continue to advance attempting to locate other Australian force positions.</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Turn five opens with the appearance of one P-39 from the Kokoda Strike mission. The cobra flies down the field from the base line of the Australian position only managing to spot a lone Japanese snipper. The pilot reasoning that a larger Japanese force must be near this man decided to drop his 500ld bomb. The result ….. Nothing the bomb clears the intended target and fails to detonate in the mud of the surrounding country. The Japanese hiding in the jungle hold their positions not firing at the aircraft through fear of drawing attention to themselves.</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">On turn six the cobra makes a second run this time spotting a group of infantry which is suppresses and takes out one machine gunner suppressing the heavy machine gun. One Japanese section sends forth two scouts to flush out the hidden Australians but as it is moving quickly fails to acquire any targets. Firing between the already exposed Papuan and on the Australian left flank continues but their fire is not enough to stop the fleeing Papuans from the first contact being reduced to now only 4 men who now rout.</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Turn 7 sees the Air cobras last attack run, it takes out a few more Japanese including an artillery spotter and some of the flanking troops off board and then leaves. The Japanese scouts that were sent out on the last turn now come under extreme fire from ambushing Australian. The last Japanese observer calls for his 75mm support which causes three casualties and suppresses the Australian position.</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The Australian commander seeing that his troops are once again in trouble calls for a withdrawal the next three turns are taken up by the Australians bugging out. On the last turn the flanking Japanese arrive, they capture a lone Papuan who is later tortured to death and the remaining Australian forces manage to flee of the board with assistance from their guides in the PIB taking jungle track back towards Deniki.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">On the last turn 2<sup>nd</sup> Lieutenant Onogowa receives a message that the Air strike on Kokoda has taken out 4 mortar men and the mortar pits are destroyed, while the tubes were not damaged they wil not be serviceable for the rest of this day .</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Battle Casualties</span></b></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Japanese - </b>A total of 40 men comprising:<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"></b></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">55<sup>th</sup> Mountain Regt - 1 spotter</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1/144<sup>th</sup> HMG Company- 2 gunners, </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1/144<sup>th</sup> Mortar Company - 4 Mortar men</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1/144<sup>th</sup> Battalion – 1 x Sniper </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1<sup>st</sup> coy 1/144<sup>th</sup>Regiment – 32 men</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Australian – </b>A total of 24 men comprising:<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"></b></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">A Company PIB – 2 Sections each of - 2 Australian NCO’s, 6 x Papuan’s (8)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">C/D Composite Section - 6 Riflemen</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
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C-in-C Captain Templeton, (Present)<br />
B Company 39th Battalion HQ Section <span style="color: red;">(Unit reduced in size through previous actions)</span><br />
10th Platoon – 2 sections of 7, 2 x LMG’s (Lewis)<br />
11th Platoon - 3 sections of 7, 3 x LMG’s (Lewis)<br />
12th Platoon – 3 sections of 7 only 2 LMG’s (1 x Lewis, 1 x Bren)</span><br />
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C-in-C Major Carrow (Present)<br />
HQ Platoon – 2 sections of 6, No LMG’s (made up of cooks, clerks etc)<br />
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</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Attached support elements of 55<sup>th</sup> Division Mountain Artillery</span></b></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">“A” Battery 55<sup>th</sup> Mountain Artillery 1 x 75mm Mountain Howitzer + Spotter crew</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">4<sup>th</sup> Company, I Battalion, 144<sup>th</sup> Infantry Regiment (Type A)</span></b></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">4<sup>th</sup> Company, I Battalion, 144<sup>th</sup> Infantry Regiment HQ - 7 men Veteran/Spirited Reactions</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">4<sup>th</sup> Company, I Battalion, 144<sup>th</sup> - Infantry Regiment Snipers x 3 Veteran</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">1<sup>st</sup> Rifle Platoon, 4/I/144<sup>th </sup>30 men + 7 men Pl HQ- Veteran/Spirited Reactions <span style="color: red;">– (3 Sec of 10)</span></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">2<sup>nd</sup> Rifle Platoon, 4/I/144<sup>th</sup> 45 men + 7 men Pl HQ- Veteran/Spirited Reactions</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">3<sup>rd</sup> Rifle Platoon, 4/I/144<sup>th </sup>45 men + 7 men Pl HQ- Veteran/Spirited Reactions</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">4<sup>th</sup> Grenadier Platoon, 4/I/144<sup>th </sup>16 men Veteran</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Kokoda East Reserve Formations</span></b></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">15<sup>th</sup> Independent Engineer Regiment – 3 x Engineer Platoons + HQ (Type B)</span></b></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">15<sup>th</sup> Ind Engineer Regiment HQ - 7 men + 4 men LMG Sec -Veteran/Spirited Reactions</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">1<sup>st</sup> Rifle Platoon, 15<sup>th</sup> Ind Eng<sup> </sup>39 men + 7 men Pl HQ - Veteran/Spirited Reactions</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">2<sup>nd</sup> Rifle Platoon, 15<sup>th</sup> Ind Eng<sup> </sup>39 men + 7 men Pl HQ - Veteran/Spirited Reactions</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">3<sup>rd</sup> Rifle Platoon, 15<sup>th</sup> Ind Eng<sup> </sup>39 men + 7 men Pl HQ - Veteran/Spirited Reactions</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Deployment</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">4<sup>th</sup> /I/144<sup>th</sup> Regiment, A battery 55<sup>th</sup> Regiment on board – 15” from Australian positions</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">15<sup>th</sup> Engineer Regiment off Board in reserve</span></div>Drewsart70http://www.blogger.com/profile/11929606997488453305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8837869139331801775.post-20347043814140119792011-03-19T01:17:00.000-07:002011-03-19T01:21:34.418-07:00Battle for Kokoda East<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The battle for Kokoda East saw a very tough close combat in this second part of the Kokoda game.</span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-no-proof: yes;"><shapetype coordsize="21600,21600" filled="f" id="_x0000_t75" o:preferrelative="t" o:spt="75" path="m@4@5l@4@11@9@11@9@5xe" stroked="f"><stroke joinstyle="miter"></stroke><formulas><f eqn="if lineDrawn pixelLineWidth 0"></f><f eqn="sum @0 1 0"></f><f eqn="sum 0 0 @1"></f><f eqn="prod @2 1 2"></f><f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelWidth"></f><f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelHeight"></f><f eqn="sum @0 0 1"></f><f eqn="prod @6 1 2"></f><f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelWidth"></f><f eqn="sum @8 21600 0"></f><f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelHeight"></f><f eqn="sum @10 21600 0"></f></formulas><path gradientshapeok="t" o:connecttype="rect" o:extrusionok="f"></path><lock aspectratio="t" v:ext="edit"></lock></shapetype></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoZGxc_T_bLy5zQNooB49q8bs4Cuh7OlBqnbS1TQh1_6uY_feCG7feTlUkIKwqOQfhI1Ndb0UNXPaxzuqs7v_N0_0IL39ujrS3qEmA-5Tkzk3eVF2gQQZvSHZ_aHOr9s67xNUnmB0Kwe2-/s1600/008.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="214" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoZGxc_T_bLy5zQNooB49q8bs4Cuh7OlBqnbS1TQh1_6uY_feCG7feTlUkIKwqOQfhI1Ndb0UNXPaxzuqs7v_N0_0IL39ujrS3qEmA-5Tkzk3eVF2gQQZvSHZ_aHOr9s67xNUnmB0Kwe2-/s320/008.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Japanese troops move through Native Gardens towards Kokoda Village</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Elements of the Japanese 4<sup>th</sup> Company, 1<sup>st</sup> Battalion, 144<sup>th</sup> Regiment with support form the Mountain Howitzer 55<sup>th</sup> Mountain Regiment assaulted the east of Kokoda which was defended by weakened elements of the Australian<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>B company 39<sup>th</sup> Battalion supported by elements of 39<sup>th</sup> Battalion HQ .</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfZRXN0Kl1MBCHG2Pe2DEd2adSVHwH1e6kezs0vnLDQ451NTXHFWgmjw9zgBl7BVTEZxzvoEAWQ6FtsDr74fkv4V_PKUCRAJcY3B1ZKNSrKtr2RvMfjjcz2vDW2UyKK-8jH0rxV3L8w5vL/s1600/Kokoda+town+east.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfZRXN0Kl1MBCHG2Pe2DEd2adSVHwH1e6kezs0vnLDQ451NTXHFWgmjw9zgBl7BVTEZxzvoEAWQ6FtsDr74fkv4V_PKUCRAJcY3B1ZKNSrKtr2RvMfjjcz2vDW2UyKK-8jH0rxV3L8w5vL/s320/Kokoda+town+east.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Kokoda East Map - Japanese start 15 inches to the east</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">from the escarpment - area in grey</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The Japanese started the assault 15 inches from the entrenched Australian positions in dark and misty conditions. The first round resulted in a mixed effort by the Japanese forces, on the southern flank three charges got off and made contact with the Australian trenches early with the Australian as this point managing to hold out the chargers. While in the North the Japanese forces edged forward cautiously against Kokoda.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The second round saw the initial charges in the south break the entrenched positions with the added assistance of star shells and the beginning of the Japanese mortar fire hitting the village. Despite the initial positions becoming over whelmed the Australian position held as one by one their hidden troops began to level fore on the advancing Japanese.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The Japanese command seeing that their initial efforts although having some success were not progressing to plan deployed their heavy machine guns and opened a heavy breaking fire on the front lines.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Round three saw a change in the Japanese tactics.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Their forces slowed down adopting a supporting fire advance rather than their previous charging assault tactics. The Australian command at this point realised that if they were to hold their current positions they would become cut off as advancing Japanese forces had become dangerously close to their southern escape route. Japanese supporting fire continued to harass the Australian lines.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Round four saw the beginning of the Australian withdrawal. In the south Australian troops were deployed to keep the escape route open against an advancing platoon of Japanese who were attempting to seal the Aussies fate. In the north the Japanese had gained a foot hold on the ridge but despite encouragement by their officers were failing to advance past the first line of habitation. However the Japanese had at this point managed to get one of their snipers in position on the edge of the village. A second sniper was also now in position in the centre of the Japanese advancing forces, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>seeing the emergence of the 2ic 39<sup>th</sup> Battalion Major Carrow took a snap shot killing him as he began his withdrawal.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgryJL1virswAQS0oaQzmblmcz6syRPaoMK77wUCysfd0zJ5WLmyxfWds1_jwo-BSYwkwYzjZv1hhpQIoxxpv9FhPK5QFI1DLrwFGwLb3nWj9pQzaNM_kiSuKJ697fFJSgDbcOnKxpmQjl0/s1600/016.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgryJL1virswAQS0oaQzmblmcz6syRPaoMK77wUCysfd0zJ5WLmyxfWds1_jwo-BSYwkwYzjZv1hhpQIoxxpv9FhPK5QFI1DLrwFGwLb3nWj9pQzaNM_kiSuKJ697fFJSgDbcOnKxpmQjl0/s320/016.JPG" width="319" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Australian troops begin a backward retreat covering</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">their front forces withdrawal</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Lt Colonel Owen C-in C 39<sup>th</sup> battalion now found himself in the middle of retreating Australian forces. He was busy attempting to restore troop order to the retreating militia men even fired off a pistol shot killing a closing Japanese soldier but was finding that panic was beginning to set in. the crew of the Australian HMG had been killed a section close to the HMG send off three troops to rescue the gun which was indeed saved by the end of the battle.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Round five and six saw the Australian retreat continue, sections began to rout, Lt Colonel Owen continued his attempts to order the troops he was spotted at the end of turn five by the positioned sniper and killed as he stood in the open issuing orders to his troops.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The Australians managed to get a few troops of the south end of the board by the end of the game, those troops joining up with the others retreating from the Kokoda West game heading for the safety of Deniki.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikV-7x8EST0cRqiNk0tnu2hQVSCivlnBtY5UCPfK1c2XWFjDHBqOXnRRRBFTmOTAWkoHHsbuEsvqXICkIP4IQ3f-eSBvr3M1a4qEOJAEWp3cn2KepvdJs9tx9wITGo4e81ZIK22pss3mcX/s1600/026+%25282%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikV-7x8EST0cRqiNk0tnu2hQVSCivlnBtY5UCPfK1c2XWFjDHBqOXnRRRBFTmOTAWkoHHsbuEsvqXICkIP4IQ3f-eSBvr3M1a4qEOJAEWp3cn2KepvdJs9tx9wITGo4e81ZIK22pss3mcX/s320/026+%25282%2529.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Japanese forces reach the escarpment and begin a charge up the hill </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">under the light of a star shell</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The result o f the game was as follows:</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Australians 56 soldiers killed, two left the field in panic away from the safety of Deniki opting to hide in the jungles of the Owen Stanley’s. Lt Colonel Owen and Major Callow, C-in-C and 2ic 39<sup>th</sup> battalion both killed.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The Japanese lost 95 soldiers in the attack including a platoon 2<sup>nd</sup> lieutenant who was the last member of his platoon standing on the north side of the village during the failed Japanese advance in the north.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Game factors – the Japanese suffered higher losses due to consistent failed attempts to get their troops to close with the Australian positions and a high failure rate of support weapons to find accusation on targets. The Australian troops started their retreat to late resulting in higher than expected losses </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Game considerations –<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At the end of the game all players were in agreement that an over watch house rule would be trialed in the next game. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">OVERWATCH RULE</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> - Over watch is announced when a side has the chance to active. The rule means that the selected unit will adopt a wait and see position, indicating the area that they are watching at the time of the rule being activated. This unit will not participate in any other action but will instead take opportune fire at any enemy that either approaches or crosses their allocated target area before that enemy unit has the opportunity to conduct their normal turn</span></span></div>Drewsart70http://www.blogger.com/profile/11929606997488453305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8837869139331801775.post-45879978533505867042011-02-28T13:28:00.001-08:002011-02-28T13:28:09.502-08:00The Next RoundHi All<br />
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The next round is due to be played Sunday 13th March ..... not 13th Feb as earlier advised due to one of the allied commanders loosing his mother to a long illness.<br />
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Keep your eyes on the site this part of the Kokoda Battle will be a very close combat with the Japanese starting 15 inches from the allied position in mist and night conditionsDrewsart70http://www.blogger.com/profile/11929606997488453305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8837869139331801775.post-53930329235864306202011-01-18T13:58:00.000-08:002011-01-18T13:58:09.074-08:00The Next roundHi all<br />
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The next round of the campaign - Kokoda East will be played Saturday 13th Feburary, so not long to wait for updatesDrewsart70http://www.blogger.com/profile/11929606997488453305noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8837869139331801775.post-49038467830649773382010-12-13T15:26:00.000-08:002010-12-13T15:27:50.123-08:00Japanese advance to dateHi all<br />
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A quick update on where the Campaign is up to<br />
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Below is a map detailing the areas held by the Japanese including their most advanced position<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The Japanese held areas and limits of advance are in red. The Australian Held areas and concentrated areas of defence are in green</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div>Drewsart70http://www.blogger.com/profile/11929606997488453305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8837869139331801775.post-48202101855452691282010-12-07T14:22:00.000-08:002010-12-07T14:22:56.691-08:00Japanese OOB for Kokoda West<div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 14pt;">Scenario 1 – Defence of Kokoda 29<sup>th</sup> July 1942</span></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 14pt;">Closing the Net on Kokoda</span></b></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">After experiencing a fierce fire fight at Oivi between your forces and those of the Australian defenders they have withdrawn their surviving troops and regrouped at the village of Kokoda. You have decided not to pursue the retreating enemy forces but instead await your reinforcements the 4<sup>th</sup> Company of 1<sup>st</sup> Battalion 144<sup>th</sup> Regiment and the 1<sup>st</sup> Company of the elite 5<sup>th</sup> Sasebo Special Naval Landing Forces (SNLF) and your 4<sup>th</sup> Grenadier sections for 1<sup>st</sup> and 2<sup>nd</sup> Platoons</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Kokoda is a vital strategic position located on a spur at the foot hills of the Owen Stanley Ranges. It comprises a small village, surrounding plantations and an all important small airstrip. </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">During the night of the 28<sup>th</sup> July, Your mortar and mountain gun observers have moved close to the Australian positions within sight of the village and have begun a bombardment that lasts all night and into the next morning hoping that the constant bombing will cause the Australian to once again leave their positions handing Kokoda to the Japanese.</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 14pt;">Japanese Briefing for 29<sup>th</sup> July 1942</span></b></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Strategic Considerations</span></b></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
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<tr style="mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-irow: 0;"><td style="background: red; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: black 1pt solid; border-right: black 1pt solid; border-top: black 1pt solid; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 133.5pt;" valign="top" width="178"><div align="center" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: windowtext;">Strategic Options</span></b></div></td><td style="background: red; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: #ece9d8; border-right: black 1pt solid; border-top: black 1pt solid; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 121.65pt;" valign="top" width="162"><div align="center" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: windowtext;">Availability</span></b></div></td></tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 1;"><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: black 1pt solid; border-right: black 1pt solid; border-top: #ece9d8; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 133.5pt;" valign="top" width="178"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Outflanking Option<b></b></span></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: #ece9d8; border-right: black 1pt solid; border-top: #ece9d8; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 121.65pt;" valign="top" width="162"><div align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Yes</span></div></td></tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 2;"><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: black 1pt solid; border-right: black 1pt solid; border-top: #ece9d8; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 133.5pt;" valign="top" width="178"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Hold Option</span></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: #ece9d8; border-right: black 1pt solid; border-top: #ece9d8; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 121.65pt;" valign="top" width="162"><div align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Yes</span></div></td></tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 3;"><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: black 1pt solid; border-right: black 1pt solid; border-top: #ece9d8; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 133.5pt;" valign="top" width="178"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Reserve Options</span></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: #ece9d8; border-right: black 1pt solid; border-top: #ece9d8; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 121.65pt;" valign="top" width="162"><div align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Yes</span></div></td></tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 4;"><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: black 1pt solid; border-right: black 1pt solid; border-top: #ece9d8; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 133.5pt;" valign="top" width="178"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Patrol Options</span></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: #ece9d8; border-right: black 1pt solid; border-top: #ece9d8; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 121.65pt;" valign="top" width="162"><div align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Yes</span></div></td></tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 5;"><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: black 1pt solid; border-right: black 1pt solid; border-top: #ece9d8; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 133.5pt;" valign="top" width="178"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Ambush Options</span></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: #ece9d8; border-right: black 1pt solid; border-top: #ece9d8; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 121.65pt;" valign="top" width="162"><div align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Yes</span></div></td></tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 6; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes;"><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: black 1pt solid; border-right: black 1pt solid; border-top: #ece9d8; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 133.5pt;" valign="top" width="178"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Aircraft Support</span></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: #ece9d8; border-right: black 1pt solid; border-top: #ece9d8; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 121.65pt;" valign="top" width="162"><div align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">No</span></div></td></tr>
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</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">You play the Japanese commander, Lt – Colonel Yokoyama. You command the now complete deployment of the Yokoyama Advance Force tasked to establish a forward base at Kokoda, destroying all opposition to your forces. Your attack will begin at 0230 hours in the dark with a heavy mist rolling over the plateau.</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Intel</span></b></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Facing you is a force estimated to be around a company size in strength, made up of poorly trained Australian militiamen and poorly trained and equipped local Papuan volunteers this should be no problem for your very experienced forces. At 0230 hours you forces are assembled in a start position that is in the East 15 inches form the enemy lines of defence and in the jungle perimeter in the West.</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Troop Deployment – </span></b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">This scenario comprises two games in one, both must be played simultaneously and no cross over of troops or support may occur unless both battles have been halted and the games are complete.</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Forces committed to Kokoda West Battle</span></b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">– by order of </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">C-in-C Lt – Colonel Yokoyama,Yokoyama Advance Force </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">1<sup>st</sup> Battalion 144<sup>th</sup> Regiment HQ Formations</span></b></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">1<sup>st</sup> Battalion Medium Mortar section x 2 + spotter team – Veteran</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">1<sup>st</sup> Battalion 70mm Battalion Gun Section x 2 – Veteran</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">2<sup>nd</sup> Company, I Battalion, 144<sup>th</sup> Infantry Regiment (Type B)</span></b></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">2<sup>nd</sup> Company, I Battalion, 144<sup>th</sup> Infantry Regiment HQ - 7 men Veteran/Spirited Reactions</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">2<sup>nd</sup> Company, I Battalion, 144<sup>th</sup> - Infantry Regiment Snipers x 3 Veteran</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">1<sup>st</sup> Rifle Platoon, 2/I/144<sup>th </sup>39 men + 7 men Pl HQ - Veteran/Spirited Reactions</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">2<sup>nd</sup> Rifle Platoon, 2/I/144<sup>th</sup> 39 men + 7 men Pl HQ - Veteran/Spirited Reactions</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">3<sup>rd</sup> Rifle Platoon, 2/I/144<sup>th </sup>39 men + 7 men Pl HQ - Veteran/Spirited Reactions</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">4<sup>th</sup> Grenadier Platoon, 2/I/144<sup>th </sup>16 men Veteran</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Kokoda West Battle Reserve Formations</span></b></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">1<sup>st</sup> Company, I Battalion, 144<sup>th</sup> Infantry Regiment (Type B)</span></b></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">1<sup>st</sup> Company, I Battalion, 144<sup>th</sup> Infantry Regiment HQ - 7 men Veteran/Spirited Reactions</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">1<sup>st</sup> Company, I Battalion, 144<sup>th</sup> - Infantry Regiment Snipers x 3 Veteran</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">1<sup>st</sup> Rifle Platoon, 1/I/144<sup>th </sup>39 men + 7 men Pl HQ - Veteran/Spirited Reactions<sup></sup></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">2<sup>nd</sup> Rifle Platoon, 1/I/144<sup>th</sup> 39 men + 7 men Pl HQ - Veteran/Spirited Reactions</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">3<sup>rd</sup> Rifle Platoon, 1/I/144<sup>th </sup>39 men + 7 men Pl HQ - Veteran/Spirited Reactions</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">4<sup>th</sup> Grenadier Platoon, 1/I/144<sup>th </sup>16 men Veteran</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Deployment</span></b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">2<sup>nd</sup> /I/144<sup>th</sup> Regiment, 1<sup>st</sup> Battalion Support Formations on board within jungle fringes</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">1<sup>st</sup> /I/144<sup>th</sup> Regiment off Board in reserve</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Japanese Objectives</span></b></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Take the Australian positions at Kokoda at all costs. This may involve several attempts to take this position including the possibility of fighting on into the day of the 29<sup>th</sup> July.</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Save as many troops as you can – remember these troops will be needed in the days to come.</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Strategic Considerations</span></b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Ammunition is still limited so each weapon only has 8 rounds. The mountain gun and medium mortars have an attached forward observer team but the 70mm guns are direct fire only.</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
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</div>Drewsart70http://www.blogger.com/profile/11929606997488453305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8837869139331801775.post-37945684320351074882010-12-07T14:21:00.000-08:002010-12-07T14:21:13.682-08:00Australian OOB for Kokoda West<div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 14pt;">Scenario 1 – Defence of Kokoda 29<sup>th</sup> July 1942</span></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 14pt;">Maroubra Forces First Blooding</span></b></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">After experiencing a fierce fire fight at Oivi the Australian commander Captain Templeton has withdrawn his surviving troops and regrouped with other elements of the 39<sup>th</sup> Battalion and Papuan Infantry Battalion at the village of Kokoda arriving there on the night of the 27<sup>th</sup> July. </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Initially fearing that the Japanese forces would be hot on their tails the commander of the 39<sup>th</sup> Battalion, Lt Col Owen orders a withdrawal of all his available troops to the village of Deniki where he expects to set up another defensive position to hold the Japanese advance. </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">On the morning of the 28<sup>th</sup> when the expected Japanese attack did not occur, Owen moves his forces back to Kokoda re-establishing his positions in the village and at the airfield. He radios’ Port Moresby for urgent reinforcements to be sent. Later that day the surviving air transports from Port Moresby were observed to circle the village but left the area without landing the promised troops they were carrying and returned to Port Moresby.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Lt Col Owen and the surviving elements of the 39<sup>th</sup> are now left alone to defend Kokoda.</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Kokoda is a vital strategic position located on a spur at the foot hills of the Owen Stanley Ranges. It comprises a small village, surrounding plantations and an all important small airstrip. </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">During the night of the 28<sup>th</sup> July, Japanese mortar team observers move close to the Australian positions within sight of the village and begin a bombardment that lasts all night and into the next morning hoping that the constant bombing will cause the Australian to once again leave their positions handing Kokoda to the Japanese.</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 14pt;">Australian Briefing for 29<sup>th</sup> July 1942</span></b></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Strategic Considerations</span></b></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
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<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 1;"><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: black 1pt solid; border-right: black 1pt solid; border-top: #ece9d8; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 133.5pt;" valign="top" width="178"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Outflanking Option<b></b></span></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: #ece9d8; border-right: black 1pt solid; border-top: #ece9d8; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 121.65pt;" valign="top" width="162"><div align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">No</span></div></td></tr>
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<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 4;"><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: black 1pt solid; border-right: black 1pt solid; border-top: #ece9d8; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 133.5pt;" valign="top" width="178"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Patrol Options</span></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: #ece9d8; border-right: black 1pt solid; border-top: #ece9d8; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 121.65pt;" valign="top" width="162"><div align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Yes</span></div></td></tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 5;"><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: black 1pt solid; border-right: black 1pt solid; border-top: #ece9d8; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 133.5pt;" valign="top" width="178"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Ambush Options</span></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: #ece9d8; border-right: black 1pt solid; border-top: #ece9d8; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 121.65pt;" valign="top" width="162"><div align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Yes</span></div></td></tr>
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</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">You have under your command the survivors of B Company 39<sup>th</sup> Battalion, part of D Company 39<sup>th</sup> Battalion and a small group of three undersized sections of the PIB as well as the 39<sup>th</sup> Company medium mortar and 2 HMG’s from the 39<sup>th</sup> support. </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">The Japanese begin their attack at 0230 hours in the dark with a heavy mist rolling over the plateau.</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Despite suffering heavy bombardment you have been made aware that throughout the night enemy forces have been gathering near your position to the East and South East. </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">From what your forces have experienced at Oivi and from what you have personally observed, you estimate that you are facing a battalion sized force, may be more in the battle to come. </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Weighing on your mind is the importance of holding kokoda. This war is about maintaining the ability to fight the war in the air and holding Kokoda is vital in being able to wage that air war. </span></div><b><span style="color: windowtext;">Troop Deployment</span></b><br />
<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">You have two battles combined into one to play within this scenario. The two battle areas are (1) Kokoda village which is situated to over look the airstrip on a plateau and (2) the air strip its self. You must announce what forces are being deployed to each area prior to the battle commencing. Each areas of conflict will be played simultaneously. No forces may be swapped between the two areas unless both battles are called to a halt. Likewise as you only have 1 mortar it must assign its support to one of the battles. No cross over support is allowed.</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Your B company troops have had their losses from the previous battle distributed so that your three platoons are now smaller and similar in size. Remember that one platoon is now lacking an LMG. Your remaining platoons are equipped with Lewis only, except for the surviving Bren.</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Your “D” company platoons both have only Lewis guns.</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Your Papuans do not have LMG’s but all NCOs are now equipped with SMG’s. </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">HMG’s can be distributed as a team of two to one scenario or one to each battle.</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">You men have now experienced no rest form the Japanese attack, they are tired, week and have not been able to stop and eat. </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">ADC C-in-C Captain Templeton, (Present)</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">39th Battalion HQ Section<br />
39<sup>th</sup> Battalion HMG Support, Section 2 – 1 x Vickers HMG’s </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">39th Battalion Medium Mortar Section – 1 Tube + Observer Team<br />
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C-in-C Captain Bistrap<br />
D Company 39th Battalion HQ Section<br />
16th Platoon - 3 sections of 9, 3 x LMG’s (Lewis)<br />
17th Platoon - 3 sections of 9, 3 x LMG’s (Lewis)</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 8pt;"><br />
</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Papuan Infantry Battalion - all forces Tired/Green</b><br />
C-in-C Major Watson (Present)<br />
Papuan Infantry Battalion HQ Section 5 men<br />
1st Section – 4 Papuans, 1 x Australian SMG, 1 x Papuan SMG, 1 x Papuan Lewis LMG<br />
2nd Section - 4 Papuans, 1 x Australian SMG<br />
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</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Hold the position knowing that you will not be receiving any further support. </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Where you are not able to hold the position escape off your base line end of the board with as many troops in tact as you can rescue – remember these troops will be needed in the days to come.</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Drewsart70http://www.blogger.com/profile/11929606997488453305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8837869139331801775.post-83584816882888165472010-12-07T13:52:00.000-08:002010-12-13T15:16:09.652-08:00Battle for Kokoda West AAR 2.30am 29th July 1942<div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">After Action Report Kokoda West – 29<sup>th</sup> July 1942</span></span></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Part 1 of 2 Kokoda is played as two separate games, West and East</span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif';">The battle for Kokoda begans at 0230 hours 29<sup>th</sup> July in the early morning with mist rolling over the escarpment of the Village. </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif';">The Australian forced had returned from Deniki in the late afternoon of the 28<sup>th</sup> after deserting the Village of Kokoda that morning and after fighting a patrol action to the east of the village against numerically superior Japanese forces.</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif';">The Japanese Commander Yokoyama on the night of the 28<sup>th</sup> orders his forces to move close to the Kokoda village perimeter to await attack orders. Yokoyama commits the 2<sup>nd</sup> Company, 144<sup>th</sup> Battalion to led the attack supported by the two medium mortars of 1<sup>st</sup> Battalion 144<sup>th</sup> and two 70mm Infantry Guns 1/144<sup>th</sup> battalion. In reserve he places the 1<sup>st</sup> Company 144<sup>th</sup> Regt setting up behind the jungle line to the West of Kokoda. A savage mortar and artillery bombardment begins.</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif';">Facing the Japanese is a mixed defence force of Australian Militia troops and local Papuans. The Australian Order of Battle comprising 16<sup>th</sup> and 17<sup>th</sup> Platoons,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>D Company 39<sup>th</sup> Battalion –under Captain Bistrap, one Vickers MG, 39<sup>th</sup> Battalion MG Section, one 81mm Mortar from 39<sup>th</sup> Battalion HQ and three small sections of Papuan Infantry (Papuan Infantry Battalion) under the local area commander Major Watson. Command for this part of the battle fell to Captain Templeton, acting as the ADC to Lt Colonel Owen 39<sup>th</sup> Battalion who is deployed to East Kokoda.</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif';"></span><span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif';"></span><span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif';"></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif';">The game</span></b></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif';">The Japanese forces had their artillery and Mortars set up in open terrain facing west Kokoda. The 2<sup>nd</sup> Company moved onto the table as two forces, the first group comprising two platoons with by knee mortars moving towards the village from the North and the second group the third company with attached mortars moving on from the North West. Snipers from the 2<sup>nd</sup> company deploying in the jungle line far to the west of the village looking for viable targets.</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif';">At first the Australians were outside 12” and therefore were not placed on the field of play until they reveal their positions by firing or by the Japanese came within 12”. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif';">Initiative feel to the Japanese but due to the Australians hidden force option not much happened. The Australians made many attempts to acquire targets with one section managing this in the end causing light Japanese casualties. </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
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</div><span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif';">For several turns the same situation was repeated, one by one the Australians did however acquire targets and firing became steadily heavier and Japanese troops began to fall. The Japanese players stop their grenadier sections and the knee mortars now came into play. By the end of turn three the Japanese medium mortars fired star shells on the front of the Australian entrenchments and the battle began to turn in the favour of the Japanese attackers. </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif';">Japanese snipers hiding in the jungle fringes to the west of Kokoda also started to worry the Australian positions. By the end of turn four, they started to pick of NCO’s all the time seeking to locate and take out the Australian commanders. In response to this one section of Papuan Infantry was sent out from their trenches with the mission of hunting down the snipers. Unfortunately within two turns their Australian Corporal was killed and the section initially retreated back to seek shelter but through further casualties began to rout. </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif';">By turn five Japanese casualties were becoming heavy 40 men had now been killed for a total of only five Australians and the first of the banzai charges had failed.</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif';">Turn six saw the all out bombardment of kokoda begin to take its toll, a second star shell was fired over kokoda and the Australian positions to the north were now in full light. The casualties within the Australian positions became heavy. </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif';">Continuing to apply the pressure the Japanese platoon that had been deployed to the North West had moved South and now swung back toward the airfield. </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif';"></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif';">The Australian command realising that the defensive position was now under in trouble with many units suppressed moved Captain Bidstrap into a position where he could use his superior gut check to their advantage. As he turned his back to move towards a group of Australian that were in need of his guidance a lone sniper “Hajimoto” sighted the officer squeezed off a carefully aimed shot and the officer fell dead. </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif';"></span><span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif';"></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif';">The command situation worsened with Captain Templeton becoming suppressed through mortar fire leaving the local area commander Major Watson in charge of the whole position.</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif';">The Australian support weapons feared little better, within three turns the HMG had been firstly suppressed was then taken out and the Mortar Section was experiencing heavy fire and had become suppressed.</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif';">Meanwhile the Japanese had lost 5 sections out of their 12 available amounting to 65 casualties. The Japanese commander gave the order for the reserves that had been hidden behind the jungle line to the west of the village to now move on. These new troops moved quickly from their start positions towards the crumbling Papuan positions to the west crossing the airfield and bringing fresh fire on the remaining Australian positions on the escarpment. </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
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</div><span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif';">Captain Templeton while attempting to recover from his suppression feel to Hajimoto, sniped from long rang. Full command truly fell to Major Watson. </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif';">The situation was serious, from the north Japanese troops had eliminated all resistance on the escarpment and two sections now moved fast threatened the centre of the village. As the mortar team retreated from their position the crews were cut down. Scattered small sections of surviving Australian troops had rallied near a forward hut, while an Australian sergeant and Major Watson argued about when to pulling out. The Major gave into the sergeant sealing their fate, Watson to Hajimoto’s sniper rifle and the others on the points of Japanese bayonet’s.</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif';"></span><span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif';"></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif';">The remaining Papuan and Australian troops that had survived the onslaught began to flee down the track through the rubber plantation to the safety of Deniki.</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif';">West Kokoda had fallen.</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif';">To be continued – East Kokoda still to be played.</span></b></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Outcome – The Australian casualties were 54 men, 1 HMG and 1 8Imm Mortar plus observers. The Japanese casualties were 94 men from 2<sup>nd</sup> Company, 1<sup>st</sup> Bn 144<sup>th</sup> Regt and 13men from 1<sup>st</sup> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Company, 1<sup>st</sup> Bn 144<sup>th</sup> Regt, a total of 108 casualties. </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">The surviving Australians amounting to 9 Papuan Infantry – 1 Rifle, 2 Smgs, 2 LMG’s and 2 Australian NCO’s SMG armed and a small section of HQ staff 5 men plus Surgeon Vernon withdrew back to Deniki to await orders.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
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This weekend coming the group is about to play the battle for Kokoda. <br />
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As the battle is large and involves many units it will be divided into a battle for the West of Kokoda including the village of Kokoda and the Airstrip and the second the battle will be for Kokoda East. Both games although played separately will be deemed to be played simultaneously as they are part of the same battle.<br />
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I am not able to post anything as yet as the OOBs are not for general viewing - but will do after the battle has been played.Drewsart70http://www.blogger.com/profile/11929606997488453305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8837869139331801775.post-74539051199935559242010-11-18T15:06:00.000-08:002010-11-18T15:06:39.368-08:00Japanese OOB Kokoda Patrol 28th July 1942<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><shapetype coordsize="21600,21600" filled="f" id="_x0000_t75" o:preferrelative="t" o:spt="75" path="m@4@5l@4@11@9@11@9@5xe" stroked="f"> </shapetype></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Patrolling Action 28<sup>th</sup> July 1942</span></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Your Commander Lt – Colonel Yokoyama has ordered his troops to reform for the big fight for the strategic position of Kokoda Village. As Yokoyama<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>is not aware of the full Australian strength in Kokoda he has ordered your patrol forward to seek out the Australian positions and to get an idea of their defences and location.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Yokoyama has ordered a patrol by the entire 1<sup>st</sup> Platoon, 4<sup>th</sup> Company, 1<sup>st</sup> Battalion, 144<sup>th</sup> Regiment a fresh and spirited group of men eager to close on the Australian positions.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">At 10.00 am as the patrol moves forward you see up ahead what appears to be troops moving down the track from Kokoda but as it is raining and you are unable to ascertain if these are other Japanese troops or Australian Militia patrolling.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Your patrol moves forward with caution.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Japanese troops deploy on the eastern end of the track map – marked Oivi Village</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">You set up 12 inches in form your end of the board into any terrain type.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Troop OOB - No 1 platoon, 4<sup>th</sup> Company 1<sup>st</sup> Battalion, 144<sup>th</sup> Regiment.</b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;">Your forces consist of sections 1, 2 and 3 plus the HQ Section a total of<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>52 men</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">The Commander of 39<sup>th</sup> Battalion Lt Colonel (Dougy) Owen has ordered his troops to reform in Kokoda and prepare for the Japanese to attack, which is expected to come later today or tomorrow.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">To accretion the strength and the intentions of the Japanese (Dougy) Owen has ordered a patrol by No 1 Section, 10<sup>th</sup> platoon, B Company 39<sup>th</sup> Battalion, comprising 7 men including a Lewis gun to patrol to the east of Kokoda on the road between Kokoda Village and Oivi.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">At 10.00 am as the patrol moves forward they see up ahead what appears to be troops moving down the track towards Kokoda but as it is raining they are unable to ascertain if these are Japanese troops or further Australian troops, either Militia of PNB troops coming back to the main body after the previous three days actions.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">The patrol moves forward with caution.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Deployment</b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Australian troops deploy on the western end of the track map – marked Kokoda Village</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Your troops start 12inches in from your end of the board and may deploy into any terrain </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Troop OOB - No 1 Section, 10<sup>th</sup> platoon, B Company 39<sup>th</sup> Battalion</b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">1 x Senior NCO (Corporal)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>– SMG armed</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">4 x Privates – Rifle armed</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">1 x Junior NCO (Lance Corporal) LMG Section<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>– SMG armed</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">1 x LMG Gunner – Lewis LMG</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Reinforcements – 1<sup>st</sup> Section Papuan Infantry Battalion – </b>These forces arrive once the first shots are fired on a roll of 1 (D10) increasing in chance by 1 each turn<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">1 x Senior NCO (Corporal)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>– SMG armed</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">4 x Privates – Rifle armed</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div>Drewsart70http://www.blogger.com/profile/11929606997488453305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8837869139331801775.post-49713945042735298472010-11-18T14:51:00.000-08:002010-11-18T14:51:18.356-08:00Kokoda Patrol Action 28th July 1942Hi all<br />
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Following is the after action report from the last game - unfortunately there are no pics, no one had a camera on the day<br />
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<div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">AAR 28<sup>th </sup>July 1942 – Kokoda track east leading to Kokoda</span></b></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">At 10.00 an Australian patrol comprising a section of 7 men including an LMG moves slowly along the track east of the village Kokoda. The track is a small badly maintained foot road that is surrounded either side by jungle. </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">In the rain that has been falling on the patrol since it left kokoda the lead scouts spot what appears to be a small group of men heading toward them from the direction of Oivi. The senior NCO Corporal Walsh not sure weather these men are friends or foe moves forward with caution. </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">When the patrol is within 150 yards of the approaching group it becomes apparent that this is a Japanese patrol of around 1 section (15men) in strength.</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Cpl Walsh orders his LMG to open fire cutting down two of the assistants on the Japanese MG team. The entire Japanese section returns fire instantly killing the Australian LMG team. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Japanese now advance towards the remaining Australians with haste. Cpl Walsh orders two of his rifle men to go to the position of the fallen gun team and take up the weapon while his remaining riflemen provide coving fire.</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Not to far away a second Australian patrol comprising troops of the PIB under an Australian corporal (6 men in total) hear the firing and decide to move to their comrade’s position to give assistance making all haste through the thick jungle. </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Back on the track the Japanese now charge at the Australian position coming under renewed fire that begins to cut them down. They stop just short of the position.</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">From the left hand side of the track a second section of Japanese appear supported by the fire of a second LMG that cutts down two more Australians. On the right hand side of the track there is the sound of fast moving troops approaching the besieged Australian position. </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Cpl Walsh now realises he has a major situation on his hands which is lessened a little a minute or so later as the PIB troops arrive, but not in time to sway the battle. Weighing up his situation he surmises he is facing a full Japanese Platoon of around 50 or so enemy infantry. He decides to hold the position for one more turn but this decision costs the Australians as their LMG team is once more taken out of action and Cpl Walsh is killed firing his SMG as he goes down. </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">The Australian Cpl with the PIB moves forward instructing his troops to provide covering fire as his troops grab the LMG and beat a hasty retreat from the battlefield. </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Outcome – The Australian casualties were 1 section, 7 men. The Japanese casualties were 1 section 15 men. The Japanese patrol withdraws back to Oivi after seeing off the PIB moving back to their main base at Oivi. However during the night a second Japanese patrol moves out towards Kokoda unopposed they scout the perimeter position of the village and airfield returning back to their HQ with vital intelligence.</span></div>Drewsart70http://www.blogger.com/profile/11929606997488453305noreply@blogger.com2