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Phillip Bradley

On Shaggy Ridge by Phillip Bradley & Kokoda by Peter FitzSimons

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October 2004, no. 265
John Coates reviews ‘On Shaggy Ridge: The Australian seventh division in the Ramu Valley’ by Phillip Bradley and ‘Kokoda’ by Peter FitzSimons

Of all the campaigns that took place in the western half of Australian New Guinea during World War II, Shaggy Ridge is among the most neglected. It does not deserve this status. There used to be a graphic, brooding diorama depicting the massiveness of the ridge in the Australian War Memorial in Canberra; unfortunately, it has been removed and replaced by other exhibits.

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