Archive for August, 2009
Hero of the 1942 Kokoda Track campaign
August 10th, 2009 | Author: Jim the Backpacker
The great Stan Bisset, the oldest living Wallaby and one of the heroes of the 1942 Kokoda Track campaign to boot – his brother Butch died in his arms at Isurava – has been gravely ill in Noosa Hospital. Just shy of 97 years old, Stan is fighting hard to recover from a small stroke, complicated by pneumonia – but there has been a welcome upturn just in the past couple of days. All strength to you, Stan.
In the meantime, some news to cheer him: on Wednesday, the board of the the Kokoda Track Foundation decided to call their tertiary scholarships for PNG students – patterned on the Rhodes Scholarships – The Bisset Medal in honour of Stan and Butch. Bravo.