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Annual Oration Dinner Lt Col Ralph Honner DSO MC
April 18th, 2010 | Author: Jim the Backpacker
Sydney 29th October 2010
Every year the Kokoda Track Foundation conducts this special fund raising dinner and you are cordially invited to attend.
Honner is of course, the legendary commander of the 39th Militia Battalion that fought so couragiously on the Kokoda Track.
Born 17 August 1904 and died 15 May 1994, Honner was a true inspiration to all who had the pleasure of knowing him. The soldiers under his command on the Kokoda Track always spoke of him with the deepest respect and affection. He was a great man and a great army officer.The Annual Oration Dinner is always a very popular gala event attended by Kokoda veterans, trekkers, historians, celebrities and supporters of the Kokoda Track Foundation. A memorable night is guaranteed.
I’ll keep you posted with details of costs and venue as information comes to hand.