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SUMMARY:Book Launch - Kokoda Legend-Captain Sam Templeton by David Howell
DESCRIPTION:Keynote Speaker-Historian Carl Johnson author of Mud Over Blood-Stories of the 39th Battalion-1941-1943. \nClick here to order your copy\nIf you have trekked Kokoda\, then the campsite of Templeton’s Crossing will be familiar. Discover the story of the man behind the name. \nCaptain Sam Templeton was the first Australian Officer to be captured by the Japanese in the Kokoda Campaign. After being interrogated by his captors he was executed on the battlefield. \nTempleton had predicted his fate\, telling a platoon commander\, if ‘he went into action\, he wouldn’t come back’. Having resigned himself to his destiny\, Templeton misled his captors on the numerical strength of the Australian forces waiting in Kokoda and Port Moresby. \nDid Templeton’s misinformation slow the initial push by the Yokoyama Advance Force into the Owen Stanley Range\, allowing the Australian Imperial Force to join the fight earlier? Did Templeton create doubt in the mind of the commander of the South Seas Force\, influencing an operational change for the attack on Port Moresby? A quiet and often aloof character\, Templeton’s name and actions became synonymous with Kokoda. Originally from Belfast\, Templeton is reputed to have helped quash the Irish rebellion\, served in submarines with the Royal Navy during the First World War and to have fought with the International Brigade in the Spanish Civil War. \nKokoda Legend goes beyond the myth to discover the real contribution Captain Sam Templeton made to stopping the Japanese advance over the Owen Stanley Range in 1942. \nAuthor David Howell will be signing copies of Kokoda Legend which will also be available to purchase. \nWhen: Wednesday 3 July 2024\, 6 for 630pm\nWhere: East Malvern RSL\, Stanley Grose Dr\, Malvern East VIC 3145.\nCost: Free (finger food & open bar will be provided to guests on the night)\nRSVP: info@kokodahistorical.com.au or 0405 007 700
URL:https://www.mhhv.org.au/event/book-launch-kokoda-legend-captain-sam-templeton-by-david-howell/
LOCATION:East Malvern RSL\, Stanley Grose Dr\,\, Malvern East\, Victoria\, 3145\, Australia
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