Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Pakupera kwaAugust 1942, 2/9th Battalion yakaendeswa kunharaunda yeMilne Bay yeNew Guinea. VaJapan vakanga vachienda kumaodzanyemba vachitevedza
Kokoda Track neAllied intelligence vakanga vafanotaura nezvokurwiswa kwakapoteredza Milne Bay. Mukuvamba kwaSeptember, battalion yacho yakabatanidzwa mukurwisana kwakasimba pashure pokunge vaJapan vaburitsa simba rokubata nhandare dzendege dzeAllied dzaiva ikoko. Pakurwa uku ndipo apo French akaita zvinhu zvakaita kuti apiwe Victoria Cross. Mharidzo yechiFrench yeVC inorava sezvinotevera: