2nd / 14th Australian Infantry Battalion Park
The Battalion formed in Victoria in April 1940 and later joined by many Queenslanders camped on this site 11 May 1942 to 5 August 1942. The Battalion trained over a wide area from Blackall Ranges to the coast and made many friends in the District between 16 August 1942 and 15 January 1943. The Battalion fought on the Kokoda Track and at Gona assisting to drive the Japanese out of Papua. 166 members of the Battalion gave their lives in that campaign.