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Kokoda veterans meet Fuzzy Wuzzy Angels

Seventy years since Australians fought the Kokoda campaign in Papua New Guinea, veterans have gathered alongside the locals who helped them at a ceremony in Sydney.

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The so-called Fuzzy Wuzzy Angels assisted the diggers during the World War Two campaign against Japanese forces.

It was fought along the Kokoda Trail which runs from east of the capital Port Moresby to the village of Kokoda.

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Published 24 April 2012 8:03pm
Updated 26 August 2013 10:48am
By Cassandra Hill
Source: SBS

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