Battle of Kokoda Trail polo with pocket
Battle of Kokoda Trail polo with pocket
Battle of Kokoda Trail polo with pocket
Battle of Kokoda Trail polo with pocket

Battle of Kokoda Trail polo with pocket

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Free standard shipping worldwide by Australia Post on all orders valued over $160 AUD / $180 NZD / £90 GBP / 120 USD. Your order will be sent from our warehouse on the Gold Coast, QLD AUSTRALIA.
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    Size chart
    Body width: Measure on the front, from underarm to underarm.
    Body length: Measure from the top of the neck to the bottom of the hem.

    Measurements are in millimetres. Please note, measurements can vary within 20mm, this is within our tolerance.

    AU INTL. EU UK US Body width Body length
    XS 6/8 42 32 490 720
    S 8/10 46 36 495 730
    M 10/12 48 38 530 750
    L 12/14 50 40 565 770
    XL 14/16 52 42 600 790
    XXL 16/18 54 44 635 810
    3XL 18/20 56 46 670 830
    4XL 20/22 58 48 710 860
    5XL 22/24 60 50 760 880
    6XL 24/26 62 52 790 900
    7XL 26/28 64 54 815 920
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    Carefully hand-drawn by our in-house artists, commended by Veterans, RSLs and respected members of the Australian Army. This one-of-a-kind commemorative Battle of Kokoda Trail polo pays respect to the bravery of Australian troops and recognises their mateship during the Kokoda Campaign.



    Eco-Friendly
    This item is manufactured with yarns made from recycled PET bottles (approx 14-16 of them). It is printed with high-quality carcinogen-free pigment inks. No cancer-causing chemicals and undesirable surfactants.

    Zero plastic
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    Controlled production
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    Washing Instructions

       Gentle machine wash
       Do not bleach
       Do not tumble dry
       Touch up with cool iron
       Do not dry clean

    Further Care Information

    • Do not use fabric softener
    • Wash and iron inside out
    • Wash separately with like colours
    • Avoid rough surfaces
    • Line dry out of direct sunlight


    Shipping Info
    Your order will be sent out within one business day from our warehouse on the Gold Coast, Queensland, in most cases. Shipping times begin when your parcel has left our warehouse.

    Delivery times vary depending on your location and whether your items are in stock.
    Parcel post within Australia starts from $6.45 and takes 6-12 business days (depending on your location).
    Express post within Australia starts from $9.10 and takes 2-5 business days.

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    Return Policy
    Items may be returned free of charge within 14 days of receipt. The original tags and labels must be attached, and the products must be unworn, unused, unwashed and undamaged (tried on is okay).
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    Scribed across the front and back of the Battle of Kokoda Trail Polo are the words ‘courage’, ‘endurance’, ‘mateship’ and ‘sacrifice’. These reflect the qualities of our honoured Australian soldiers throughout the Battle of the Kokoda Trail.

    Following the fall of Singapore in February 1942, the Pacific War’s focus edged closer to Australia. Minutes before 10am on 19 February 1942, Darwin’s sky filled with 188 Japanese aircraft, bombing Pearl Harbour’s wharf and moored ships. Including the destroyer USS Peary, which sank, killing 88 people. Japanese forces captured the village of Kokoda with its valuable airstrip, then headed for Port Moresby. Navigating through the Kokoda Trail that snakes through the mighty Owen Stanley Range.

    What followed was the Papua New Guinea campaign of July 1942 to January 1943. Australian troops fought through treacherous conditions against vastly superior numbers. Under-trained and unfamiliar with the unforgiving jungle warfare, the Australian Army were ill-prepared to confront the Japanese. This saw 600 Australian soldiers killed, 1,600 wounded and over 10,000 Japanese fatalities. In January 1943, Japanese resistance on Papau ceased, marking a pivotal moment in stopping Japanese advances across the Pacific and towards Australia.

    Since WWII, the terms Kokoda Trail and Kokoda Track have been used interchangeably to capture this poignant time in history.

    The hand-drawn design features Australian and Papua New Guinean flags as well as relevant Australian and allied aircrafts (such as Douglas Dauntless, P-39 Airacobra) and a stylised map of the Kokoda Track. The green background carries army uniform motifs that were worn during the campaign.

    Papuan stretcher bearers often carried wounded Australian soldiers from the jungle battlefields through mountain streams to the hospital bases behind the lines. The compassion from Papua New Guineans for the wounded and sick earned them the eternal gratitude of the Australian soldiers, who at the time, referred to them as ‘Fuzzy Wuzzy Angels’. The design features them on the back by carrying an injured person through the rugged terrain.

    Featured on the front, an Australian soldier carries a wounded comrade. A vivid image of the true mateship and unrelenting sacrifice laid bare during the Battle of the Kokoda Trail. On the back of the shirt, a hand-drawn compass representing the approximate direction of the Trail itself.

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    Wayne Trute

    The shirt was great

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    Paul Verdi

    Battle of Kokoda Trail polo with pocket

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    Brenda Gesling

    Great shirt just too big

    K
    K.M.

    Great shirt … hubby will love it!

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    Ray Handsaker
    fantastis shirt just that the pocket is on the wrong side other than that great love it

    as above

    So glad you love your shirt, Ray. We're considering changing the side that the pocket is on for future collections. :)

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    baz
    great shirts

    now have 7 different shirts great quality some are now 4 or 5 years old still in good condition sizes are good 2xl is a 2xl not silly sizing

    Thanks so much for taking the time to leave a review Baz. We appreciate your loyalty and support and so glad you love your shirts. :)

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    Gary
    Gary's Shirt

    Thank you for such a great design for a shirt to honour our Heros of Kokoda, the only thing that could be done to make it even better would be to depict the Fuzzy Wuzzy Angles on it, without them we were lost.

    Thank you for your review, Gary. You are absolutely right, they were angels and so we have depicted them on the back of the garment as stretcher bearers and have mentioned this also in the description of the design. :)

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    Colin Jecks
    Prisoners of War

    Hi yes received the shirt it's great beautiful. But i wish you had one for the pacific campaign and Burma railway and prisoners of war. Thank you . Colin.

    Thank you for the positive feedback on your polo, Colin. I have put forward your suggestions for other remembrance designs to our design team. :)

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    Bryan T Blake

    Great shirt as always from you

    Thank your for continued loyalty and support, Bryan. So glad you love our shirts. :)