Kokoda Heroes

Through the jungle thick and wild they tread

With weary feet and hearts of lead

Each step a promise each breath a fight

They carried hope through the endless night

The air was heavy the cries were loud

But their courage stood like a thundercloud

Kokoda heroes brave and true

We stand here now because of you

For those who fell for those who rise

We’ll remember you beneath these skies

They bore the weight of a nation's dream

Through rain and mud through the rushing stream

With love for home and the will to try

They faced the storm with heads held high

The shadows loomed the mountains called

But they pushed ahead unshaken unspoiled

Kokoda heroes brave and true

We stand here now because of you

For those who fell for those who rise

We’ll remember you beneath these skies