History Empathy Task - Kokoda Track

Kokoda Track- World War 2 Empathy Task
This is an empathy task of a soldier named Jack Boland. He was a conscript soldier (choco) who was nineteen years old. He had no experience when he was conscripted to join the 11th Platoon of the 39th Battalion. The 39th Battalion existed as a unit for only 2O months of World War II, but its story is one of the most unusual and proudest in the annals of Australian military history. It was formed in haste from disparate Victorian militia elements in Oct-Nov 1941. Jack Boland is a real person who fought at the Kokoda Track. …