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Members of D Company, 39th Battalion, after a battle at Isurava on the Kokoda track in Papua New Guinea Source: AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL

It was 75 years ago that a newsreel filmed by a legendary war cameraman made history by winning Australia's first-ever Academy Award.

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It was 75 years ago that a newsreel filmed by a legendary war cameraman made history by winning Australia's first-ever Academy Award.

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