Havala Laula wears the slouch hat with pride. Seventy-five years ago he served with Australians near his village on the Kokoda Track in Papua New Guinea as war raged around them, fetching ammunition, ...

Laula died on Christmas Eve, aged 91, in his remote village of Kagi, which is located approximately halfway along the Kokoda Track. Mr Laula was a teenager in 1942 when Japanese troops landed in PNG ...

You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. A group of 17 World War II diggers is about to be reunited with one of the last remaining "Fuzzy ...

Australia has awarded the first commemorative medallion to a Fuzzy Wuzzy Angel for his heroic work helping the diggers in Papua New Guinea during World War II. Frail, 86-year-old Wesley Akove, neatly ...

This article contains mention of racist terms in historical context. Every Anzac Day, Australians are presented with narratives that re-inscribe particular versions of our national story. One such ...

Caption:A Papua New Guinean "Fuzzy Wuzzy Angel" participates in the Anzac Day march through Sydney on April 25, 2013. Tens of thousands of Australians and New Zealanders turned out on April 25 to ...

There are calls for the contribution of the legendary Fuzzy Wuzzy Angels, Papua New Guineans who came to the aid of Australians in the Kokoda campaign, to be properly recognised. It was believed ...

OVURU Ndiki's face is weathered, he is missing one of his fingers and his son Joel, who acts as a translator, says he is 106 years old ... He is hailed as the last remaining Fuzzy Wuzzy - one of the ...

This article contains mention of racist terms in historical context. Every Anzac Day, Australians are presented with narratives that re-inscribe particular versions of our national story. One such ...