Fuzzy Wuzzy Angels

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"Fuzzy Wuzzy Angels" was the name given by Australian soldiers to Papua New Guinean war carriers who, during World War II, were recruited service to bring supplies up to the front and carry injured Australian troops down the Kokoda trail during the Kokoda Campaign. Under the Australian military government in New Guinea, many of the Papua New Guinean workers were conscripted into work to support the war effort, forced by Australian soldiers through threat of force or injury, or unfulfilled promises. As civilian workers, after the war they were not eligible for a military pension until the 1980s.

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