 Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Pakupera kwaAugust 1942, 29th Battalion yakaendeswa kunharaunda yeMilne Bay yeNew Guinea. VaJapan vakanga vachienda kumaodzanyemba vachitevedzaKokoda Track neAllied intelligence vakanga vafanotaura nezvokurwiswa kwakapoteredza Milne Bay. Mukuvamba kwaSeptember, battalion yacho yakabatanidzwa mukurwisana kwakasimba pashure pokunge vaJapan vaburitsa simba rokubata nhandare dzendege dzeAllied dzaiva ikoko. Pakurwa uku ndipo apo French akaita zvinhu zvakaita kuti apiwe Victoria Cross. Mharidzo yechiFrench yeVC inorava sezvinotevera: 