National Remembrance Day in Papua New Guinea
National Remembrance Day in Papua New Guinea is held on July 23. This event in the third decade of the month July is annual. Help us
Remembrance Day (also known as Poppy Day owing to the tradition of wearing a remembrance poppy) in Papua New Guinea is observed every July 23rd to commemorate the services of the members of the nation's armed forces who participated during World War One, World War Two, and in general peace keeping and law and order engagements within the country and abroad.
Remembrance Day in PNG commemorates not only soldiers of the Papua New Guinean Defence Force but also those Papua New Guineans who served as an integral part of the Australian military until independence in 1975.
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