2015 Australians at War - War in the Pacific 50 cent Uncirculated Decimal Coin Coloured Mintage: 40

Mintage: 40

Many of these have featured treasured Australian children’s stories - Dot and the Kangaroo

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2015 Australians at War - War in the Pacific 50 cent Uncirculated Decimal Coin Coloured Mintage: 40The war came to Australia in 1942 when Japanese forces in the Pacific overran British and Commonwealth forces in Malaya and Singapore and invaded New Guinea. Darwin and Northern Australia were repeatedly bombed while Sydney and Newcastle were also attacked. Along the Kokoda Trail and at Milne Bay, Australian forces blunted the Japanese offensive in Papua. From 1943 to 1945 Australians fought in New Guinea and the Solomon Islands, and were fighting in