Thank you gentlemen for your response/ observations. Yes, Charlie Painter 777. My wife's uncle is S. Sgt. Frank Bren and the family seems to know little about him. While researching via the internet, I "found" & purchased "FROM POPLAR TO PAPUA" by Martin Kidston and it has several pages dedicated to the action at Kamti, and Bren is mentioned several times. I also ordered (not received yet) "WITH THE 41ST DIV. IN THE SW PACIFIC..." by Frank Catanzaro. Fascinating history.

Bren was an "old soldier" when he was KIA at 31 yrs old. My father-in law had his flag & medals, and I am trying to find out what happened to them. I am in the process of compiling a notebook with all the maps, pictures, etc that I can find. Thank you Painter 777 for the information that you posted...it is priceless.

I found a map that shows the location of Kamti (straight south of Aitape) and the airstrips were at Tadji.