Templeton's Crossing

It was the first of the battalion's companies to deploy overland for the defence of Kokoda – arriving shortly before the Japanese landings.

Kienzle was an officer of the Australian New Guinea Administrative Unit, that had been tasked, among other things, to establish supply dumps and staging points along the track.

[12][13] When the drop zone at Myola was identified by Kienzle, the main route used by the Australian forces was diverted through this important supply point, cutting a new section of track.

[16] Templeton's Crossing is associated with two battles of the Kokoda Track campaign of the Second World War fought between Australians of Maroubra Force and Japanese troops.

Both battles consisted of a series of engagements that occurred in the upper reaches of the Eora Creek valley.