Trail The Milne Bay Remembrance Trail 5 steps 20m share Start trail July 1942 to September 1945 Milne Bay July 1942 Milne Bay airbase established 26 August 1942 Japanese land marines at Milne Bay 25 August to 7 September 1942 Battle of Milne Bay 6 to 7 September 1942 Japanese retreat from Milne Bay