y Award in 1975. He passed away on the 29th of July 1979.
             The poem "Men in Green," is set in World War Two, when the Japanese had invaded Singapore and the East Indies. The Australians were allies with the English, who declared war on Germany two years prior to the battles in Papua New Guinea. Japan entered the war in December 1941 as allies to the Germans and became very powerful.
             Campbell himself was not involved in fighting on the ground but was a pilot, and the poem offers Campbell's own account of performing a change over of a tour of duty in New Guinea during World War Two. He transfers fifteen men to the jungle to replace and collect another fifteen who have served their time on the battlefield. He writes in first person, to put his readers in the plane along with him and the other "men in green."
             In my opinion, this poem is set towards the beginning of the Japanese invasion of Papua New Guinea, because of the relaxed attitude of the soldiers described in the poem. Perhaps this is because they are unaware of the dangers that they will face while serving their time on the batt
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