Kokoda Memorial Hospital is a hospital located in Papua New Guinea in the southern Pacific Ocean and was built by Rotary Australia volunteers in 1995. The building of the hospital was financed by the Government of Australia, with the Papuan government providing staff. The hospital was named for those who died in the Kokoda Campaign.
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