Helicopters did not exist (as standard equipment) during WW2. War material still had to be man-handled across terrain. Laborer's were often enlisted or otherwise hired to transport war material into combat areas. Allied nations usually treated native laborers far better than Axis powers did; Axis slave-laborers often worked out of fear (forced labor) for their families or their lives.
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Australians fighting in the New Guinea campaigns during WW2.
the kokoda battle/campaign lasted just over 9 months in 1942 - 1943
So that they can see the track.
The Kokoda Track Campaign was one of the Australian Army's toughest campaigns of the war. As it was in the tropical environment of Papua, malaria, dysentery, and other tropical diseases were always a risk. An estimated 4,000 soldiers of the Australian Army alone are listed as casualties from illness.
The Owen Stanley Mountain Range .