5-403: Wewak Harbour is the harbour that serves the town of Wewak , Papua New Guinea. Wewak Point to the west, Cape Boram to the east and Mission Point to the south form the borders of the harbour. The Imperial Japanese Army occupied the harbour on 18 December 1942 unopposed. The USS Wahoo , an American Gato Class submarine, famously reconnoitered the harbor in 1943. The Australian Army liberated
10-517: Is the largest town between Madang and Jayapura . It is the see city (seat) of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Wewak . Between 1943 and 1945, in World War II , Wewak was the site of the largest Japanese airbase in mainland New Guinea. The base was subjected to repeated bombing by Australian and American forces, most notably in one massive attack on 17 August 1943. Directly to the west of
15-504: The area in May 1945. The wrecks of several Japanese vessels are located in the harbour. MV Busama sank after catching fire in 1959. Citations This East Sepik Province geography article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Wewak Wewak is the capital of the East Sepik province of Papua New Guinea . It is on the northern coast of the island of New Guinea . It
20-627: The town centre is a peninsula known as Cape Wom , which was the site of the surrender of Japanese forces in New Guinea on 13 September 1945. The site now houses a small memorial. The former Japanese airfield is still in use as the Wewak International Airport . In August 1945 two war crimes trials were held near Wewak for mutilation and cannibalism. First Lieutenant Takehiro Tazaki was convicted and sentenced to death (later commuted to 5 years imprisonment with hard labour ) and another accused
25-432: Was acquitted. The old centre of the town is on a small peninsula, with the rest of the urban area occupying a narrow band of flat land between the ocean and the coastal range of mountains that emerges a short distance inland. To the east of the town center is a small peninsula on which is located Boram Hospital, and Wewak International Airport , which is also known as Boram. Wewak is linked by road to three villages on
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