Pacific Wrecks - East Sepik Province

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East Sepik Province Papua New Guinea

Location
This area heavily fortified by Japanese Army troops was choosen to be bypassed, in favor of a landing further west at Atapie and Hollandia (Jayapura) in Irian Jaya. Wewak, and its airfield complexes were left to 'wither on a vine', where entrenced Japanese held out until the end of the war, cut off from their supplies or any hope of reinforcement or escape. Wewak was the target of many Allied bombing missions to reduce it, and in the last months of the war was a battle ground for Japanese and Australian ground forces.

	Wewak Area
Wewak (Wewak Point)	Main town area, occupied and tunnels dug by Japanese
Wirui Airfield	Catholic Mission. Prewar airstrip, expanded by Japanese
Mission Point	Point between Wewak Point and Boram Point
Wewak Harbor	Harbor area and shipwrecks
Cape Boram	Japanese airfield still used to this day.
Boram Bay	Locate to the east of Cape Boram
Mission Hill	Japanese Army HQ, Australians assulted March 1945
Tower Hill	Behind Wewak town, there is a Japanese memorial here
Cape Moem	PNDF Army base, relics at Brandi High School.
Brandi	Japanese strongpoint to the east of Wewak town
Kreer	Coastal area to the east of Wewak town, POW Camp
Cape Wom	Japanese airstrip and site of the Japanese formal surrender
Cape Pus	Japanese airstrip and site of the Japanese formal surrender
Sauri	Area behind Wewak, Japanese strong point
	Outside Wewak
Boiken (Boikin)	Japanese army encampment area and hospital
Hawain River	Located to the west of Wewak running near Boiken and Dagua
Kovoy	Japanese and Korean forced conscripts memorial markers
Banak	Small village off north coast road near Boiken
Dagua	Japanese airfield to the west of Wewak
But	Japanese airfield to the west of Wewak
Bai	Located to the east of But
Suain	Coastal village west of But
	Inland Locations
Maprik	Hayfield Aerodrome and last Japanese HQ prior to surrender
Bima	MIA B-25 Wreckage discovered in 2001.
Nuku	Village near where a crash landed Tony once rested
	Offshore Islands
Kairiru	Island with Naval garrison and seaplane base
Muschu	Island with Japanese Naval garrison. Post war POW area
Kairiru Strait	Located between Kairiru and Muschu
Wallis	Island with Japanese garrison
Wei	Island off the coast of New Guinea
	Sepik River Area
Sepik River	One of the largest rivers in New Guinea
Murik	Swamp and lake area near Sepik River
Angoram	Inland village along the Sepik River

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Last Updated
October 25, 2012

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