Bitapaka

Place name.

Bitapaka was a German wireless station and was the only place in Papua New Guinea to see fighting in WWI, when it was captured by the ‘Coconut Lancers’, an Australian force, on 11 September 1914.

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Bitapaka War Cemetery, East New Britain Province (WWII graves of Commonwealth forces).
[photo credit: Andy Newlin]

Proper noun forms

  1. Place name: Place near Kokopo, East New Britain Province

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