The Coconut Plantation

The Japanese forces holding out on northern Bougainville had established a last line of defense across the Bonis Peninsula. To the north lay Buka Island and its airstrip – a key objecive in the Allied push towards Rabaul. A plan was devised to unhinge the Japanese line with …

1945-06-09

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The Japanese forces holding out on northern Bougainville had established a last line of defense across the Bonis Peninsula. To the north lay Buka Island and its airstrip – a key objecive in the Allied push towards Rabaul. A plan was devised to unhinge the Japanese line with a landing on the west coast by a reinforced company from the 31/51st Battalion. The infantry established a beach head at the Porton coconut plantation, and began aggressively patrolling inland. The Australians soon located a line of pillboxes and were pinned down. The Aussie 'Diggers' found that digging-in was futile as the water table was only a few inches beneath the sandy soil. Having lost their stores barge carrying the ammunition and heavy weapons off-shore, the Australians had 100 rounds of rifle ammunition each and a few grenades. A Japanese counter-attack attempted to clear them away.

Bougainville Island, New Guinea

The Bougainville campaign was a series of land and naval battles of the Pacific campaign of World War II between Allied forces and the Empire of Japan, named after the island of Bougainville. It was part of Operation Cartwheel, the Allied grand strategy in the South Pacific. The campaign took place in the Northern Solomons in two phases. The first phase, in which American troops landed and held the perimeter around the beachhead at Torokina, lasted from November 1943 through November 1944.

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