3-698: Mubo is a village located inland from Salamaua town, and is located in Salamaua Rural LLG , Morobe Province , Papua New Guinea at 7°13′00″S 147°00′00″E / 7.21667°S 147.00001°E / -7.21667; 147.00001 . Mubo was occupied by the Imperial Japanese on 14 May 1943 during the Second World War . Australian Army forces liberated the village in July 1943. This Morobe Province geography article
6-418: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Salamaua Salamaua ( German : Samoahafen ) was a small town situated on the northeastern coastline of Papua New Guinea , in Salamaua Rural LLG , Morobe province . The settlement was built on a minor isthmus between the coast with mountains on the inland side and a headland. The closest city is Lae , which can be reached only via boat across
9-506: The gulf. In the 1920s prospective gold miners used Salamaua as a staging post to explore for gold in the inland areas. Gold was discovered at Wau and miners came from all over and made for the goldfields via the rough Black Cat Track . The town was captured by the Japanese on 8 March 1942 during World War II and later retaken by Australian and United States forces led by General Douglas MacArthur on 11 September 1943 during
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