-
flanking moves were
undertaken to cut off the ****anese
supply route along the
Komiatum Track. This
succeeded in
eventually forcing the ****anese off the position...
- they
began a
guerilla campaign and
reconnaissance operations along the
Komiatum Track to har**** the ****anese, in
support of
Major General Stanley Savige's...
- War of 1939–1945.
Series 1 – Army –
Volume 6
Chapter 7. The
Fight for
Komiatum, The
Australian War
Memorial (TOC
Archived 2009-05-12 at the
Wayback Machine)...
-
Hidemitsu Nakano,
subsequently determined to
concentrate his
forces in the
Komiatum area,
which was an area of high
ground to the
south of Salamaua. Meanwhile...
-
shifted to
Tambu Bay and
brigades were
pushed out
towards Mubo, and the
Komiatum and
Bobdui Ridges,
while defensive patrols were
undertaken through the...
-
Brigade was to
capture Mubo and push
north towards Mount Tambu to
secure Komiatum.
Moving over steep,
muddy ridges amidst dense,
fetid jungle terrain the...
- bay, and
providing artillery support to the
Australians fighting around Komiatum and Bobdubi,
elements of the PIB
under the
command of
Captain Ernest Hitch****...
- Endaiadere-Sinemi Cr****, Sanananda–Cape Killerton,
Milne Bay,
Mount Tambu,
Tambu Bay,
Komiatum, Lae–Nadzab, Lae Road,
Liberation of
Australian New Guinea, Ramu Valley...
- Mubo in July and then
taking part in the
fighting around Mount Tambu and
Komiatum Ridge in August.
During the
fighting the
battalion sustained casualties...
- force, and took the
Australians by surprise. It was
necessary to
cross Komiatum Hill,
advance to Mubo, and then take the
track westward. This
route was...
