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    Finschhafen is a district on the north-east coast of the Morobe province of Papua New Guinea. It is named after the port town of the same name, Finschhafen...
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    Finschhafen is a town 80 kilometers (50 mi) east of Lae on the Huon Peninsula in Morobe Province of Papua New Guinea. The town is commonly misspelt as...
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    `Samoa' explores New Guinea under Deutsche Neuguinea-Kompagnie and selects Finschhafen as the best site for company settlement. The same year, Northeast New...
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    settlements in the following list are towns and villages.[clarification needed] Districts of Papua New Guinea List of cities and towns in Papua New Guinea by population...
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    Lutheran Synod and the Neuendettelsau Mission Society, sailed to Simbang in Finschhafen, Kaiser-Wilhelmsland and arrived at Lae shortly after. The mission society...
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  • MV Rabaul Queen sinks off the coast of Papua New Guinea near the Finschhafen District, with an estimated 146–165 dead. 2021 – The Burmese military establishes...
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  • Events January 5 Asian and Pacific Hermann Detzner surrenders at the Finschhafen District of New Guinea. January 10 Middle Eastern Fakhri Pasha surrenders...
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    Coast District Sumkar District Usino Bundi District Finschhafen District Huon District Kabwum District Lae District Markham District Menyamya District Nawae...
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    the Lutheran missionaries Otto Thiele and Christian Keyser, in the Finschhafen district; there, while in conversation with his hosts, he uncovered the discrepancies...
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    for almost 22 years at the Neuendettelsau Mission Station in the Finschhafen District of New Guinea, which had been founded in 1892 by Johann Flierl. He...
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  • Kâte is a Papuan language spoken by about 6,000 people in the Finschhafen District of Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea. It is part of the Finisterre–Huon...
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    National Parliament in the 2007 general election, as independent MP for Finschhafen District in Morobe Province, though he subsequently joined the People's Progress...
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    of Bougainville and the National Capital District. Each province has one or more districts, and each district has one or more local-level government (LLG)...
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    General Construction of Traditional Houses in Serongko Village, Finschhafen District, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea. Papua New Guinea: PNG University...
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    offered his capitulation. On 5 January 1919, he surrendered at the Finschhafen District headquarters, marching with his remaining German troops in a column...
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    Navy base was called Naval Base Finschhafen built in 1943. Finschhafen District Finschhafen Urban LLG Battle of Finschhafen MV Rabaul Queen Pacific Wrecks...
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    lasting Lutheran presence at the missionary stations of Simbang, near Finschhafen, another on Tami, and a third, on the Sattelberg in the Huon Peninsula...
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  • Melanesian languages spoken natively (in 1978) by about 2,000 people at Finschhafen, which is on the southern tip of the Huon Peninsula in Morobe Province...
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    Dumpu 22 September – 4 October Australian forces defeat Japan Battle of Finschhafen 22 September – 24 October Australia and the U.S. defeat Japan Battle...
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    combined operations force. The first mission, in September 1943, was at Finschhafen in Papua New Guinea. Later operations were at Gasmata, Arawe, Cape Gloucester...
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    Range campaign, and on the Huon peninsula, assisting in the capture of Finschhafen and Sattelberg, and pursuing the Japanese as they retreated along the...
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    Naval Base Finschhafen was a United States Navy base built during World War II at Finschhafen on the Huon Peninsula in Morobe Province of Papua New Guinea...
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    amphibious assault on Finschhafen. Here, the offensive bogged down, partly because MacArthur had based his decision to assault Finschhafen on Willoughby's assessment...
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  • PNG Kundiawa-Gembogl Open Chimbu 2022–present Rainbo Paita Pangu Pati Finschhafen Open Morobe 2017–present Francis Kikin Siune Pangu Pati Kerowagi Open...
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  • Russia Duke of York Rural LLG – Prince Edward, Duke of York and Albany Finschhafen – Otto Finsch Gloucester Rural LLG – Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester...
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    Finschhafen after the Allied landings at Lae and Nadzab on 4 September 1943. Katagiri was the primary Japanese commander at the Battle of Finschhafen...
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    Guinea from 30 October. Component units performed similar duties on Finschhafen from 12 October 1944 to 31 March 1945, on Los Negros from 29 September...
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    during the Battle of Finschhafen, when Carpender became reluctant to reinforce the Australian position. As the situation at Finschhafen became increasingly...
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    then advanced through the Ramu Valley while the 9th Division landed at Finschhafen. The campaign then slowed owing to a combination of logistical difficulties...
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    administered by a District Officer (Bezirksamtmann). In turn, a district was divided into district branches (Bezirksnebenstellen). Another form of administration...
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