Soraken is a village on the Soraken Peninsula in Bouganville, an island of Papua New Guinea. In January 1913, a copra plantation and a railway system...

Men from Soraken wearing upe, a headdress representing the transition to adulthood which later became a national symbol of Bougainville...

Men from Soraken wearing upe, a headdress representing the transition to adulthood which later became a national symbol of Bougainville...

their advance north from Tsimba Ridge in April–May, clearing up to the Soraken Peninsula, which was captured by the middle of the month by the 26th Infantry...

Battle of Porton Plantation (8–10 June 1945) took place near the village of Soraken on Bougainville Island, in the Solomon Islands archipelago during World...

attacks against Rabaul, as well as anchorages around Empress Augusta Bay and Soraken, which could be utilized for Allied shipping. The Japanese had invaded...

Kato as the envoy to meet Australian officers on 14 September 1945 off Soraken Peninsula, to discuss the surrender of the Imperial Japanese Navy forces...

remainder of February and March the Australians drove the Japanese north past Soraken Plantation. Eventually, the approximately 1,800 Japanese fell back to a...

begin clearing operations along the northwest coast of the island towards Soraken Harbour, as the Australians attempted to drive the Japanese in the sector...

plantations. In 1915, more than 60 native police officers were deployed to Soraken to protect against raids from mountain tribes, who were known to engage...

Initiates from Soraken wearing upe (photograph by Sarah Chinnery, 1929)...

and formally surrendered to Savige. Potts returned to 23rd Brigade at Soraken, where he learned he would be taking charge of all of Bougainville and...

fighting against the Japanese when they were moved from the Outer Islands to Soraken and took part in the final phases on the Bougainville campaign. During...

and its platoon commander killed. By 9 June the platoons were back at Soraken Plantation, while on the 12th a patrol was sent north to Buoi Plantation...

assumed command, taking over from Abbott. The 26th was then deployed to the Soraken Plantation area, using a series of amphibious landings to clear the area...