Wewak is the capital of the East Sepik province of Papua New Guinea. It is on the northern coast of the island of New Guinea. It is the largest town between...

The Aitape–Wewak campaign was one of the final campaigns of the Pacific Theatre of World War II. Between November 1944 and the end of the war in August...

Wewak Airport (IATA: WWK, ICAO: AYWK), also known as Boram Airport or Wewak International Airport, is an airport in Wewak, Papua New Guinea. The airport...

Wewak District is a district of East Sepik Province in Papua New Guinea. It is one of the six administrative districts that make up the province. The...

Wewak Harbour is the harbour that serves the town of Wewak, Papua New Guinea. Wewak Point to the west, Cape Boram to the east and Mission Point to the...

The Bombing of Wewak was a series of air raids by the USAAF Fifth Air Force, on 17–21 August 1943, against the major air base of the Imperial Japanese...

HMAS Wewak (L 130) was the fifth ship of the Balikpapan class of heavy landing craft operated by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). The eight-vessel Balikpapan...

Wewak Airfield is a former World War II airfield near Wewak, Papua New Guinea. Wewak Airfield was built by the Territory of New Guinea administration and...

East Sepik is a province in Papua New Guinea. Its capital is Wewak. East Sepik has an estimated population of 433,481 people (2010 census) and is 43,426 km...

Wewak Rural LLG is a local-level government (LLG) of East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea. 01. Kambagora 02. Passam 2 03. Passam 1 04. Paliama 05. Passam...

March to July 1945, Green commanded the 2/11th Battalion during the Aitape-Wewak campaign in New Guinea. For his performance during the campaign, Green was...

Tanahmerah Bays to secure Hollandia to isolate the Japanese 18th Army at Wewak. Operations in the area to consolidate the landing continued until 4 May...

1943, Kearby led four P-47s on a fighter sweep over the Japanese base at Wewak, and ran into 40 Japanese Army fighters. The ensuing combat lasted close...

same time spread hygiene and provide health care to the native people. Wewak was the seat of the Roman Catholic Apostolic Vicariate of Central New Guinea...

remaining RAN vessels were paid off in the 2010s: Balikpapan, Betano, and Wewak in 2012; Brunei, Labuan, and Tarakan in 2014. They are yet to be replaced...

Wewak Urban LLG is a local-level government (LLG) of East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea. 83. Wewak Town "Census Figures by Wards – Momase Region"....

Plutonium 0.6 1961 Wewak VK60A Vixen A Plutonium 0.294 1961 Wewak VK60C Vixen A Plutonium 0.277 1961 Wewak 60A Vixen A Beryllium 1.72 1961 Wewak 60B Vixen A...

Second World War. In October 1944, Australian participation in the Aitape–Wewak campaign began with the replacement of US forces at Aitape with the Australian...

language of northeast New Guinea. It is spoken on Koil and Vokeo islands of Wewak Islands Rural LLG. Wogeo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)...

river and region is Wewak: The Gateway to the Sepik: Maps of Wewak, West and East Sepik Provinces, published by Wirui Press, Wewak, Papua New Guinea, in...

In September 2002, a magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck off the coast of Wewak, Sandaun Province, killing six people. From March to April 2018, a chain...

U.S. A-20 Havoc of the 89th Squadron, 3rd Attack Group, skip-bombs a Japanese merchant ship off Wewak, New Guinea, in March 1944....

battalion was sent to New Guinea to fight the Japanese as part of the Aitape–Wewak campaign. The battalion was disbanded at Puckapunyal on 14 December 1945...

coastal settlement that is almost equidistant from the provincial capitals of Wewak and Vanimo, and marks the midpoint of the highway between these two capitals...

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Wewak is a suffragan diocese of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Madang. It was elevated to a diocese in 1966. Camisio...

An Australian light machine gun team in action near Wewak, Papua New Guinea, in June 1945...

which included amphibious landings near Aitape in April 1944, or the Aitape–Wewak campaign, which began in November that year. The Driniumor River lies approximately...

as Wei) islands (eastern four of the Schouten Islands) off the coast of Wewak. Biem at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required) Eberhard, David...

unit saw action late in the war against the Japanese during the Aitape–Wewak campaign. During this campaign the squadron carried out a number of tasks...

Guinea, part of the Dutch East Indies, and was the only anchorage between Wewak to the east, and Geelvink Bay to the west. It was occupied by the Japanese...