Sio, Papua New Guinea

Place in Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea

Sio

Sio

Location within Papua New Guinea

Coordinates: 5°57′18.37″S 147°22′13.47″E﻿ / ﻿5.9551028°S 147.3704083°E﻿ / -5.9551028; 147.3704083
Country| Papua New Guinea
Province| Morobe Province
Languages

• Main languages| Tok Pisin, English
Time zone| UTC+10 (AEST)

Sio is a town on the north coast of Huon Peninsula, Papua New Guinea. It is located in Wasu Rural LLG, Morobe Province.

## History

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A Lutheran mission station was established at Sio in 1910.

The town was occupied by Imperial Japanese forces during World War II and was a major operating base. During the Huon Peninsula campaign the town was wrestled from the defending elements of the Japanese 20th Division by the Australian 9th Division and the Papuan Infantry Battalion, during the Battle of Sio, fought between December 1943 and January 1944.

## References

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* Pacific War Wrecks

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