Country Papua New Guinea Local time Thursday 6:15 AM | Time zone AEST (UTC+10) Province Morobe Province | |
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Sio is a town on the north coast of Huon Peninsula, Papua New Guinea.
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Map of Sio, Papua New Guinea
History
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
Sio, Papua New Guinea Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA