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Soraken is a
village on the
Soraken Peninsula on north-western Bouganville,
Papua New Guinea. The
Soraken copra plantation was set up by
Choisel Plantations...
- 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...
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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...
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remainder of
February and
March the
Australians drove the ****anese
north past
Soraken Plantation. Eventually, the
approximately 1,800 ****anese fell back to a...
- Kato as the
envoy to meet
Australian officers on 14
September 1945 off
Soraken Peninsula, to
discuss the
surrender of the
Imperial ****anese Navy forces...
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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...
- plantations. In 1915, more than 60
native police officers were deplo**** to
Soraken to
protect against raids from
mountain tribes, who were
known to engage...
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fighting against the ****anese when they were
moved from the
Outer Islands to
Soraken and took part in the
final phases on the
Bougainville campaign. During...
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begin clearing operations along the
northwest coast of the
island towards Soraken Harbour, as the
Australians attempted to
drive the ****anese in the sector...
