Lae War Cemetery
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lae-war-cemetery-299-16530821
title:
Lae War Cemetery
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The Lae War Cemetery, established in 1944, is located adjacent to the Botanical Gardens in the centre of the city of Lae, the capital of Morobe Province, in Papua New Guinea. The cemetery is managed by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. In World War II, Japanese and Commonwealth soldiers fought to hold the strategic areas of Papua New Guinea, and the Morobe Province was the site of several heated campaigns in late 1942–1943; by 1944, the Japanese had been driven off the island. The cemetery
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wiki
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description:
WWII-era cemetery in Papua New Guinea
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lae_War_Cemetery
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2024-04-03T19:30:29Z
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