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Location Lat 5° 26' 33S Long 154° 39' 46E Sohano Island is located at the western end of the Buka Passage. Also known as Schane Island. Also incorrectly spelled Sohana Island in some sources. Located at the western entrance of Buka Passage between Buka Island to the north and northern Bougainville. To the south is Sohano Channel and beyond the northwest end of Bougainville. Prewar and during the Pacific War, part of Kieta District in the Territory of New Guinea and considered part of the North Solomons, Northern Solomons. During 1975 became Bougainville Province in Papua New Guinea (PNG). On June 25, 2002 became the Autonomous Region of Bougainville (AROB). Today located in Kunua Rural LLG of Northern Bougainville District. Prewar An Australian government station was established on Sohano Island manned by Ken Bridges the Assistant District Officer (ADO) in charge until November 1941 then was replaced by Jack Read. Wartime History During early 1942 Sohano Island was occupied by the Japanese and developed as a base area. The coastline of Sohano Island was used as a seaplane anchorage area for Buka Seaplane Base and barges occasionally anchored in the nearby Sohano Channel and Buka Passage. Allied missions against Sohano November 16, 1943–June 10, 1944 Buka Seaplane Base Channel and island used by the Japanese during the war Sohano Island Japanese Memorial Erected in 1984 for the 65,000 Japanese that died in the Bougainville campaign. Nearby, is a F1M2 Pete fuselage, recovered from the Sohano Channel, and fire extinguisher ground unit. F1M2 Pete Tail 52 Crashed in nearby mangrove swamp, salvaged and displayed on the island Contribute
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