Lihir Island
MapLat 3° 4' 60S Long 152° 34' 60E

Island to the north of New Ireland. Japanese seaplane base?

Coastwatcher Murray
An ex-patrioit, Harry Murray escaped the Japanese occupation of New Ireland, and then returned later in the war as a coastwatcher to Lihir in the latter part of WWII.

Catholic Mission station / Japanese Submarine Area
Catholic Mission station before the war. A cave on the island was used by Japanese submariners who used it for shelter. It was here that Coastwatcher Murray discovered that a Japanese submarines made visits to the island.

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