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    Numa Numa Trail (Numanuma Trail) Autonomous Region of Bougainville PNG
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93rd ID May 1, 1944
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The Numa Numa Trail (Numanuma Trail, Numa-Numa Trail) is a prewar walking track on Bougainville Island that spans from Numa Numa (Numanuma) on the east coast across the central mountain range to Torokina on the west coast. Prewar and during the Pacific War, part of the Kieta District in the Territory of New Guinea. Today located in the Central Bougainville District in the Autonomous Region of Bougainville (AROB) in Papua New Guinea (PNG).

Wartime History
After the American landing at Empress Augusta Bay on November 1, 1943, the Japanese Army used the Numa Numa Trail to move troops, artillery and supplies across Bougainville from east to west for a early March 1944 counterattack against the American perimeter that failed. Afterwards, the Numa Numa Trail was used by the Japanese to withdraw westward and to fight a delaying actions against U.S. Army and later Australian soldiers. By July 1945 Australian Army patrols crossed the entire trail and reached Numa Numa (Numanuma) on the eastern coast.

References
Australian Army Campaigns in New Guinea: Bougainville
Numa Numa Track Bougainville (AWM: F01354)

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March 27, 2025

 

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