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Location Coastwatchers Memorial Lighthouse is located on Kalibobo Point at the eastern edge Madang on the north coast of New Guinea. To the north is the entrance to Madang Harbor and beyond Kranket Island (Gragat Island). To the west is Coastwatchers Avenue / Coronation Drive. To the east is the Bismarck Sea. To the south is on Cape Kusserow and beyond Astrolabe Bay. Also known as Kalibobo Lighthouse. Also incorrectly spelled Coast Watchers (two words) Light House (two words). Prewar and during the Pacific War part of Madang District in the Territory of New Guinea. Today located in Madang Urban LLG, Madang Province in Papua New Guinea (PNG). During June 1953 a committee was formed in Melbourne to raise funds for a memorial to the 28 Coastwatchers that died in New Guinea. A fundraising committee was created in Madang and many Madang Chinese donated to the memorial and the Madang Returned & Services League (RSL). By January 1954 the site was selected on Kalibobo Point at the southern entrance to Madang Harbor. Coastwatchers Memorial Lighthouse A 30m / 98.4' white tower was constructed with a light atop. On August 15, 1959 the Coastwatchers Memorial Lighthouse was dedicated in a ceremony and switched on for the first time by Australian senator John Gorton, minister for the Royal Australian Navy, in the presence of Brigadier D. M. Cleland, administrator of Papua New Guinea, Commander E. Feldt, coastwatcher commander, Captain C. M. White, U.S. Naval attaché in Australia, plus other officials and an estimated 3,000 local residents. The lighthouse is 98.4' / 30m tall and is visible for roughly 25km / 15.5 miles away and serves a reminder to the Allied coastwatchers who stayed behind the lines to report on Japanese movements. References Madang (2006) page 183 Naval Historical Society of Australia "Coast Watchers Light" by Walter Brooksbank Contribute Information Do you have photos or additional information to add? Last Updated June 25, 2026 |
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