Wirui Mission

Date from 11 May 1945
Date to 15 May 1945
Category Battle honours
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Description

Awarded for participation in the operations that resulted in the capture of Wirui Mission, a Japanese strongpoint, based around a former mission station atop a 90 metre high hill, which dominated Wewak airfield in northern New Guinea.

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