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词条 Hopoi Mission Station
释义

  1. Location

  2. History

  3. References

  4. External links

The Hopoi Mission Station is a Lutheran filial station situated in Morobe Province in Papua New Guinea now under the auspice of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Papua New Guinea.

Location

The Hopoi Mission Station is located South of Bukaua, and {{convert|41|km}} East of Lae and {{convert|52|km}} West of Finschhafen on Cape Arkona East of the Bulu River.[1]

Cape Arkona is a conspicuous bluff where the houses of Hopoi Mission Station are located.[2]

A single runway running roughly north to south existed at the time of the mission however no trace exists today.[3]

History

{{Main|Landing at Lae}}

On 4 September, the Australian 9th Division, under Major General George Wootten, landed east of Lae, on "Red Beach" and "Yellow Beach", near Malahang beginning an attempt to encircle Japanese forces in the town. Five U.S. Navy destroyers provided artillery support. The landings were not opposed by land forces but were attacked by Japanese bombers, who killed about 100 Allied naval and army personnel. The 2/13th Battalion (20th Brigade), which had landed at Yellow Beach on the same day as the assault on Red Beach, pushed east, on toward Hopoi Mission West and then to Finschhafen.[4]

The 9th Division faced formidable natural barriers in the form of rivers swollen by recent rain. They came to a halt at the Busu River, which could not be bridged for two reasons: the 9th lacked heavy equipment, and the far bank was occupied by Japanese soldiers. On 9 September, the 2/28th Infantry Battalion led an attack and secured a bridgehead after fierce fighting.[5]

The march from Hopoi Mission to Finschhafen was described as the "greatest march of the new Guinea campaign and in 10 days the battalion had covered {{convert|50|mi}} of rugged terrain".[6]

The Mission House at Hopoi served as a headquarters and supply base for the Australian New Guinea Administrative Unit which was led by (NX155085) Captain Ralph Geoffrey Ormsby.[7]

Between 1932 and 1972 the Hopoi mission was used as a Lutheran teacher training school.[8]

References

1. ^{{cite web|title=SB 55-5 Huon Gulf (5.1MB)|url=http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/ams/new_guinea_500k/txu-oclc-6558822-sb55-5.jpg|publisher=University of Texas Libraries|accessdate=23 September 2014}}
2. ^{{cite book|title=Prostar Sailing Directions 2004 New Guinea Enroute -Cape Arkona|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TnHGVP_BfgUC|accessdate=22 September 2014|date=1 January 2004|publisher=ProStar Publications|isbn=978-1-57785-569-9|page=203}}
3. ^{{cite web|title=Hopoi Airfield Morobe Province Papua New Guinea (PNG)|url=http://www.pacificwrecks.com/airfields/png/hopoi/|website=pacificwrecks|accessdate=23 September 2014}}
4. ^{{cite book|title=Reconquest New Guinea 1943–44|publisher=Returned Services League|url=http://www.ozhistorymine.biz/assets/applets/WW_II_Reconquest_NG_Pt_1.CV.pdf|accessdate=23 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150216134306/http://www.ozhistorymine.biz/assets/applets/WW_II_Reconquest_NG_Pt_1.CV.pdf#|archive-date=2015-02-16|dead-url=yes|df=}}
5. ^{{cite book|author=Australian Army Staff|title=The Australian Army at War: An Official Record of Service in Two Hemispheres, 1939–1944|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ecqHEAs7mtEC|accessdate=22 September 2014|date=1 January 1997|publisher=Merriam Press|isbn=978-1-57638-077-2|page=39}}
6. ^{{cite news|title=Greatest March of Campaign|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article95642054|accessdate=23 September 2014|agency=Kalgoorlie Miner (WA : 1895 – 1950)|date=8 Oct 1943}}
7. ^{{cite web|title=HOPOI DISTRICT, NEW GUINEA, 1943-10-30. MISSION HOUSE AT HOPOI WHICH SERVED AS HEADQUARTERS AND SUPPLY BASE FOR THE AUSTRALIAN AND NEW GUINEA ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT EXPEDITION LED BY NX155085 CAPTAIN|url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/165120963?q=Hopoi+Mission&c=picture&versionId=179968631|website=Trove|publisher=National Library of Australia|accessdate=23 September 2014}}
8. ^{{cite web|last1=Vorlaufiges Findbuch |title=Archiv Mission Einewelt (German) |url=http://www.mission-einewelt.de/fileadmin/benutzer/mission_einewelt/Archiv/tb-7.pdf |accessdate=23 September 2014 }}{{dead link|date=April 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

External links

  • Historical photos and maps
  • Official Website of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Papua New Guinea
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20080514090818/http://www.asia-lutheran.org/ Lutheran Portal to all Asia Lutheran churches]
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