Rabaul in a sentence

A short film by well-known Australian documentary maker Max Uechtritz – himself born in Rabaul, and a founding member of the Montevideo Maru Committee – was shown, which saw many of the victims’ descendants weeping throughout.

Mr Beazley's uncle was a resident of Rabaul in Papua New Guinea's East New Britain province, and was onboard the ill-fated prison ship.

They were headed for the Redlight section of Rabaul Town to cause maximum damage to their perennial enemies.

Vendors in the Gazelle and Rabaul areas were utilising the ToLeap junction market.

Aircraft flew into Rabaul when the Sixth Air Division activated in late November 1942, but everything else came by sea.

Bellows and his four Hellcat pilots finally caught up with a Betty, probably originating from Rabaul.

Along with several other Zeros, this aircraft was recovered by the Australian War Memorial Museum in the early 1970s from Rabaul in the South Pacific.

As Mikawa's force retired towards Rabaul, Tanaka's transport convoy, trusting that Henderson Field was now destroyed or heavily damaged, began its run down the slot towards Guadalcanal.

Because the Allied attempt to take Buna was considered a more severe threat to Rabaul, Imamura postponed further major reinforcement efforts to Guadalcanal to concentrate on the situation in New Guinea.

Frank, p. 194–213; and Lundstrom, p. 45. In comparison to the convert separating Lunga Point from Rabaul, Berlin was about convert from Allied air bases in eastern England.

Hornfischer, pp. 44–92 Mikawa, who was unaware Fletcher was preparing to withdraw with the U.S. carriers, immediately retired to Rabaul without attempting to attack the transports.

If this is correct, it is most likely one of the 123 aircraft lost by the Japanese during the assault of Rabaul.

Instead, the ships carrying Kawaguchi's soldiers were sent to Rabaul.

Japan's major base at Rabaul was now further directly threatened by Allied air power.

Meanwhile, the Japanese 2nd and 38th Infantry Divisions were transported from the Dutch East Indies to Rabaul beginning on 13 September.

The 128 survivors returned to Taivu Point, notified 17th Army headquarters of their defeat and awaited further reinforcements and orders from Rabaul.

The different units began to move towards Guadalcanal via Truk and Rabaul immediately, but Ichiki's regiment, being the closest, arrived in the area first.

The eight-hour round trip flight from Rabaul to Guadalcanal, about convert total, seriously hampered Japanese efforts to establish air superiority over Henderson Field.

Yamamoto provided 11 large transport ships to carry the remaining 7,000 troops from the 38th Infantry Division, their ammunition, food, and heavy equipment from Rabaul to Guadalcanal.