Sio, Papua New Guinea Explained

Sio
Pushpin Map:Papua New Guinea
Coordinates:-5.9551°N 147.3704°W
Pushpin Label Position:right
Pushpin Map Caption:Location within Papua New Guinea
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Papua New Guinea
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Morobe Province
Population Density Km2:auto
Demographics Type1:Languages
Demographics1 Title1:Main languages
Demographics1 Info1:Tok Pisin, English
Timezone1:AEST
Utc Offset1:+10

Sio is a town on the north coast of Huon Peninsula, Papua New Guinea. It is located in Wasu Rural LLG, Morobe Province.

History

A Lutheran mission station was established at Sio in 1910.

The town was occupied by Imperial Japanese forces during World War II and was a major operating base. During the Huon Peninsula campaign the town was wrestled from the defending elements of the Japanese 20th Division by the Australian 9th Division and the Papuan Infantry Battalion, during the Battle of Sio, fought between December 1943 and January 1944.

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