Som Point (Cape Saum)
Eight Z Force commandos were landed here on 11 April 1945. Three of them were killed in skirmishes with Japanese soldiers.
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Source
- Text: Kaj Metz
- Photos: Australian War Memorial
- Pacific Wrecks
Nearby
Point of interest
- Former Japanese Camp Cemetery Muschu - Muschu
- Former Muschu Japanese Prisoners of War Camp - Muschu
- Former Base Japanese No. 4 Company - Kairiru
Monument
Fortification
- Japanese Coastal Battery - Muschu
- Japanese Coastal Battery Yavik - Kairiru
- Japanese Coastal Battery Cape Pus - Cape Pus
Ship wreck
- Shipwreck "Yoshino Maru" - Muschu
- Shipwreck "Tatsumi Maru" - Muschu
- Shipwreck PT-133 "New Guinea Ferry" - Cape Pus
Crash site
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