Sio, Papua New Guinea

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Sio
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Sio
Location within Papua New Guinea
Coordinates: 5°57′18.37″S147°22′13.47″E / 5.9551028°S 147.3704083°E / -5.9551028; 147.3704083
Country Papua New Guinea
Province Morobe Province
Languages
   Main languages Tok Pisin, English
Time zone UTC+10 (AEST)

Sio is a village 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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