ENEMY RAID IN NEW GUINEA
FOUR CIVILIANS KILLED (Rec. 9.45 a.m.) Rugby, Feb. 16. ! A Batavia communique states: “A small place in New Guinea was bombed for an hour by the Japanese. Four civilians were killed and one seriously and four slightly wounded. Great damage to material was inflicted, especially to Government buildings and houses. For the rest enemy air activity consisted of reconnaissance and slight bombardments. “In the South Celebes fighting is continuing uninterruptedly. A Japanese unit was ambushed and lost two officers and some 30 to 40 men without loss to our side.”—B.O.W.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 77, 17 February 1942, Page 5
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