Gasmata
Sign in to savethumb|alt=Airplane flying over Gasmata, looking North|Airplane flying over Gasmata, looking North Gasmata is a village on the southern coast of New Britain, Papua New Guinea located at 6° 16' 60S 150° 19' 60E. There is a Gasmata Airport in Surumi Peninsula area adjacent. The village is administered under Gasmata Rural LLG in East New Britain Province.
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- Gasmata
- Region
- West New Britain
- Country
- Papua Niugini
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- Country
- Papua New Guinea
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thumb|alt=Airplane flying over Gasmata, looking North|Airplane flying over Gasmata, looking North Gasmata is a village on the southern coast of New Britain, Papua New Guinea located at 6° 16' 60S 150° 19' 60E. There is a Gasmata Airport in Surumi Peninsula area adjacent. The village is administered under Gasmata Rural LLG in East New Britain Province.
The Imperial Japanese occupied the village between 8–9 February 1942 during World War II. A war crime occurred in March 1942 when between eight and ten Australian prisoners of war were executed by firing squad by being shot in the back.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gasmata” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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