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Coordinates: 9°27′S 150°14′E / 9.450°S 150.233°E / -9.450; 150.233
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Taleba Bay is a bay on the south western coast of Goodenough Island. The bay was the site of the landing of 120 troops of the Australian Army's 2/12th Infantry Battalion led by Major Keith Gatewood on 22 October 1942 as part of the Battle of Goodenough Island.[1]

Notes

  1. ^ McCarthy 1959, pp. 347–349.

References

  • McCarthy, Dudley (1959). South–West Pacific Area – First Year: Kokoda to Wau. Australia in the War of 1939–1945. Series 1 – Army. Canberra: Australian War Memorial. OCLC 186193870. Retrieved 6 March 2012. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)

9°27′S 150°14′E / 9.450°S 150.233°E / -9.450; 150.233

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