Then Sherman's force was joined by Rear Admiral Montgomery's three carriers from Spruance's Central Pacific Force to strike Rabaul yet again, on I 1 November. |
The unwilling native porters they had brought from Rabaul either went bush or dropped from exhaustion. |
During World War I both submarines took part in the occupation of Rabaul in German New Guinea. |
When the Germans established their New Guinea colony, they built their capital at the site of what later became Rabaul. |
Community Consultative Committee on Provincial Autonomy 2004, 'Quest for Autonomy' Report, Rabaul, February. |
The only information relevant to Walker's crew came from a Belgian priest Father Poncelet who had himself been a captive in Rabaul. |