Pacific Wrecks - Kul, Madang Province, Papua New Guinea (PNG)

Location
Kul is located inland from the north coast of New Guinea between the Sa River and Karnbara River. Also known as Kul 1 and Kul 2 for two parts of the same village. To the northwest is Bau Plantation. To the east is Gum and beyond Bibi (Ribi) and Yalau Plantation. Prewar and during the Pacific War located in Madang District in the Territory of New Guinea. Today, located in Astrolabe Bay Rural LLG, Rai Coast District of Madang Province in Papua New Guinea (PNG).

Wartime History
On March 21, 1944 patrols from the U.S. Army Yalau Task Force made contact with the Australian Army 7th Division at Kul between the Sa River and Karnbara River, about eight miles beyond Yalau Plantation.

References
U.S. Army in World War II - Cartwheel: The Reduction of Rabaul Chapter XIV Crossing the Straits page 304
13,000 Hours Combat History of the 32nd Infantry Division – World War II (1944) page 13 (map)

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April 28, 2026

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