Battle of Bobdubi

Battle of Bobdubi
Part of World War II, Pacific War
Australians from the 2/3rd Independent Company around Timbered Knoll, 29 July 1943
Date 22 April 1943 – 19 August 1943 Location Territory of New Guinea 05°30′S 141°00′E / 5.500°S 141.000°E / -5.500; 141.000 Result Allied victory
Belligerents
Australia	Japan
Commanders and leaders
Stanley Savige Murray Moten	Hidemitsu Nakano
Units involved
3rd Division 15th Brigade 17th Brigade	51st Division 80th Infantry Regiment 66th Infantry Regiment 115th Infantry Regiment

The Battle of Bobdubi was a series of actions fought in the Salamaua area of the Territory of New Guinea between Australian and Japanese forces which took place from 22 April to 19 August 1943, during World War II. Part of the Allied advance on Salamaua, the battle was fought in conjunction with several other actions in the region as the Allies attempted to draw Japanese attention away from Lae, where they launched seaborne landings in mid-September 1943 in conjunction with airborne landings around Nadzab. The initial phase of the fighting around Bobdubi was characterised mainly by small unit harassment and reconnaissance operations, while the second phase saw the capture of a number of Japanese defensive positions in locations dubbed "Old Vickers", "Timbered Knoll", and the "Coconuts".