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A makeshift bridge over the swift-flowing Kumusi River at Wairopi on the northern section of the Kokoda Track
Map of the Kokoda Trail (1942) with Wairopi . The map is rotated to have NE bearings at the top of the page.
Wairopi (English: Wire Rope Bridge ) is a village along the
Kumusi River , in
Oro Province ,
Papua New Guinea . The village lies along the
Kokoda Track .
History
During the retreat of the ill-fated
Imperial Japanese campaign along the
Kokoda Track during the
Second World War , Japanese Major General
Tomitaro Horii drowned while attempting to cross the Kumusi River at Wairopi, after the battle of Oivi-Gorari.
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References
Brune, Peter (2004). A Bastard of a Place . Allen & Unwin.
ISBN
1-74114-403-5 .
Lindsay, Patrick (2002). The Spirit of Kokoda: Then and Now . Hardie Grant Books.
ISBN
1-74066-075-7 .