Bita Paka is a village in Bitapaka Rural LLG of

East New Britain East New Britain is a province of Papua New Guinea, consisting of the north-eastern part of the island of New Britain and the Duke of York Islands. The capital of the province is Kokopo, not far from the old capital of Rabaul, which was largely des ...

province,

Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ( tpi, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niugini; ho, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niu Gini), is a country i ...

. The site was the location of a former wireless station used by the German Empire, during

World War I World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was List of wars and anthropogenic disasters by death toll, one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, ...

. The Battle of Bita Paka occurred on 11 September 1914, between Australian and German Empire troops, where the wireless station was captured by the Australians. Rabaul (Bita Paka) War Cemetery is nearby.

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Populated places in East New Britain Province World War I sites in Papua New Guinea {{EastNewBritainProvince-geo-stub