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1944
Japanese resistance on the Huon Peninsula, New Guinea, ended. Fighting there began in August 1943 and involved such places as Lae, Finschhaven, Sattelberg, Shaggy Ridge, and the Ramu Valley.
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1964
HMAS Voyager, a destroyer, was involved in a collision with the aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne, off Jervis Bay on the NSW south coast. Voyager was cut in two and sank in 1100 metres of water, with 81 sailors and 1 civilian technician lost.
