ABANDONED ON REEF
JAPANESE CARGO SHIP NEAR SALAMAUA
VESSEL EARLIER SEEN ON FIRE.
LAND FORCES IN CONTACT AT KOKODA. •
(Bv Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright) SYDNEY, August 5.
A Japanese cargo ship of about 6000 tons, which was hit by Allied bombers on Monday, is now abandoned and aground on a reef near Salamaua. This has been revealed by air reconnaissance following a communique yesterday reporting that . the vesse was last seen on fire. The latest general headquarters communique states: “There is nothing to report outside normal reconnaissance and security activities in any sector.” Though no mention is made of the Kokoda battle, it is believed that the Australian and Japanese advanced forces are still in. contact.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 6 August 1942, Page 3
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