Originally charted in 1606 by the Spanish it was named in 1873 by the British navigator Captain John Moresby. During WW2 it was a base for the Japanese and later an allied base following a battle fought in August 1942. Over the years, Milne Bay Province has been visited by missionaries, miners, traders in pearls, scientists and Japanese and American warships. During the war Milne Bay was a base for the Japanese and then became a huge Allied naval base through which hundreds of thousands of servicemen passed.

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