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unusual facts about Goodenough Island

Endotricha chionosema

It was described by Hampson in 1916, and is known from Goodenough Island and the Dampier Archipelago.

Morelia boeleni

Found in Indonesia (Western New Guinea in the Wissel Lakes region) and Papua New Guinea (the provinces of Eastern Highlands, Central and Morobe, and Goodenough Island).


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John P. Fardy

Attached to Company C, 1st Battalion, 1st Marines upon his arrival at Goodenough Island, D'Entrecasteaux Islands, early in December 1943, PFC Fardy left with that unit about a week later for Nascing, Alatu, New Guinea.