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German New Guinea

Occasional Paper 15: Battle of Bita Paka 11 September 1914

A.N. Other · Sep 1, 2017 ·

September 2017 The Battle of Bita Paka (11 September 1914) was fought south of Kabakaul, on the island of New Britain, and was a part of the invasion and subsequent ...

Raising the Flag in New Guinea

A.N. Other · Sep 20, 2015 ·

By Mary Mennis For thee we fight, dear Britain, risk our all, That Freedom’s flag may wave upon the breeze; Count losses gain if by them we but keep Our ...

Book Review: Under New Management – The Royal Australian Navy and the Removal of Germany from the Pacific, 1914-15

Book reviewer · Mar 23, 2015 ·

Under New Management – The Royal Australian Navy and the Removal of Germany from the Pacific, 1914-15. By Ian Pfennigwerth. Echo Books, West Geelong, Victoria, 2014. Soft cover of 182 pages ...

Invidious Choices – The German East Asia Squadron and the RAN in the Pacific, August to December 1914

A.N. Other · Dec 23, 2014 ·

By Lieutenant Commander Desmond Woods, RAN  This article was presented by the author at the Anglo-German Naval Race and WWI at Sea Conference held at Portsmouth, England in July 2014. ...

They Also Served: Able Seaman Herbert Charles Willans RANR (1888 – 1914)

A.N. Other · Dec 23, 2014 ·

By Leyland Wilkinson On a recent visit to the Bita Paka War Cemetery near Rabaul I came across a single headstone to the memory of Able Seaman Herbert Charles Willans, ...

The RAN and the Capitulation of German New Guinea

Pfennigwerth, Ian · Mar 24, 2014 ·

In August 1914 the Australian government responded with caution to a British suggestion that it might undertake the destruction of the radio stations located in German colonial possessions in the ...

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