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A GROUP AT A CRICKET MATCH BETWEEN TEAMS FROM THE MILITARY (AN&MEF) AND CIVILIANS. (DONOR W. H. ...
Photograph
A GROUP AT A CRICKET MATCH BETWEEN TEAMS FROM THE MILITARY (AN&MEF) AND CIVILIANS. (DONOR W. H. LUCAS.)J03138
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1 album of 58 pages comprising 167 photographs relating to the service of 369 Arthur Thomas ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
1 album of 58 pages comprising 167 photographs relating to the service of 369 Arthur Thomas 'Garry' Jenkins who served with the AN&MEF in Rabaul, and later with the 20th Battalion. For selected phot...P10509
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Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force (AN&MEF)
Private Record
ACCOUNT OF THE CANING OF GERMAN OFFICIALS IN RABAUL FOLLOWING AN ASSAULT ON REV COX OF THE METHODIST MISSION, BISMARCK ARCHIPELAGO; BIOGRAPHICAL DETAILS RELATED TO COL WILLIAM HOLMES AND TWO POEMS SEN...PR84/304
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Australian occupation currency : German New Guinea, 1914
Technology
Maker: Unknown
Un-issued paper treasury note for five marks. The word 'Cancelled' has been written over the top in pencil.RELC01838
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Australian occupation currency : German New Guinea, 1914
Technology
Maker: Unknown
Un-issued paper treasury note for ten marks. The word 'Cancelled' has been written over the top in pencil.RELC01839
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AWM35 24/47 - HMAS SYDNEY wireless telegraph signal log, 28 August - 9 November 1914
Digitised Collection
Maker: HMAS Sydney (1913-1928)
Wireless telegraph signal log relating to the First World War service of HMAS Sydney. This signal log contains entries from 28 August 1914 to 9 November 1914. It includes entries relating to the ship'...RCDIG0001003
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AWM190 [4] - Nominal roll of Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force to New Guinea, 1914-18 War: [Military component][Complete original roll]
Digitised Collection
Maker: Department of Defence
Nominal roll of Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force to New Guinea, 1914-18. Nominal Roll consists of regimental number, rank, full name, birthplace, place and date of enlistment, date of...RCDIG0000896
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Baker, Ernest William (Regimental Quarter Master Sergeant, b.1884 - d.1918)
Private Record
Maker: Baker, Ernest William Dickson, Hercules Scott Highfield Jones, William Adolphus
Collection relating to the service of 1032 Regimental Quarter Master Sergeant Ernest William Baker, Australian Navy and Military Expeditionary Force (AN&MEF) and 20 Battalion, Rabaul, Gallipoli and Fr...1DRL/0083
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British War Medal 1914-20 : Lieutenant J M Lyons, 17 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
British War Medal 1914-20. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL37353.004
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British War Medal 1914-20 : Sergeant R W Moffatt, 17 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
British War Medal 1914-20. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL34728.003
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British War Medal 1914-20 : Warrant Officer Class 1 P Carrick, 19 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
British War Medal 1914-20, impressed around the edge with recipient's details.REL42230
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British War Medal 1914-20: Wireless-Telegraph Operator A F Bonner, Royal Australian Navy
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
British War Medal 1914-20, impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL/07726.002
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Button : KGS 'Komet'
Heraldry
Maker: Ger. Ehlers
Imperial German Navy uniform button which features an Imperial German crown over an anchor in raised detail. The outer edge of the button has a rope design in raised detail. On the reverse of the butt...RELAWM12258.004
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Camphorwood Trunk : Sergeant W R Dovey, Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Camphor wood trunk made up of 4 separate sides, a base with four individual footings and a lid made with four sides and a top. The corners are joined by dovetail joints and are reinforced by two small...REL/18657
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Cane used to flog German civilians : Colonel W Holmes, Australian Navy and Military Expeditionary Force
Heraldry
Maker: Handmade
Length of brown bamboo cane with a hole drilled 8 cm from the top. A double loop of white twine forming a wrist strap has been knotted through this hole.RELAWM15185
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Capner, Frederick Charles (b.1888 - d.1970)
Private Record
Maker: Capner, Frederick Charles
Collection relating to the First World War service of Frederick Charles Capner, Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force (AN&MEF) 1914-1915. Capner was recruited as police master to establish...AWM2016.797.1
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Colonel Basil Holmes (Rtd) as the son of Major General William Holmes CMG DSO VD, colonel Commander Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force, German New Guinea 1914, interviewed by Mrs Basil Holmes
Sound
Maker: Holmes, Basil Holmes, Basil
Colonel Basil Holmes relates the story of his father, Major General William Holmes CMG DSO VD, as Colonel William Holmes, raising in August 1914 a military and naval expeditionary force for the occupa...S00036
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COLONEL WILLIAM HOLMES AND STAFF AT GOVERNMENT HOUSE, NAMANULA, RABAUL, 1914. STANDING, LEFT TO ...
Photograph
COLONEL WILLIAM HOLMES AND STAFF AT GOVERNMENT HOUSE, NAMANULA, RABAUL, 1914. STANDING, LEFT TO RIGHT: LIEUTENANT F.G. CRESSWELL RAN, CAPTAIN R.J.A. TRAVERS. SITTING: COLONEL HOLMES AND MAJOR F.B. HER...J03102A
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COLONEL WILLIAM HOLMES AND STAFF AT GOVERNMENT HOUSE, NAMANULA, RABAUL, 1914. STANDING, LEFT TO ...
Photograph
COLONEL WILLIAM HOLMES AND STAFF AT GOVERNMENT HOUSE, NAMANULA, RABAUL, 1914. STANDING, LEFT TO RIGHT: LIEUTENANT F.G. CRESSWELL RAN, CAPTAIN R.J.A. TRAVERS. SITTING: COLONEL WILLIAM HOLMES AND MAJOR ...J03102
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Colour patch : 3 (Tropical) Battalion, Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
3 (Tropical) Battalion, Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force colour patch. The colour patch consists of a rectangular grey base with a horizontally aligned purple strip.RELAWM07941.054
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[Concert program] Item 3: King's birthday programme of patriotic concert
Published Collection
Maker: Unknown
Souvenir program for a concert held during the First World War. This program is for a concert celebrating the birthday of King George V and was held at 7.45pm on 3 June 1915. This patriotic concert wa...PUBS002/004/001/033/003
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Condiment spoon : KGS 'Komet'
Heraldry
Maker: M H Wilkens & Sohne
Condiment spoon engraved on the end of the handle 'K.G.S. KOMET'. Stamped on the reverse with the maker's mark 'WILKENS BREMEN'.RELAWM12258.003
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Cooper, Arthur Lionel Keith (Second Lieutenant, AN&MEF, Rabaul d.1918)
Private Record
Maker: Cooper, Arthur Lionel Keith
COMMEMORATIVE SCROLL FORWARDED TO THE NEXT OF KIN, C1919. ALSO A FORM LETTER ISSUED FROM BUCKINGHAM PALACE TO THE NEXT OF KINPR84/215
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Decanter stopper : KGS 'Komet'
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Silver topped cork decanter stopper comprising a circular silver cap, the top of which is engraved 'K.G.S. KOMET'. A 50 mm screw descending from the inside of the cap allows a cork to be firmly attach...RELAWM12258.002
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Dessert spoon : KGS Komet
Heraldry
Maker: M H Wilkens & Sohne
Dessert spoon impressed on the end of the handle 'K.G.S. KOMET'. Stamped on the reverse with the maker's mark 'WILKENS BREMEN'.REL/00683.001
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Devlin, Errol Cappie Nepean (Private, b.1891 - d.1916)
Private Record
Maker: Devlin, Errol Cappie Nepean
Collection relating to the First World War service of 1166 Private Errol Cappie Nepean Devlin, 18 Battalion, Gallipoli, 1915. Collection consists of letters and postcards written by Devlin, home to h...1DRL/0241
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Feathston, William (Staff Sergeant d.1917)
Private Record
Maker: Feathston, William
Postcards sent home from Rabaul while serving with Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force (AN&MEF), prior to enlisting in 7 Battalion in 1916.3DRL/3512
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Fish knife : KGS Komet
Heraldry
Maker: M H Wilkens & Sohne
Fish knife impressed on the end of the handle 'K.G.S. KOMET'. Stamped on the reverse with the maker's mark 'WILKENS BREMEN'.REL/00683.003
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Fork : KGS Komet
Heraldry
Maker: M H Wilkens & Sohne
Fork impressed on the end of the handle 'K.G.S. KOMET'. Stamped on the reverse with the maker's mark 'WILKENS BREMEN'.REL/00683.004
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German bugle : Bugler Valentine Flemming, Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force
Heraldry
Maker: C F Fetsche Sohne
Brass bugle with nickel plated brass edging to bell and bindings around stem. The mouthpiece is missing. A large brass ring is attached to the outside of the bell, and another is attached below the mo...RELAWM08284
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GERMAN GOVERNMENT HOUSE, RABAUL, UNDER OCCUPATION BY THE AUSTRALIAN NAVY AND MILITARY ...
Photograph
GERMAN GOVERNMENT HOUSE, RABAUL, UNDER OCCUPATION BY THE AUSTRALIAN NAVY AND MILITARY EXPEDITIONARY FORCE (AN&MEF). AN AUSTRALIAN SENTRY CAN BE SEEN AT THE GATE. 1914-10. (DONATED BY MR. W.H. LUCAS.)J03105
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German Imperial Flag : Private S W Brenton, Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Imperial German flag which consists of horizontal black,white and red stripes, with the white stripe expanding to a roundel in the centre. The centre is adorned with the Imperial German eagle in black...REL28856
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German marksmanship medal : Private S W Brenton, Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Small silver medal awarded as a shooting prize. Obverse shows profile head of Albert, King of Saxony, and the words 'Albert Von G.G. Koenig Von Sachsen'. Reverse reads 'Dem Besten Schutzen' [for the b...REL28857
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German post office sign from Rabaul, New Britain
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
The sign is rectangular in shape with a convex appearance. The sign has a grey background and brown border, with a German heraldic eagle is emblazoned on the centre of the sign. The words 'KAISERLICHE...REL/07272
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German side drum: Bugler Valentine Flemming, Australian Naval and Miltary Expeditionary Force
Heraldry
Maker: C.W. Moritz Unknown
Side drum with the main body of the drum made from brass. A brass ring has been added to the top and bottom of the drum, each with 5 points attached to fit the drum tensioning screws. The outside of t...RELAWM08283
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German sign, 'Hospital for Natives' from Rabaul, New Britain
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Rectangular enamelled metal sign. The sign has a white background and a dark brown border. In the centre is the German heraldic eagle emblazoned in gold, black, red and white enamel. The words 'KRANK...RELAWM07393.001
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German stamp seal : Captain C E Manning, Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force
Heraldry
Maker: Theodor Kaiser
Stamp seal with carved wooden handle. The handle has a small brass button on the top impressed with the maker's details. The seal section is made of brass and reads 'KAISERLICHES BEZIRKS GERICHT/RABAU...REL/00682
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Group portrait of soldiers of the Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force (AN&MEF), ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Group portrait of soldiers of the Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force (AN&MEF), with their local batmen, enjoying a rest in the garden of their quarters. The young man in front plays up ...J01901
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Handwritten copy of diary of Brian Colden Antill Pockley, 1914
Digitised Collection
Maker: Pockley, Helen Dorothy Antill
Handwritten copy of a diary relating to the First World War service of Captain Brian Colden Antill Pockley, Australian Army Medical Corps and the Australian Naval & Military Expeditionary Force. The ...RCDIG0000390
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Handwritten copy of letter from Brian Colden Antill Pockley, 1914
Digitised Collection
Maker: Pockley, Helen Dorothy Antill
Handwritten copy of letters relating to the First World War service of Captain Brian Colden Antill Pockley, Australian Army Medical Corps and the Australian Naval & Military Expeditionary Force. The o...RCDIG0000391
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Hardinge, Charles William (Lieutenant Telegraphist, AN&MEF b.1878 - d.1930)
Private Record
Maker: Hardinge, Charles William
SOLDIER'S PAYBOOK ISSUED TO LT TELEGRAPHIST HARDINGE DURING HIS SERVICE IN RABAUL. LT HARDINGE JOINED THE Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force (AN&MEF) AS A CIVILIAN AND REMAINED IN GERMA...PR88/055
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Heritage, Keith (Captain, MC, AN&MEF, 19th Bn, b.1882 - d.1916), MC
Private Record
Maker: Heritage, Keith
Collection relating to the service of Captain Keith Heritage, MC, Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force (AN&MEF) and 19 Battalion, Rabaul and France. Collection consists of photostat copi...1DRL/0347
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Hoisting the Union Jack, Rabaul, 13 September 1914
Art
Maker: Bryant, Charles
Painting of a flag raising ceremony at Rabaul, New Guinea, by members of the Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force (AN&MEF) who are hoisting the Union Jack after occupying part of German...ART03618
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Holmes, Basil
Private Record
Maker: Holmes, Basil
LETTER FROM HOLMES TO A FRIEND, MENTIONS SENDING THE GERMAN ADMINISTRATOR TO SYDNEY, A NOTE EXPLAINING THE LETTERS RETURN TO HOLMES MANY YEARS LATER, AND A LIST OF MILITARY OFFICERS APPOINTED TO THE F...PR84/182
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Holmes, William, CMG, DSO (Major General, b.1862 - d.1917)
Private Record
Maker: Holmes, William
LETTERS WRITTEN BY MAJ GEN HOLMES TO HIS GRANDMOTHER WHEN MILITARY ADMINISTRATOR AT RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN, BRIEFLY IN PALESTINE AND LATER FRANCEPR83/096
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Holmes, William, CMG, DSO, VD (Colonel, b.1862 - d.1917)
Private Record
Maker: Holmes, William
Collection relating to service of Colonel William Holmes, CMG, DSO, VD. Collection includes a letter written to Holmes by Dr Lederer arranging the details of the surrender of German New Guinea, 12 Se...EXDOC002
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Holmes, William (Colonel)
Private Record
Maker: Holmes, William
Collection relating to First World War service of Colonel William Holmes, CMG, DSO, VD, Commander Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force. Collection consists of a letter written in German ...EXDOC003
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Holmes, William (Major General, CMG, DSO, Commander AN&MEF, b.? - d.1917)
Private Record
Maker: Holmes, William
LETTERS AND TYPESCRIPTS IN RESPONSE TO A REQUEST FROM COL TRAVERS FOR INFORMATION RELATING TO MAJ GEN HOLMES DECISION TO FLOG GERMAN PRISONERS. CONTAINS A DESCRIPTION OF THE FLOGGING IN RABAUL, 1914PR84/202
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Imperial German flag : Sergeant W R Dovey, Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Imperial German flag which consists of horizontal black,white and red stripes, with the white stripe expanding to a roundel in the centre. The flag is finely screen printed and the centre of the round...RELAWM14100
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Imperial German Naval ensign : Major C H D Lane, Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Imperial German flag. The flag is finely screen printed with horizontal black, white and red stripes. The central white stripe expands to a roundel situated slightly off centre. The Imperial German Ea...RELAWM08071
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Inlaid walking cane : Engineer Lieutenant D P Herbert, Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Wooden walking cane with a simple knob head, all manufactured from the same piece of wood. The tip is protected with a steel stud and nickel plated steel band. The upper half of the cane is inlaid wit...REL37668
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Inscribed hardtack biscuit : Lieutenant P K B Quinn, Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Square army ration biscuit stamped diagonally across the centre with 'PAPUA GOVT'. Written in blue ink across the front of the biscuit is 'What Soldiers' [sic] Live On From Rabaul 5/10/14.'REL/00913.001
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Item 2: 3rd Battalion N & M Forces programme of concert to be held Wednesday evening
Published Collection
Maker: Unknown
Souvenir program for a concert held during the First World War. This program is for a concert held at the Garrison Institute in Rabaul in New Britain at 7.30pm on Wednesday 21 April 1915. The concert ...PUBS002/004/001/033/002
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Item 4: The Tropical Troubadours
Published Collection
Maker: Unknown
Program related to concerts held during the First World War and the period afterwards when troops were waiting to return to Australia. This program is for a concert at the Soldiers' Recreation Club in...PUBS002/004/001/033/004
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Johnston, George Jameson (Major General, b.1869 - d.1949) CB, CBE, VD
Private Record
Maker: Johnston, George Jameson
Collection of papers relating to Major General George Jameson Johnston's military career, consisting of commissioning warrants, letters of appreciation and certificates. Included are documents delegat...3DRL/1419
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Lane, Cyril Herbert Dodson, (Major, b.1888 - d.1915)
Private Record
Maker: Lane, Cyril Herbert Dodson
Collection relating to the service of Major Cyril Herbert Dodson Lane, Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force (AN&MEF) and 18 Battalion, AIF, New Britain, Egypt, Gallipoli, 1914-1915. Coll...1DRL/0406
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Lane, William John (Able Seaman, b.1894)
Private Record
Maker: Lane, William John
Detailed diary written on a regular basis, accounting for the voyage to German New Guinea, opposed landing at Rabaul and eventual garrison duties at Herbertshohe. Also includes various personal servic...PR89/126
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Letters and postcards of Errol Cappie Nepean Devlin, 1914-1916
Digitised Collection
Maker: Devlin, Errol Cappie Nepean
File relating to the First World War service of 1166 Private Errol Cappie Nepean Devlin, 18th Battalion. It consists of letters and postcards written by Devlin to his family in Sydney. The dates span ...RCDIG0000361
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Letters from Ernest William Baker to his Family, 1914-1918
Digitised Collection
Maker: Baker, Ernest William
Letters relating to the First World War service of 1032 Regimental Quarter Master Sergeant Ernest William Baker, Australian Navy and Military Expeditionary Force (AN&MEF) and 20th Battalion. The lett...RCDIG0000172
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Letters from George Edwin Patey to his family, 1914
Digitised Collection
Maker: Patey, George Edwin
Letters relating to the First World War service of Admiral Sir George Edwin Patey, Royal Australian Navy. In a series of letters home to his family Patey describes the offensive campaign against Germa...RCDIG0000951
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Letters relating to Brian Colden Antill Pockley, 1914
Digitised Collection
Maker: Pockley, Helen Dorothy Antill
Handwritten copies of letters relating to the First World War service of Captain Brian Colden Antill Pockley, Australian Army Medical Corps and the Australian Naval & Military Expeditionary Force. The...RCDIG0000392
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Manning, Guy Owen (Captain, b.1881 - d.1915)
Private Record
Maker: Manning, Guy Owen
PHOTOCOPIES OF LETTERS TO HIS WIFE RELATING TO MANNING'S SERVICE WITH THE AN&MEF. HE SERVED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COMMANDANT OF NATIVE POLICE, RABAUL, AND AS DISTRICT OFFICER AND O C GARRISON IN NEW IR...PR87/126
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McWilliam, Henry Hastings (Captain, b.1894 - d.?)
Private Record
Maker: McWilliam, Henry Hastings
Collection relating to the service of Sub Lieutenant (later Captain) Henry Hastings McWilliam, Royal Navy. Collection consists of a typescript carbon copy of a diary kept by Captain McWilliam when se...1DRL/0467
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Menu : Lieutenant P K B Quinn, Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Menu from the Rabaul Garrison Officer's mess for 10 October 1914. The paper is from captured German stores and is printed with lettering and motifs of the wine trade. In the top left corner is an anch...REL/00913.002
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Native Axe : Private E C N Devlin, Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force
Technology
Maker: Unknown
Native axe. The axe's haft has a rough wooden handle cut from a branch and the head has a crescent shaped blade which tapers up to the eye, above which is a small, square shaped butt which could be us...RELAWM08190.001
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Native Spear : Private E C N Devlin, Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force
Technology
Maker: Unknown
Native spear. The spear shaft is made from a solid piece of wood and has been painted black. The head of the spear is metal and has two arms that extend from the base. The arms have been screwed into ...RELAWM08190.002
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Native spear : Private E C N Devlin, Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force
Technology
Maker: Unknown
Native spear. The spear shaft is made from a solid piece of wood and has been painted black. The head of the spear is metal and has two arms that extend from the base. The arms have been screwed into ...RELAWM08190.003
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Native Weapon : Private E C N Devlin, Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force
Technology
Maker: Unknown
Native Weapon. The weapon is designed for two handed fighting. At one end is a metal axe head and at the opposite end is a large carved wooden spear blade. The spear blade is finely carved and appears...RELAWM08190.004
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NEW BRITAIN. C. 1914. NATIVE POLICE AT THEIR MEAL TABLE AT MATUPI, NEAR RABAUL. THESE MEN WERE ...
Photograph
NEW BRITAIN. C. 1914. NATIVE POLICE AT THEIR MEAL TABLE AT MATUPI, NEAR RABAUL. THESE MEN WERE EMPLOYED BY THE GERMAN AUTHORITIES IN NEW GUINEA. NOTE GERMAN HATS.P01172.002
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NEW BRITAIN. 1914. PANORAMA OF RABAUL AND BLANCHE BAY ON THE OCCASION OF A VISIT BY PART OF THE ...
Photograph
NEW BRITAIN. 1914. PANORAMA OF RABAUL AND BLANCHE BAY ON THE OCCASION OF A VISIT BY PART OF THE GERMAN PACIFIC FLEET SHORTLY BEFORE THE OUTBREAK OF WAR. THE SHIPS WERE THE SCHARNHORST, GNEISENAU, NURN...H03340
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NEW BRITAIN, 1914-08. RABAUL ON SIMPSON HARBOUR, THE NORTHERN EXTENSION OF BLANCHE BAY, WAS THE ...
Photograph
NEW BRITAIN, 1914-08. RABAUL ON SIMPSON HARBOUR, THE NORTHERN EXTENSION OF BLANCHE BAY, WAS THE ADMINISTRATIVE CENTRE OF ALL GERMAN POSSESSIONS IN THE PACIFIC. THIS PHOTOGRAPH SHOWS FOUR GERMAN WARSHI...P00103.001
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Newman, Ernest William (Petty Officer, b.1872 - d.1953)
Private Record
Maker: Newman, Ernest William
Account of naval service in both the Royal Navy and Royal Australian Navy during 1887-1924, including: mention of his early training and postings in the RN, transfer to the RAN in 1912, service aboard...PR86/218
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Next of kin plaque : Lieutenant F J Miller, Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Bronze next of kin plaque showing Britannia and a lion together with the words 'HE DIED FOR FREEDOM AND HONOUR'. The name of the dead soldier, 'FREDERICK JAMES MILLER', is inscribed in raised letters ...RELAWM16524.001
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On 23 September 1914, HMAS Parramatta captured the German steamer "Meklong", which was hidden in ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
On 23 September 1914, HMAS Parramatta captured the German steamer "Meklong", which was hidden in a creek on Duke of York Island, part of German New Guinea. The Meklong manned by soldiers and the Aust...J01864
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Patey, George Edwin Sir, KCMG, KCVO, MVO, RN (Admiral, Sir, b.1859 - d.1935)
Private Record
Maker: Patey, George Edwin
Collection relating to the First World War service of Admiral Sir George Edwin Patey. Collection consists of three letters written home to family, describing the duties with the Australian Naval and ...2DRL/0795
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Patey, Sir George Edwin, KCMG, KCVO (Rear Admiral, b.1859 - d.1935)
Private Record
Maker: Patey, George Edwin
Collection relating to Rear Admiral Sir George Edwin Patey, KCMG, KCVO, First World War. Collection comprises letters written in German and English to the German Governor, New Britain. The letters d...EXDOC001
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Penman, Lance Balfour (Warrant Officer 2, AAMC, AN&MEF b.1891 - d.1972)
Private Record
Maker: Penman, Lance Balfour
ACCOUNT OF THE 4TH CONTINGENT POSTED TO RABAUL INCLUDING THE VOYAGE NORTH AND DUTIES AS A MEDICAL ORDERLY AT LORUNGAU, MANUS ISLAND. THE LATTER PART OF THE ACCOUNT DETAILS THE DAILY ACTIVITY OF THE IN...PR82/171
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Pockley, Brian Colden Antill (Captain, b.1890 - d.1914)
Private Record
Maker: Australian Army
Original commission papers of Captain B. C. A. Pockley (Australian Army Medical Corps), who died of wounds on 11 September 1914 shortly after the Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force land...PR89/054
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Portrait of a German Reservist in uniform shortly before the arrival of the Australian Naval and ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Portrait of a German Reservist in uniform shortly before the arrival of the Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Forces (AN&MEF).A02546
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Proclamation on the annexation of German possessions in the Pacific, November 1914.
Digitised Collection
Maker: Devlin, Errol Cappie Nepean
Document relating to the First World War service of 1166 Private Errol Cappie Nepean Devlin, 18th Battalion. The Proclamation, written in Pidgin, was read out to the New Guineans upon their annexation...RCDIG0000360
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RABAUL, C. 1914. A KRUPP GUN WITH A STEP SWAGGED BARREL. AN AUSTRALIAN GUN CREW POSE BESIDE IT.
Photograph
RABAUL, C. 1914. A KRUPP GUN WITH A STEP SWAGGED BARREL. AN AUSTRALIAN GUN CREW POSE BESIDE IT.H01986
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RABAUL. 1914-09-13. MEN OF THE NAVAL RESERVE LEADING THE MARCH OF THE AUSTRALIAN NAVY AND ...
Photograph
RABAUL. 1914-09-13. MEN OF THE NAVAL RESERVE LEADING THE MARCH OF THE AUSTRALIAN NAVY AND MILITARY EXPEDITIONARY FORCE (AN&MEF) THROUGH RABAUL AFTER THE HOISTING OF THE UNION JACK. COLONEL WATSON IS A...H12835
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RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN, 12/9/1914. A GROUP OF NATIVE PRISONERS WHO WERE DETAINED ON BOARD HMAS ...
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RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN, 12/9/1914. A GROUP OF NATIVE PRISONERS WHO WERE DETAINED ON BOARD HMAS SYDNEY UNTIL FIGHTING HAD CEASED, DURING THE CAPTURE OF RABAUL FROM THE GERMANS BY THE AUSTRALIAN NAVY AND M...P00316.001
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Rabaul (?), New Britain. c.1915. The RAN destroyer HMAS Warrego docked at a wharf with RAN ...
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Rabaul (?), New Britain. c.1915. The RAN destroyer HMAS Warrego docked at a wharf with RAN members of the Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force (AN&MEF) sitting on the wharf's steps next t...P02031.005
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RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1914-09-12. GROUP OF NATIVE SOLDIERS WHO FOUGHT FOR THE GERMANS AT SIMPSON ...
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RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1914-09-12. GROUP OF NATIVE SOLDIERS WHO FOUGHT FOR THE GERMANS AT SIMPSON HARBOUR DURING THE CAPTURE OF RABAUL FROM THE GERMANS BY THE AUSTRALIAN NAVY AND MILITARY EXPEDITIONARY ...P00316.002
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RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. PROTECTORATE OF GERMAN NEW GUINEA, 1914-11-30. ONE OF THE PERPETRATORS OF ...
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RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. PROTECTORATE OF GERMAN NEW GUINEA, 1914-11-30. ONE OF THE PERPETRATORS OF THE ATTACK BY MASKED GERMANS ON THE BRITISH MISSIONARY REVEREND W. A. COX RECEIVES HIS PUNISHMENT OF A PU...P00095.003
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RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. PROTECTORATE OF GERMAN NEW GUINEA, 1914-11-30. THE SCENE IN PROCLAMATION ...
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RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. PROTECTORATE OF GERMAN NEW GUINEA, 1914-11-30. THE SCENE IN PROCLAMATION SQUARE JUST BEFORE OR JUST AFTER THE PUBLIC CANING OF THE PERPETRATORS OF THE ATTACK BY MASKED GERMANS ON ...P00095.002
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RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. PROTECTORATE OF GERMAN NEW GUINEA. 1914-11-30. THE SCENE JUST BEFORE THE ...
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RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. PROTECTORATE OF GERMAN NEW GUINEA. 1914-11-30. THE SCENE JUST BEFORE THE PUBLIC CANING IN PROCLAMATION SQUARE OF THE PERPETRATORS, GERMANS WEARING MASKS, OF THE ATTACK ON THE BRIT...P00095.001
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RABAUL, NEW GUINEA, C.1914. GERMAN GOVERNMENT HOUSE AFTER TAKEOVER BY THE AUSTRALIAN NAVY AND ...
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RABAUL, NEW GUINEA, C.1914. GERMAN GOVERNMENT HOUSE AFTER TAKEOVER BY THE AUSTRALIAN NAVY AND MILITARY EXPEDITIONARY FORCE (AN&MEF), WITH AUSTRALIAN GUARDS OUTSIDE. (ORIGINAL ALBUM HELD IN AWM ARCHIVE...P00595.163
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RABAUL, NEW GUINEA, C. 1914. GERMAN GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL RESIDENCE AT RABAUL AFTER TAKEOVER BY ...
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RABAUL, NEW GUINEA, C. 1914. GERMAN GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL RESIDENCE AT RABAUL AFTER TAKEOVER BY AUSTRALIAN NAVY AND MILITARY EXPEDITIONARY FORCE (AN&MEF). AUSTRALIANS ON BALCONY. (ORIGINAL ALBUM HELD IN...P00595.164
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RABAUL, NEW GUINEA, C.1914. GERMAN HEADQUARTERS AFTER CAPTURE BY THE AUSTRALIAN NAVY AND MILITARY ...
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RABAUL, NEW GUINEA, C.1914. GERMAN HEADQUARTERS AFTER CAPTURE BY THE AUSTRALIAN NAVY AND MILITARY EXPEDITIONARY FORCE (AN&MEF). A NATIVE NEW GUINEA GUARD IS LINED UP OUTSIDE. (ORIGINAL ALBUM HELD IN A...P00595.157
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RABAUL, NEW GUINEA. C. 1915. HEADQUARTERS OF THE AUSTRALIAN NAVY AND MILITARY EXPEDITIONARY FORCE ...
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RABAUL, NEW GUINEA. C. 1915. HEADQUARTERS OF THE AUSTRALIAN NAVY AND MILITARY EXPEDITIONARY FORCE (AN&MEF). (DONOR LT.-COM. G.A. HILL RNR)J03332
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Riddle, A (Corporal, AN&MEF)
Private Record
Maker: Riddle, A
MILITARY SERVICE DETAILS AND LEAVE PASS OF RIDDLE. DIARY RELATING EVENTS WHILE ON GARRISON DUTY IN RABAUL 1918-19192DRL/0812
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Royal Standard No. 5 Typewriter : Major General W Holmes and Brigadier General E A Wisdom
Technology
Maker: Royal Typewriter Company Inc
The Royal Standard No. 5 Typewriter is a flat bed design with 4 rows of keys. The space bar is made of wood and has a wear mark where the right thumb of the users would have struck it. The ribbon reel...RELAWM09438
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Salt spoon : KGS Komet
Heraldry
Maker: M H Wilkens & Sohne
Salt spoon engraved on the end of the handle 'K.G.S. KOMET'. Stamped on the reverse with the maker's mark 'WILKENS BREMEN'.REL/00683.007
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Salt spoon : KGS Komet
Heraldry
Maker: M H Wilkens & Sohne
Salt spoon engraved on the end of the handle 'K.G.S. KOMET'. Stamped on the reverse with the maker's mark 'WILKENS BREMEN'.REL/00683.006
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Service dress jacket : Staff Sergeant G T Collier, Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force
Heraldry
Maker: Commonwealth Government Clothing Factory
Other Ranks pattern khaki cotton drill service dress jacket with a stand and fall collar, secured by two brass hook and eyes. The shoulders straps are fastened with an oxidised brass 'AUSTRALIAN MILIT...REL/09865
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Shea, P. A. (Gus) (Able Seaman, b.1892 - d.1968)
Private Record
Maker: Shea, P A
Two letters written by Able Seaman P. A. (Gus) Shea, Australian Naval and Military Expeditionay Force (AN&MEF), while serving on HMAS Yarra and describing the first combat in which Australian naval fo...PR00895
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Sheppard, William H (Captain, AN&MEF and: 17th Bn. b.1890)
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Maker: Sheppard, William H
DESCRIBES DUTIES AND GARRISON WORK IN RABAUL WITH Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force (AN&MEF). OTHER LETTERS RE TRAINING IN EGYPT SERVICE AND WOUNDING ON GALLIPOLI, HOSPITALIZATION IN M...2DRL/0314
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Side drum : 2 (Tropical) Battalion, Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Side drum. The main body of the drum is made from brass. A brass ring has been added to the top and bottom of the drum, each with 8 points attached to fit the drum tensioning screws. The supplier's de...RELAWM16168