RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. PROTECTORATE OF GERMAN NEW GUINEA. 1914-11-30. THE SCENE JUST BEFORE THE ...

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Accession Number P00095.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
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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 BRITISH MISSIONARY REVEREND W. A. COX. THE ONLY WITNESSES TO THE CANING WERE GERMAN RESIDENTS AND MEMBERS OF THE AUSTRALIAN NAVY AND MILITARY EXPEDITIONARY FORCE (AN&MEF). (DONOR B.TRAVERS)