RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN, 12/9/1914. A GROUP OF NATIVE PRISONERS WHO WERE DETAINED ON BOARD HMAS ...

Places	Oceania: Pacific Islands, Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain Oceania: Pacific Islands, Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain, Gazelle Peninsula, Rabaul Area, Rabaul
Accession Number	P00316.001
Collection type	Photograph
Object type	Black & white
Physical description	Black & white
Conflict	First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright	Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain

Description

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 MILITARY EXPEDITIONARY FORCE (AN&MEF). THESE MEN WERE TAKEN PRISONER AFTER THEY HAD FOUGHT FOR THE GERMANS.