RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1914-09-12. GROUP OF NATIVE SOLDIERS WHO FOUGHT FOR THE GERMANS AT SIMPSON ...

Places	Oceania: Pacific Islands, Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain Oceania: Pacific Islands, Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain, Gazelle Peninsula, Rabaul Area, Rabaul Oceania: Pacific Islands, Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain, Gazelle Peninsula, Rabaul Area, Rabaul, Simpson Harbour
Accession Number	P00316.002
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. 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 FORCE (AN&MEF). PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN ON BOARD HMAS SYDNEY, WHERE THESE PRISONERS WERE DETAINED UNTIL FIGHTING HAD CEASED.