Proclamation on the annexation of German possessions in the Pacific, November 1914.

Devlin, Errol Cappie Nepean (Private, b.1891 - d.1916)

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Places	Oceania: Pacific Islands, Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain Oceania: Pacific Islands, Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain, Gazelle Peninsula, Rabaul Area, Rabaul
Accession Number	RCDIG0000360
Collection number	1DRL/0241
Collection type	Digitised Collection
Record type	File
Item count	1
Object type	Document
Physical description	1 Image/s captured
Maker	Devlin, Errol Cappie Nepean
Place made	New Guinea1
Date made	1914
Conflict	First World War, 1914-1918

Description

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 as German territory. This handwritten copy was sent by Private Devlin to his brother, Lance, on 9 November 1914.