The Australian occupation of German New Guinea occurred in the early stages of World War I when the colony was seized by the Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force.
Australian Fleet entering Simpson Harbour in 1914.
Battle of Bita Paka
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The Battle of Bita Paka was fought south of Kabakaul, on the island of New Britain, and was a part of the invasion and subsequent occupation of German New Guinea by the Australian Naval and Military E
An Australian soldier of the AN&MEF and his mother in Sydney, 1914, prior to departing for Rabaul
Vicinity of Rabaul, Blanche Bay and Bita Paka on the Gazelle Peninsula, New Britain
A platoon of German reservists, shortly before the arrival of the AN&MEF