How Australia took German New Guinea:: An illustrated record of the Australian Naval & Military Expeditionary Force (with Nominal Roll)

Sydney: W.C. Penfold, n.d. ( 1915). pp.(36), numerous b/w photographic illustrations, cord tied in original pictorial wraps split at spine,, edges torn and chipped, contents near fine.

Rare. Published immediately after the taking of German New Guinea - Australia’s first action of the war. The Australian occupation of German New Guinea was the takeover of the Pacific colony of German New Guinea in September – November 1914 by an expeditionary force from Australia, called the Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force (ANMEF). Contains a two-page account by Burnell, a five-page honour roll of the Expeditionary Force, and photographs of the action. Item #92617

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