J03087
Photograph J03087 First World War, 1914-1918A tree with climbing rope, used by the Germans as a look-out post, commanding a view of the Bitapaka Road.
Iron spikes from lookout tree on Kabakaul to Bita Paka Road : German Army, New Britain Accession Number: RELAWM07859.001
Description
Six iron spikes, each of varying widths and lengths. Each spike is of different lengths and diameters and all are quite roughly made. Some of the spikes have threading at one or both ends. Each spike has had one end beaten or ground to a four edged point.
Contextual Description
Associated with the service of Brigadier General Evan Alexander Wisdom, who following the end of the First World War, successfully applied for the role of Administrator of the Mandated Territory of New Guinea, based in Rabaul.
Wisdom collected these spikes from a tree that had been used by Native troops under German command as a look-out post to observe the Bitapaka-Kabakaul Road.
The men of the Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force had fought along this road in September 1914, becoming the first Australians to see action in the First World War. This location was also where the first Australian casualties of the war were sustained.
Details
Accession Number
RELAWM07859.001
Maker
Unknown
Classification
Heraldry
Object Type
Heraldry
Physical Description
Material: Metal
Measurement
Overall (Conservation): 257 mm x 20 mm
Date Made
c 1900s
Place Made
Gallery location
Main Bld: First World War Gallery, Australia Goes To War
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
6
Copyright
Copyright not applicable
People
Conflicts
Places
Units
Tags
In this collection:
Related Objects
More like this
Iron spikes from lookout tree on Kabakaul to Bita Paka Road : German Army, New Britain
Heraldry RELAWM07859.002 First World War, 1914-1918Five iron spikes, each of varying widths and lengths. Each spike is of different lengths and diameters and all are quite roughly made. Some of the spikes have threading at one or both ends. Each spike
Post from Turkish machine gun position : German Officer's Trench, Gallipoli
Heraldry RELAWM07350 First World War, 1914-1918Two rough wooden posts lashed together with steel straps attached by large nails. The upper ends have been roughly squared and both have roughly cut rectangular notches, presumably to support horizont
Metal rods from a German Zeppelin
Heraldry REL/00893.003 First World War, 1914-1918Two metal rods from a Zeppelin. One end of each rod is flattened and is wider than the rest of the rod, with a hole near the end. The other end is threaded. One rod has a washer and nut, the other has
Boxed Iron Cross, First Class : Leutnant K P R Ehrenberg, German Army
Heraldry REL34670 First World War, 1914-1918First Class version of the award, slightly obverse, with plain silver back, fitted with pin and claw fittings. Still stored in the original issuing jeweller's box with impressed silver depiction of th
Royal Standard No. 5 Typewriter : Major General W Holmes and Brigadier General E A Wisdom
Technology RELAWM09438 Period 1930-1939The Royal Standard No. 5 Typewriter is a flat bed design with 4 rows of keys. The space bar is made of wood and has a wear mark where the right thumb of the users would have struck it. The ribbon reel
Iron Cross, First Class : Leutnant K P R Ehrenberg, German Army
Heraldry REL34669.001 First World War, 1914-1918Iron Cross, First Class. Mounted as part of a post-July 1934 group and in the Prussian Parade mount style. Medal associated with the service of Leutnant Doktor Kurt Phillip Rudolf Ehrenberg, born 31
