The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
NEW BRITAIN. C. 1914. NATIVE POLICE AT THEIR MEAL TABLE AT MATUPI, NEAR RABAUL. THESE MEN WERE EMPLOYED BY THE GERMAN AUTHORITIES IN NEW GUINEA. NOTE GERMAN HATS.
MATUPI ISLAND, NEW BRITAIN. C. 1914. SOME OF THE 4.7 INCH GUNS OF THE RAN NAVAL BATTERY ON THE ISLAND. THE POSITION IN WHICH THESE GUNS WERE MOUNTED WAS ONLY 20 TO 30 YARDS FROM THE WATER LINE AND IN
New Britain. The native constabulary, formerly of German New Guinea, after they were taken over and trained by Australian officers. Their task was to police native villages to bring a civilizing influ
Rabaul, New Britain. c. 1914. A squad of native police presenting arms under instructions from members of the Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force. (Donor A.W. Bazley)
RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN, 12/9/1914. A GROUP OF NATIVE PRISONERS WHO WERE DETAINED ON BOARD HMAS SYDNEY UNTIL FIGHTING HAD CEASED, DURING THE CAPTURE OF RABAUL FROM THE GERMANS BY THE AUSTRALIAN NAVY AND M
RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. C. 1916. A SECTION OF THE MATUPI ARMY CAMP.
A sketch map of the northeast part of New Britain showing Simpsonhafen (Simpson Harbour) and Matupi Harbour, which were bases for the Germans. Made for reconnaissance purposes, the map was carried on
