The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
WILLIAMSTOWN, VIC. 1914. STUDIO PORTRAIT OF BROTHERS FRED (LEFT) AND ALAN TRANTER, RAN. BOTH TRAINED AT HMCS CERBERUS. FRED LATER MOVED TO HMAS PARRAMATTA AND ALAN TO HMAS AUSTRALIA AND THE NEW GUINEA EXPEDITIONARY FORCE (AN&MEF). (PHOTOGRAPHER EDWARD SANDS, GREEN BROS WILLIAMSTOWN; DONOR P. TRANTER)
RABAUL, NEW GUINEA, C.1914. GERMAN GOVERNMENT HOUSE AFTER TAKEOVER BY THE AUSTRALIAN NAVY AND MILITARY EXPEDITIONARY FORCE (AN&MEF), WITH AUSTRALIAN GUARDS OUTSIDE. (ORIGINAL ALBUM HELD IN AWM ARCHIVE
RABAUL, NEW GUINEA, C. 1914. GERMAN GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL RESIDENCE AT RABAUL AFTER TAKEOVER BY AUSTRALIAN NAVY AND MILITARY EXPEDITIONARY FORCE (AN&MEF). AUSTRALIANS ON BALCONY. (ORIGINAL ALBUM HELD IN
The light cruiser HMAS Sydney steams towards Rabaul. The Australian Naval & Military Expeditionary Force (AN&MEF), which included HMAS Sydney, HMAS Australia, HMAS Encounter, HMAS Warrego, HMAS Yarr
A rowboat belonging to an unidentified Commissioner alongside HMAS Sydney, manned by six local men. The Australian Naval & Military Expeditionary Force (AN&MEF), which included HMAS Sydney, HMAS Austr
RABAUL, NEW GUINEA, C.1914. GERMAN HEADQUARTERS AFTER CAPTURE BY THE AUSTRALIAN NAVY AND MILITARY EXPEDITIONARY FORCE (AN&MEF). A NATIVE NEW GUINEA GUARD IS LINED UP OUTSIDE. (ORIGINAL ALBUM HELD IN A
On 23 September 1914, HMAS Parramatta captured the German steamer "Meklong", which was hidden in a creek on Duke of York Island, part of German New Guinea. The Meklong manned by soldiers and the Aust
