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Photograph H03292 First World War, 1914-1918Bitapaka, New Britain. c. 1914. The wireless station which, partly built at the time of Allied occupation in 1914-09, was completed by the Australian Military Administration.

The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Bitapaka, New Britain. c. 1914. The wireless station as it appeared at the time of Allied occupation on 1914-09. Construction was completed by the Australian Military Administration. (Donor J.R. Travers)
Bitapaka, New Britain. c. 1914. The wireless station which, partly built at the time of Allied occupation in 1914-09, was completed by the Australian Military Administration.

The Bitapaka Wireless Station. This photograph shows the station as completed by the Australian Military Administration. At the time of occupation in September 1914, the wireless mast was lying on the

Bitapaka, New Britain. 1915-08-24. A RAN member of the Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force (AN&MEF) and an (indigenous) New Briton native stand as sentry at one of the three defensive tr

RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. C. 1914. THE CROSS BESIDE THE LOCAL NATIVE MARKS THE PLACE WHERE THE FIRST DEFENSIVE TRENCH ON THE ROAD TO THE BITAPAKA WIRELESS STATION WAS TO BE BUILT. THE BITAPAKA STATION WAS

Bitapaka, New Britain. c. 1914. A section of the interior of the wireless station.

Kabakaul, New Britain. c. 1915. The site of the second trench built on the Kabakaul to Bitapaka Road. (Donor R.J. Travers)
