The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Rabaul, New Britain. Members of the Australian Navy and Military Expeditionary Force (AN&MEF) lined up during the hoisting of the Union Jack flag, during the ceremony proclaiming British occupation of the territory. The ceremony was held in a large open space, now known as Proclamation Square. All available troops, including members of a newly created native police force, were formed up on three sides of the square, with the band of HMAS Australia in the centre. The fourth side of the square was occupied by Rear Admiral Patey, the officers of the RAN and the residents of Rabaul.
Rabaul, New Britain. German residents watch the hoisting of the Union Jack flag, during the ceremony proclaiming British occupation of the territory. The ceremony was held in a large open space, now k
Rabaul, New Britain. Officers of the RAN including Rear Admiral George Patey, Colonel William Holmes DSO, Lieutenant Colonel Russell Watson, Lieutenant General E. A. Wylde, Captain (Capt) T. McPherson
RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. PROTECTORATE OF GERMAN NEW GUINEA. 1914-11-30. THE SCENE JUST BEFORE THE PUBLIC CANING IN PROCLAMATION SQUARE OF THE PERPETRATORS, GERMANS WEARING MASKS, OF THE ATTACK ON THE BRIT
Rabaul, New Britain. 13 September 1914. The arrival of Colonel William Holmes, Commanding Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force (AN&MEF), and his staff at Proclamation Square. (Donor F. Bu
Collection relating to the First World War service of Admiral Sir George Edwin Patey. Collection consists of three letters written home to family, describing the duties with the Australian Naval and
RABAUL. 1914-09-13. MEN OF THE NAVAL RESERVE LEADING THE MARCH OF THE AUSTRALIAN NAVY AND MILITARY EXPEDITIONARY FORCE (AN&MEF) THROUGH RABAUL AFTER THE HOISTING OF THE UNION JACK. COLONEL WATSON IS A
