The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Colonel William Holmes, Commander of the Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force (AN&MEF) (in centre) and two unidentified officers at the wireless station at Bitapaka after its capture. The first objective of the New Guinea expedition was this wireless station, a few miles inland from Blanche Bay, which at the outbreak of war was still in course of construction, but was hurriedly got ready for use. Colonel William Holmes, Commander of the AN&MEF is in the centre.
The Bitapaka road. The first objective of the New Guinea expedition was the German wireless station at Bitapaka, a few miles inland from Blanche Bay, which at the outbreak of war was still in the cou
Colonel William Holmes, Commander of the Australian Navy and Military Expeditionary Force (AN&MEF)
Portrait of Colonel William Holmes, Commander of the Navy and Military Expedition Force (AN&MEF) and the first Military Administrator of German New Guinea. Holmes subsequently became Major General CM
Portrait of Colonel William Holmes, Commander of the Navy and Military Expedition Force (AN&MEF) and the first Military Administrator of German New Guinea, mounted on his charger. Holmes subsequently
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
The wireless mast at Bitapaka. The radio station at Bitapaka was an important strategic goal to be taken when the AN&MEF Force took New Guinea from the German authorities. It also formed a key part of
