Australian occupation of German New Guinea order of battle
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This is an order of battle listing the Australian and German Empire forces during the Australian occupation of German New Guinea between September and November 1914.
Australian forces
Vice Admiral George Patey
- Battlecruisers
- Second class protected cruisers
- Light cruisers
- Destroyers
- Submarines
- Submarine tenders
- Supply vessels
- Colliers
- Oilers
- Troop transports
- HMAS Berrima – Commander J.B. Stevenson
- HMAT Kanowna (left at Port Moresby)
Landing forces
Colonel William Holmes
- Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force
- 1st Battalion, Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force – 1000 troops
- 6 companies of RAN Naval Reserve – Commander J.A.H. Beresford – 500 troops
- Kennedy Regiment – 500 troops (left at Port Moresby)
- 2 machine gun sections
- Signal section
- AAMC detachment
German Empire forces
Rittmeister Carl von Klewitz
Lt. Robert von Blumenthal
- Polizeitruppe
References
![]() | This article includes a list of references, related reading, or external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations. (August 2015) |
- MacKenzie, Seaforth (1941). The Australians at Rabaul: The Capture and Administration of the German Possessions in the South Pacific. Official History of Australia in the War of 1914–1918, Volume X. (Tenth ed.). Canberra, Australian Capital Territory: Australian War Memorial. OCLC 494426919.
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