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First World War: The Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force invaded German New Guinea, winning the Battle of Bita Paka.
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1914–1918 global conflict
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Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force
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The Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force (AN&MEF) was a small volunteer force of approximately 2,000 men, raised in Australia shortly after the outbreak of World War I to seize and destroy German wireless stations in German New Guinea in the south-west Pacific. The…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
German New Guinea
1884–1914 German colony in northeast New Guinea
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Battle of Bita Paka
Australian invasion of German New Guinea
The Battle of Bita Paka was fought south of Kabakaul, on the island of New Britain, and was a part of the invasion and subsequent occupation of German New Guinea by the Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force (AN&MEF) shortly after the outbreak of the First World War.…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)