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The First World War in New Guinea, Government Gazettes From…
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13-Jun-2020
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The First World War in New Guinea, Government Gazettes From German New Guinea, c1914-1918. Twenty-four (24) letterpress gazettes, 31 x 21.5 cm (approx. each). Slight water damage, stains. This collection comprises of, (1) Amtsblatt fur Das Schutzgebiet Deutsch-Neuguinea, (Government Gazette For The Protectorate of German New Guinea), nos. 1 to 17 [Jan.-Sept.], 1914, and, (2) The Rabaul Record, vol. III, nos. 1 to 7 [Jan.-July], 1918. German New Guinea was a protectorate of Germany from 1884 until 1914, when it fell to Australian forces following the outbreak of World War I. On 11 September 1914, the Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Forces, captured Kaiser-Wilhemsland. It was the only significant battle in New Guinea. Australia suffered six dead and four wounded, the first Australian military casualties, of World War One.
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