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	Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force was a small volunteer force, approximately 2,000 men, raised in Australia shortly after the outbreak of the First World War to seize and destroy German wireless stations in the south-west Pacific.
		The objectives of the force were the German stations at Yap in the Caroline Islands, Nauru and at Rabaul, New Britain.
		The terms were signed on 17 September and all military resistance in German New Guinea ceased, with the remaining armed forces, comprising 40 German soldiers and 110 natives, surrendering by 21 September.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Australian_Naval_and_Military_Expeditionary_Force (746 words)

	ANMEF & AIF in the Great War (WW1)
		This mixed force of naval reservists and soldiers had, by October 1914, forced the surrender of the garrison and taken possession of German New Guinea and the neighbouring islands of the Bismarck Archipelago.
		On 11 September 1914, whilst serving in the Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force (ANandMEF)in the advance from Kabakaul to Bitapaka, in New Britain, he was shot and killed by a native sniper.
		When the Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force took control of German New Guinea in September 1914 the new administration was presented with the problem of maintaining the economic stability of the colony.
	www.diggerhistory.info /pages-conflicts-periods/ww1/0-ww1-cat-index.htm (1766 words)

	Naval Operations 1901-2001
		Though administered by the Military Board, the 1st AIF was a specially raised expeditionary force and not a formal part of the Australian Army.
		Australians served in the Battle of the Atlantic and on Russian convoys as either DEMS gunners or on escorts.
		Australian naval forces, especially the Ton class minesweepers, were primarily concerned with security of outlining ports and intercepting sea borne infiltrators.
	www.defence.gov.au /news/navynews/editions/2001/10_15_01/story21.htm (4150 words)

	AN & MEF
		The Tropical Expeditionary Force (TEF) and the Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force (AN and MEF)
		The original Tropical Expeditionary Force had been formed for the purpose of occupying German Pacific colonies north of the equator, the term 'Tropical Force' regarding its units and detachments being fairly loosely used according to Volume X of the Official History.
		Raised in November 1914 for the Tropical Expeditionary Force, relieving members of the original 1st Battalion, AN and MEF, on garrison duties in German New Guinea in early 1915.
	www.diggerhistory.info /pages-badges/patches/anmef.htm (261 words)

	Royal Australian Navy Gun Plot - The RAN in World War 1
		At the outbreak of World War One Britain insisted that all Commonwealth Naval Forces be concentrated in the North Sea and nearby waters to protect 'the heart of the empire', and the First Lord of the Admiralty, Winston Churchill, claimed that there was no need to keep Battle Cruisers in the Pacific.
		This was in accord with Australian Government thinking for, on the 3 August 1914, two days before the outbreak of war was received by Australia, the Australian cabinet had met in Melbourne and, realizing that war was imminent, had offered the Australian Fleet to Britain.
		Australian ships served with distinction across the globe in the Mediterranean, North American station, North Atlantic, South Atlantic, North Sea, Indian Ocean, Pacific Ocean, and with the Grand Fleet at Scapa Flow, and during the war the RAN's strength increased to 5668 permanent and 5772 reserve.
	www.gunplot.net /ww1/ww1.html (1131 words)

	Australians at War
		Australian, British Commonwealth and Polish troops were besieged in Tobruk by the Germans and Italians until relieved in December.
		Australian aircrew served with the Royal Air Force in the bomber offensive against Germany and in the invasions of Europe.
		Australian soldiers fought in a number of bitterly contested actions, including Kapyong and Maryang San, and mounted numerous patrols and raids during the static war which developed from late 1951 to July 1953 while armistice negotiations dragged on.
	www.irishaustralia.com /Australian/Defence/ozatwar.htm (3792 words)

	articles - Komet
		The Komet was not built as a naval vessel, and was classed as a yacht of 977 tons displacement, serving as the administrative vessel within German New Guinea.
		Australian warships had already entered Simpson Harbour on a brief raid, so the Komet was sent away at once, to a bay she had used as an anchorage before, on the north coast of New Britain west of the Willaumez Peninsula.
		Meanwhile the commander of the ANMEF, Colonel Holmes, was anxious to seize the Komet, as under the surrender terms of 17 September all property of the German administration was to come under his control.
	www.pngaa.net /Articles/articles_Komet.htm (2343 words)

	sept11_ww1_11_9_04
		Seven months before Australian troops landed at Gallipoli, a sailor from Melbourne became the nation's first casualty of World War I. Able seaman William Williams was shot in the stomach on a narrow dirt road in the dense jungles of east New Britain in what was then known as German New Guinea.
		This was an important military victory, for it led to the surrender of Rabaul six days later and the eventual capture by Australia of all of German New Guinea -- including the islands of New Britain, New Ireland and Bougainville and the northeastern sector of mainland New Guinea, known until then as Kaiser Wilhelmsland.
		Australia responded by quickly forming the Australian naval and military expeditionary force, a contingent of 1000 soldiers and 500 sailors, and dispatched them to capture the German possessions to Australia's near north.
	www.ozbiker.org /news_current/sept11_ww1_11_9_04.htm (1227 words)

	MP in WW1
		Known as the Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force (ANMEF) or 'Tropical Force', Military Police did not accompany this force, as it was not felt necessary for the discipline of a 1500 man contingent.
		Later that same year, Australian Military Order 268 dated 13 June 1916, includes the order that 'The Military Police of AIF will hereafter form a Corps, promotion in which will, as far as the extingencies of the service admit, be within the Corps and not within individual portions thereof'.
		By the end of the War, Australian Military Police had served in all theaters and locations where Australian troops were deployed and acquitted themselves well in battle, proving the worth and expertise that the Corps can provide.
	home.iprimus.com.au /buckomp/mpww1topicpage.htm (856 words)

	On this day - 14 September
		The German administration in German New Guinea surrendered to the Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force.
		For the next seven years the area remained under Australian military administration.
		Australian troops withdrew from Borneo at the end of the Indonesian confrontation with Malaysia.
	www.defence.gov.au /ARMY/AHU/On_This_Day/September/14_September.htm (177 words)

	The War at Sea
		Stoker was forced to sink the submarine and surrender.
		The 1st Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train was sent to Gallipoli to prepare for the British landings at Suvla Bay in August 1915.
		The S.S. Matunga carried stores, fuel and personnel of the Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force (ANandMEF) to New Guinea until she was captured and sunk by the German raider Wolf.
	www.anzacday.org.au /history/ww1/anecdotes/waratsea.html (1326 words)

	AN & MEF (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		A force of 1500 men (1000 Army and 500 Navy) was raised under the command of Colonel William Holmes, a veteran of the South African War.
		On 13 September 1914, the British flag was hoisted at Rabaul and a military government was setup by Holmes and operated until 1921 when Australia was granted a mandate from the League of Nations to govern the country.
		The first known Military Police Officer in WWI was a CAPT Ravenscroft who sailed with the Naval and Military Expedition Force to New Guinea in 1914.
	home.iprimus.com.au /buckomp/ANMEF.htm (321 words)

	Earl P.L. Apfelbaum, Inc. \| A War Stamp Court Martial
		In pursuance of an order-in-council by the Governor-General, a general court martial was opened at the Victoria Barracks, Sydney, on 12th May, for the purpose of trying cases of alleged stealing and other offenses by certain members of the Australian naval and military expeditionary force which went to Rabaul at the outbreak of war.
		When the Australians occupied the German territory, the accused was made postmaster and the German New Guinea stamps were collected and surcharged G.R.I. for the use of the forces.
		Major Heritage, who was military secretary to the Administrator, was the first witness called and said that at first it was thought there would not be sufficient stamps and after consultation with Colonel Holmes witness told Moore that he was not to sell any more than actual requirements.
	www.apfelbauminc.com /library/wartime.html (3008 words)

	1st RNSWL
		Thus when, in 1914 it was decided to send an expeditionary force first to New Guinea to wrest control from the Germans, and then to Europe to aid what was then considered to be the mother country, there was no provision in law to send existing units.
		The Australian Government insisted on Australian units serving in Divisional groupings, agreed to the application of the British Army Act, but with one exception, the death penalty was not to apply.
		Australian soldiers would no longer be able to be murdered for doing their duty (at least without first being taken prisoner by the enemy).
	www.lancers.org.au /site/1st_Light_Horse.asp (1045 words)

	Expeditionary Force - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Expeditionary Force is a generic name sometimes applied to a military force dispatched to fight in a foreign country.
		The term was particularly common in World War I and World War II.
		This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Expeditionary_Force (110 words)

	WWIIonline [General Info] - RN/RAN (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		In 1859, Australia was established as a separate British Naval Station and until 1913, a squadron of the Royal Navy was maintained in Australian waters.
		This Australian unit was to be paid for and controlled by the Australian Commonwealth and was to be eventually manned by Australian personnel.
		The Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force carried in HMAS Berrima and supported by units of the Australian Fleet captured German New Guinea colonies in Australia's only national joint warfare operation to date.
	users.bigpond.net.au /Windrode/_sgt/m1_1.htm (1342 words)

	Major General John Paton
		Holmes, of the Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force (ANandMEF), the force sent to seize German New Guinea.
		Paton was forced to exercise a tight control of the brigade in the fighting at Broodeseinde, collocating his battalion headquarters with his own.
		Monash, who informed him that the Liaison Force was only a temporary formation, and that he had not been passed over, but conceded frankly that Paton's chances of getting a division were now slim, as his health had been poor since his wound and he was not driving his battalion commanders effectively.
	www.unsw.adfa.edu.au /~rmallett/Generals/paton.html (1052 words)

	Navy League of Australia - State Divisions
		They waited until 3rd September 1901 for a new Australian flag design to be chosen, and then proudly flew this new Australian blue ensign as their naval ensign until 1911 when the ACNF name was changed to 'Royal' Australian Navy (RAN) and with this went the right to fly the Royal Naval White Ensign.
		An Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary force was sent to the area to destroy German wireless stations thought to be transmitting messages to German naval vessels operating in the pacific.
		Military technology has changed enormously, and one of the great challenges to Reservists these days is to obtain the knowledge and expertise to operate sophisticated technological equipment with a minimum of training.
	navyleag.customer.netspace.net.au /sd_05a.htm (3889 words)

	Researching Australian military service: First World War
		First World War Unit Embarkation Roll database includes nominal rolls of the Australian Imperial Force (AIF) and the military component of the Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force (ANandMEF) as they embarked for overseas service during the First World War.
		Australian Red Cross Society, Missing and Wounded Enquiry Bureau files database.
		Australian military units provides an outline of the service and battle honours of First World War infantry, mounted, naval and Australian Flying Corps units.
	www.awm.gov.au /research/infosheets/served_ww1.asp (912 words)

	Western Front Association Contributed Articles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		As the closest available uncommitted force, the ANZAC was chosen to participate in the invasion of Gallipoli and was assigned Z beach on the Western (Aegean) coast of the Gallipoli Peninsular as its beachhead.
		The entire ANZAC force was withdrawn from the original Z Beachhead as part of a casualty-less evacuation in December 1915/January 1916.
		The Newfoundland active service contribution to the British forces was 6,200 men in the NR (later RNR) plus a further 5,700 men in a Forestry Battalion (who all served in Scotland), the Naval Reserve, the CEF and the British Army.
	www.westernfront.co.uk /thegreatwar/articles/research/dominionarmies.htm (4428 words)

	Trends in Naval Power in South Asia and the Indian Ocean
		Amongst the extra-regional naval forces in the Indian Ocean, the most important development last year was the creation, for the first time ever, of a permanently deployed American fleet for a part of the Indian Ocean.
		Simply put, the declining force levels of the Indian Navy are clearly in contradiction to the major trends apparent for naval forces in the Indian Ocean.
		However, in view of its military relationship with Myanmar, it is expected to be granted some sort of access to the former, and receive data from the latter.
	www.subcontinent.com /sapra/bulletin/96jan/si960101.html (4607 words)

	Brigadier General Edward Martin
		On 18 August 1914, Martin joined the Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force (ANandMEF) with the rank of major.
		Though it was pushed off the summit by a German counterattack which was in turn defeated by the 6th Brigade, the capture of Mont St Quentin by the diggers of the 2nd Division was widely regarded as the finest fighting feat of the war.
		In 1932 he was appointed sergeant-at-arms of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly.
	www.unsw.adfa.edu.au /~rmallett/Generals/martin.html (842 words)

	HMA Submarine - AE1 - The History of Australias First Submarine
		This contingent became known as the Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force (AN and MEF).
		In the Naval squadron were Australia's first two submarines, the AE1 and AE2.
		This Expeditionary Force was assembled off the Papuan Coast on 9 September 1914, arriving near Cape Gazelle in the early hours of 11 September.
	www.ae1submarine.com (356 words)

	MedalNet
		Fact sheets are designed to provide information about Australian Archives' holdings on particular topics or groups of records, and to provide information about the Archives' facilities and operations.
		The dossiers relate primarily to members of the First Australian Imperial Force but they also include records of members of the Australian Flying Corps Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train Australian Army Nursing Service.
		As "Memory of Government and Keeper of the Public Record", National Archives ensures access to, and preservation of, those official records which have significantly affected the development of New Zealand, the function of its government, and the lives and liberties of its citizens.
	homepages.ihug.co.nz /~phil/govt.htm (1538 words)

	Commander Richard Stanley Veale (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		As a Naval Cadet he trained aboard the “Cerberus” which was moored alongside Gellibrand Pier, in the corner where the Naval Depot’s northern frontage joined the Gellibrand Pier.
		September, 1914 the German wireless station was occupied by the Australian force.
		September, 1938 he volunteered to serve in, and was transferred to the Royal Australian Naval Volunteer Reserve (R.A.N.V.R.) Thus, from being the senior serving (Executive Branch) R.A.N.R. Officer, he became the senior serving R.A.N.V.R. Officer, instead of retiring as an R.A.N.R. Officer.
	home.vicnet.net.au /~cerberus/veale.html (2531 words)

	Rabaul in the 1920s A Child's Eye View - Introduction
		German New Guinea, which was administered from Madang on the mainland, was captured by the Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force which landed first near Bita Paka about 30 kilometres from Rabaul at the onset of the Great War in 1914.
		Subsequent to the Australian military occupation, shortly after the war, responsibility for the country was handed to Australia by the League of Nations and it became the Mandated Territory of New Guinea with Rabaul on the large island of New Britain as the capital.
		I imagine that the choice of Rabaul as capital was influenced by its central position in the Territory and its superb harbour and, perhaps, the fact that it was the first centre secured by our troops during the war.
	www.jje.info /lostlives/exhib/odean (1232 words)

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