Australian occupation of German New Guinea order of battle explained

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

Naval forces

Vice Admiral George Patey

• Battlecruisers
  • • Second class protected cruisers
    • Light cruisers
      • • Destroyers
          • • Submarines
  • (lost at sea)
    • Submarine tenders
      • • Supply vessels
  • SS Aorangi
• Colliers
  • • • SS Whangape
  • SS Waihora
• Oilers
  • SS Murex
• Troop transports
  • – 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

• Book: MacKenzie, Seaforth. Seaforth Mackenzie (author)

. Seaforth Mackenzie (author). 1941. The Australians at Rabaul: The Capture and Administration of the German Possessions in the South Pacific. Tenth. Official History of Australia in the War of 1914–1918, Volume X.. Australian War Memorial. Canberra, Australian Capital Territory. 494426919.