Australian occupation of German New Guinea order of battle

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
  • HMAS Australia
• Second class protected cruisers
  • HMAS Encounter
• Light cruisers
  • HMAS Melbourne
  • HMAS Sydney
• Destroyers
  • HMAS Parramatta
  • HMAS Yarra
  • HMAS Warrego
• Submarines
  • HMAS AE1 (lost at sea)
  • HMAS AE2
• Submarine tenders
  • HMAS Protector
  • HMAS Upolu
• Supply vessels
  • SS Aorangi
• Colliers
  • HMAS Koolonga
  • SS Whangape
  • SS Waihora
• Oilers
  • SS Murex
• 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

• 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.