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

Battlecruiser

• HMAS Australia

Second class protected cruiser

• HMAS Encounter

Light cruisers

• HMAS Melbourne
• HMAS Sydney

Destroyers

• HMAS Parramatta
• HMAS Yarra
• HMAS Warrego

Submarines

• HMAS AE1 lost
• HMAS AE2

Submarine tenders

• HMAS Protector
• HMAS Upolu

Supply vessel

• SS Aorangi

Colliers

• HMAS Koolonga
• SS Whangape
• SS Waihora

Oiler

• 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 detachemnt

German Empire forces

• Carl von Klewitz
• 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.