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Royal Australian Naval Landing Party : 24-October-2011
Royal Australian Naval Landing Party : 24-October-2011

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Two plaques commemorate the Landing Party of the Royal Australian Navy in German New Guinea during World War One.

During the first week of the war, an Australian naval and military expeditionary force of 1,500 men was mobilised with orders to capture and occupy Germany's New Guinea colonies. The first landing was made by a small party of naval reservists near Rabaul on September 11, 1914.

Location

Address:Birdwood Avenue, Shrine Reserve, Melbourne, 3000
State:VIC
Area:AUS
GPS Coordinates:Lat: -37.830139
Long: 144.973276
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Monument Type:Plaque
Monument Theme:Conflict
Sub-Theme:WW1
Actual Event Start Date:11-September-1914
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Actual Event End Date:11-September-1914
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Front Inscription

Plaque :

Royal Australian Naval Landing Party

German New Guinea, September 11th 1914

Plaque :

The R.A.N. 1914 Landing Party 
 

Left Side Inscription
Back Inscription
Right Side Inscription
Inscription in Proximity
Source: MA,SKP
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