First World War Black and White Photograph of New Guinea Group with Australian
c. 1914First World War black and white photograph shows nine (9) New Guinea native persons, (5 standing & 4 seated) and one (1) Australian soldier seated in front row. The soldier is holding a rod and the native next right is holding a machete. Behind the group is a grass hut.
This series of black & white photographs was collected by Private Eric Sydney BANNISTER, regimental number 19. He joined the Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force (ANMEF) on the 11th August 1914, just a week after war was declared on Germany. The mission of the ANMEF was to destroy German radio stations and occupy German New Guinea and surrounding areas. The ANMEF secured military occupation on the 13th September 1914. The photographs of his deployment are of national significance and show one of Australia’s first military action in the First World War.
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Handwritten on rear in blue ink, "In New Guinea / 1914".
This photograph showing an Australian soldier and New Guinea natives provides an insight into the close relationship the two groups had during the early days of the First World War.
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