Conflict in the jungle and on tropical seas When the First World War broke out Allied and German colonies all over the globe quite suddenly found themselves engaged in hostilities with those who had been peaceful neighbours.
The conflicts in Africa are particularly well known, but Australia (which would send troops to fight on the Western Front, in the Dardanelles and the Middle East) had first to contend with the German force much closer to home on the island of New Gu.
Leonaur Ltd Australia in new guinea, 1914: the campaign on land & sea in the pacific during the first world war, hardcover/l. c. reeves
