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Otto Wortmann internment camp papers, 12 August 1914-October 1917

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Abstract

Wortmann describes the taking of the German barracks in Herbertshöhe by the Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force, 11 Sept. 1914, and events during and after the capitulation of the colony on 21 Sept., including the internment of all the German residents of Rabaul and Herbertshöhe and his deportation with 22 other Germans to Australia on the Morinda, 11-24 Aug. 1915
SubjectWorld War, 1914-1918--Australia
Germany--Colonies
German language--Writing
Internment camps
Category3. World War I
AuthorWortmann, Otto
KeywordsRabaul
Current HolderState Library of New South Wales
Date1914-08-12
Series NumberMLMSS 261/Box 6/Item 49
Item Number9yM66439
Access RightsDigitised
Rights 
Copyright status: In copyright
Country Of OriginPapua New Guinea
PlaceRabaul
Language German
Description From Source
Item 49, 1 volume
Physical FormatTypescripts
Related Resources http://acms.sl.nsw.gov.au/_transcript/2011/D11980/a4044.pdf
https://collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/1Jkm4moY
https://www.zotero.org/groups/4688363/oama/items/R3NQ9V82/
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