Expeditionary Force - Occupation of German Samoa by NZEF

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Expeditionary Force - Occupation of German Samoa by NZEF

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On August 29 1914 New Zealand forces captured German Samoa after being asked to do so by Great Britain. When war broke out in Europe in August 1914, Britain asked New Zealand to seize German Samoa as a ‘great and urgent Imperial service’. New Zealand’s response was swift. Led by Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Logan, the 1385-strong Samoa Advance Part...

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New Zealand History / New Zealand / Archives New Zealand / Samoa / German Samoa / Great Britain / NZEF / WWI / First World War / World War One / WW1 / war / conflict / Great War

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