New Zealand & Samoa: 1914-1919

A DigitalNZ Story by John-Paul Powley

New Zealand's invasion of German Samoa (1914), the Influenza Epidemic (1918) and Royal Commission (1919)

Image: [German Samoa Proclamation]

[German Samoa Proclamation]

Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira

Image: Colonel Robert Logan CB ADC, Administrator of Samoa

Colonel Robert Logan CB ADC, Administrator of Samoa

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: New Zealand troops landing in Samoa

New Zealand troops landing in Samoa

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Colonel Robert Logan, Apia, Samoa

Colonel Robert Logan, Apia, Samoa

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Colonel Robert Logan and Colonel Paterson, Western Samoa

Colonel Robert Logan and Colonel Paterson, Western Samoa

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: World War 1 hospital and staff, Apia, Samoa

World War 1 hospital and staff, Apia, Samoa

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: New Zealand troops in Western Samoa, August, 1914

New Zealand troops in Western Samoa, August, 1914

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: World War 1 New Zealand troops in Samoa

World War 1 New Zealand troops in Samoa

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: [Colonel Robert Logan and his staff, Western Samoa]

[Colonel Robert Logan and his staff, Western Samoa]

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Residence of the New Zealand administrator of Samoa, Robert Ward Tate

Residence of the New Zealand administrator of Samoa, Robert Ward Tate

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: New Zealand World War I transports leaving Wellington for Egypt

New Zealand World War I transports leaving Wellington for Egypt

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: COLONEL "BOB," Military Governor of Samoa (Observer, 26 September 1914)

COLONEL "BOB," Military Governor of Samoa (Observer, 26 September 1914)

National Library of New Zealand

Image: Raising of the Union Jack outside the courthouse in Apia, Samoa

Raising of the Union Jack outside the courthouse in Apia, Samoa

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Apia, Samoa, 29 August 1914: New Zealand troops landing

Apia, Samoa, 29 August 1914: New Zealand troops landing

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Blomfield, W, 1866-1938 :[Postcard] Samoa yielded without a struggle / Observer Print. [1914].

Blomfield, W, 1866-1938 :[Postcard] Samoa yielded without a struggle / Observer Print. [1914].

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Samoa

Samoa

Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira

Image: Apia, Samoa

Apia, Samoa

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: High Chief and family, Samoa

High Chief and family, Samoa

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: SAMOA'S EYE COMPLAINT. (Observer, 10 October 1914)

SAMOA'S EYE COMPLAINT. (Observer, 10 October 1914)

National Library of New Zealand

Image: Nurses in Apia, Samoa, during World War I

Nurses in Apia, Samoa, during World War I

Alexander Turnbull Library