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AUSTRALIAN NAVAL AND MILITARY EXPEDITION:

List showing Diary, Despatches, Reports, Messages and other information forwarded for historical purposes with my letter to the Chief of the General Staff, dated 19th march, 1915:

1.   Instructions to Colonel Holmes as to objects of Expedition.
2.   Detailed Diary of events, 10th Aug. 14 to 22nd Feby. 15.
3.   Despatches to the Honorable, the Minister of State for               Defence, 26th Septr. 14 to 5th Jan. 15.
4.Letters to the Chief of the General Staff, 27th Aug. 14 to 29th   Decr. 14.
5.   Wireless and telegraphic messages and  signals exchanged   between the Admiral and the Brigadier, 7th to 27th Sept. 14.
6.   Government Gazettes issued at Rabaul during period of   Colonel Holmes' administration.
7.   Confidential  reports on Officers.
8.   Colonel Holmes appreciation of the situation, 1st Sept. 14.
9.   Orders, Reports, and Messages in connection with   operations at Kabakaul, Herbertshohe, Toma and Rabaul,   11th to 15th Septr. 14.
10.   Instructions for guidance of Officers Commanding various      garrisons.   
11.   Correspondence regarding terms of capitulation, German   New Guinea.
12.   Correspondence relating to return of Queensland Troops   on board S.S. "Kanowna".  
13.   Reports re organization of Armed Native Constabulary.
14.   Wireless telegraphic  messages in connection with   despatch of minor Expeditions to various Islands.
15.   Reports of Intelligence Officer.
16.   Correspondence regarding capture of German Warship   "Komet".  
17.   Correspondence re occupation of Island of Nauru.
18.   Reports and evidence re punishment of Germans guilty of   an assault upon the Rev. Mr. Cox, Chairman of the Wesleyan   Methodist Mission.
19.   Receipts for Code Books, Survey Instruments, Plans and   Intelligence Reports handed over to Col. Pethebridge's Staff.
20.   Slater's Telegraphic Code. 5th Edition.
21.   Album containing Photographs of various points of   interest, German New Guinea.

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