Germany: Prisoners, including: Internment of German prisoners from the German colonies, including: Request by the General Welfare Committee at Knockaloe Camp that civilian prisoners due to be repatriated should not be temporarily transferred to a military camp. Lieutenant Paul Baer: complaint by the German authorities about the delay in transferring him to Switzerland. Request for interned German troops from the Cameroons and Togo to be placed in military camps. German memorandum alleging that officers and non-commissioned officers captured in the German colonies were being excluded from internment in the Netherlands; British reply refuting the allegations. Combatant status of certain prisoners at Knockaloe Camp. Johannes Rehse, interned at Knockaloe Camp, and Karl Kauss, interned at Lofthouse Park: request for their transfer to the Netherlands. Heinrich Bolle, interned at Knockaloe Camp: decision not to allow his transfer to the Netherlands; subsequent confirmation of his non-combatant status. Correspondence concerning lists of former German colonial troops eligible for transfer to the Netherlands. Lieutenants Kaiser, Hermans and Haeuseler: request for their transfer to the Netherlands. Otto Kallweit: confirmation that he had been moved to a camp for combatant prisoners, and would be transferred to the Netherlands. Heinrich Bauch: confirmation that he had been transferred to a camp for combatant prisoners. List (in docket no. 108819) of German prisoners eligible for transfer to the Netherlands. Johannes Rehse, interned at Knockaloe Camp: enquiry about his transfer to a military camp and removal to the Netherlands. Information on the civilian status of certain German prisoners (names in docket no. 111465). German memoranda enquiring about Sergeant Otto Kallweit and other interned prisoners (names in docket no. 119625) who were eligible for military status. Samoan camps: appointment of Mr J Helg to inspect internment camps in Samoa containing German prisoners; protest by the German authorities about the existence of the camps. Oberleutnant Lothar Marcks, interned at Trial Bay, Australia, including: Letters to the Swiss Consul in Sydney recommending the repatriation of a number of German prisoners (names in docket nos. 9131 and 19465) on health grounds. Sergeant Rudolf Albert Ebelt: information that he was no longer eligible for repatriation on health grounds. Permission for the transmission to Germany of the letters from Oberleutnant Marcks. German prisoners from the former colony of German New Guinea, including: Deportation of former employees of the Pacific Phosphate Company from the island of Nauru. George Taeufert: confirmation that he had been deported from German New Guinea and was interned at Trial Bay, New South Wales. German memorandum notifying the British Government of the detention of six British civilians as a reprisal for the detention of German officials (names in docket no. 67397). Reports on actions leading to the surrender of Nauru and the deportation of German prisoners, with lists (in docket no. 75585) of prisoners who had been deported or interned, a list (in docket no. 75585) of prisoners and passengers on SS Messina , and a list (in docket no. 75585) of German subjects sent from New Guinea to Australia. Statistics relating to Commerce, Native Tax, Population, Live Stock and Agriculture, etc., in connection with the Late German New Guinea Possessions. (Parliamentary Command Paper C.15195). European War. Correspondence respecting Military Operations against German Possessions in the Western Pacific. (Parliamentary Command Paper C.16383). German memorandum protesting about the internment of prisoners on Samoa, and and requesting the return from Australia of German subjects deported from Nauru and New Guinea. Report by the Principal Medical Officer of Samoa on the internment camp at Samoa. German memorandum on German subjects in Nauru and New Guinea, with a copy of the British reply. Mr Karl Hanssen, interned at Motuihi Camp, Auckland, New Zealand: series of letters to the American Consul at Apia, Samoa, on issues relating to his business, the Deutsche Handels
New Guinea and German Pacific Islands, 5 August-22 December 1914. Part 1: New Guinea, 6 August-29 September 1914, pages 1-225. Part 2: German Pacific Islands (miscellaneous papers), 5 August-22 December 1914, pages 226-end. Includes: pages 1-75: various correspondence and telegrams relating to operations in New Guinea. pages 76A-76H: telegram from the Governor General of Australia to the Secretary of State for the Colonies, would like early escort for New Guinea Expedition which has started Northward, 25 August 1914, (page 76C); Suggest informing Colonial Office arrangements proposed by Rear Admiral commanding Australia appears to meet situation satisfactorily, (page 76D); convoy for New Guinea expedition, (page 76E); Telegram regarding occupation of Samoa, dated 30 August 1914, (page 76F); Sail for Suva, (page 76G). Destroy Nauru wireless station, (page 76H), (paper M 01556/1914). pages 77A-77E: telegram from Secretary of State colonies to Governor-General of Australia, 30 August 1914. R.A.C with Australia and other ships will convoy expedition to New Guinea as soon as Samoa has been taken (page 77C), (paper M 01677/1914). pages 126A-126E: Colonel Holmes appointed administrator of New Britain, (paper M 1813/1914). pages 145-163: Precis of reports and general letters (printed) from Vice Admiral commanding Australian Fleet to the Admiralty, 29 July-29 September 1914. pages 164-178: Colonial Office reprint (parliamentary paper) of correspondence relating to military operations against German possessions in the Western Pacific, 1915. pages 180A-180P: Report (with enclosures) by Captain Silver of HMAS Melbourne about the landing operations in Nauru, 9 September 1914 (pages 180E-180N), (paper M 04106/1914). pages 181A-181S: Attack on wireless station at Kabakaul (pages 181C-181D). Report by Commander Claude Cumberlege of HMAS Warrego on taking of Kabakaul Wireless Station, 11 September 1914 (pages 181E-181H). Report by Lieutenant Gerald Hill of HMAS Yara on taking of Kabakaul Wireless Station, 15 September 1914 (pages 181I-181J). Report by J.A.H Beresford, commander, R.A.N on taking of Kabakaul Wireless Station, 21 October 1914 (pages 181K-181O). Report by Further comments by Commander Claude Cumberlege regarding the capture of Kabakaul Wireless Station, 25 October 1914 (pages 181P-181Q). pages 182A-182L: Treatment of German officials at New Guinea. New Guines, terms of capitulation (pages 182F-182L), (paper M 21569/1914). pages 189-221: Recommendations for special acts of bravery in regards to the occupation of German possessions in the Western Pacific, (paper M 07116/1915). pages 228-236: Extracts from rough diary on operations in Australia station. pages 256A-256F: Telegrams and correspondence about the occupation of Nauru and Anguar, (paper M 01841/1914). pages 257A-257H: Correspondence with the Pacific Phosphate Comapny Limited and their steamer Zambesi, and also respecting the position of Nauru, (paper M 01884/1914). pages 272-328: Pacific Phosphate Company Limited. List of persons (German) holding shares in this company as of 18 June 1914 (with name, address, occupation and number of shares, (pages 290-327). List of directors as of 18 June 1914, (page 328), (paper M 02047/1914). pages 329A-329C: High Commissioner Suva to Secretary of State for Colonies telegram, 26 September 1914. British subjects at Nauru removed by German authoroties to Ocean Islands in Frithjof ship, (paper M 02268/1914). pages 334A-334K: letters and telegrams reporting the movements of the ships Pronto and Frithjof in August-September 1914. Correspondence relating to affairs at Nauru and its occupation, (paper M 02217/1914). pages 338A-338I: Telegram from Governor General Australia to Colonial Office, 13 October 1914. Messina ship leaves Sydney for Ocean Island will take military guard from Rabual to occupy Nauru and bring back all German residents, (paper M 02679/1914). pages 339A-339M: Telegrams and letters regarding movements of the steamers Pronto, Wonganella and African transport (Pacific Phosphate Company ships), (paper M 02710/1914). pages 344A-344L: Telegrams between Colional Office and High Commissioner for Western Pacific regarding administrator for Nauru, (paper M 03033/1914). pages 345-347: Letter from Archibald Williams of Barfour, Williamson and Co regarding situation on Easter Island and the possibility of setting up a wireless station there and supplying livestock to the British navy. pages 350A-350K: Report by British Consul, Honolulu on movements of Pronto (ship) in August-September 1914. Report by Pronto's master abouts its movements, October 1914, (paper M 03550/1914).