New Zealand force captures German Samoa

Description:
Colonel Robert Logan led a 1400-strong expeditionary force to capture German Samoa in New Zealand’s first military action of the First World War. This was the second German territory, after Togoland in West Africa, to fall to the Allies in the war.
Display date:
29 August 1914
Location:
Samoa
Collections:
NZHistory
Content partner:
Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage
Availability:
Not specified
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