[Editor: Extracts from the “Deaths” notices, regarding Australian military personnel, published in The Sydney Morning Herald (Sydney, NSW), 14 September 1914.]
Deaths.
WALKER. — September 12, at Herbertshohe, New Britain, John Edward Walker (known as John Courtney), dearly loved husband of Mary Walker, 54 Bank-street, North Sydney, member of the First Expeditionary Force, killed in action.
WALKER. — September 12, at Herbertshohe, New Britain, John Edward Walker (known as John Courtney), dearly loved son of John and Annie (Nurse) Walker, of North Sydney, member of the First Expeditionary Force, killed in action.
Source:
The Sydney Morning Herald (Sydney, NSW), 14 September 1914, p. 8 (Second Edition)
Also published in:
Evening News (Sydney, NSW), 14 September 1914, p. 5 [in the “Deaths” notices]
The Sun (Sydney, NSW), 14 September 1914, p. 5 [in the “Deaths” notices]
Editor’s notes:
First Expeditionary Force = the Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force, an military force which was sent to German New Guinea in 1914 (during the First World War, 1914-1918) to capture or destroy German wireless stations, and to occupy the German colony
See: “Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force”, Wikipedia
Herbertshohe = (also spelt: Herbertshöhe) (now known as Kokopo) a town in German New Guinea; it was the capital of German New Guinea from 1899 to 1910 (the capital of German New Guinea was: Finschhafen, 1884-1891; Madang, 1891-1899; Herbertshöhe, 1899-1910; Simpsonhafen, 1910-1914); Herbertshöhe is a German term, meaning “Herbert’s Heights”; the town was named after Herbert von Bismarck (1849-1904), the oldest son of Otto von Bismarck (1815-1898; Chancellor of Germany 1871-1890)
See: 1) “Kokopo”, Wikipedia
2) “German New Guinea”, Wikipedia
3) “Herbert von Bismarck ”, Wikipedia
4) “Herbertshohe, New Britain. c. 1915. The town as seen from Blanche Bay”, Australian War Memorial, Canberra [photo of the town]
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