Keywords: German mine at Bitapaka 1914 (AWM P02031).jpg en Sourced from http //www awm gov au/database/collection asp Copyright The AWM record for this photo states that the copyright status is 'expired - public domain' The photo was taken in c 1915 AWM Caption Bitapaka New Britain 1915-01-05 Group portrait of RAN members of the Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force AN MEF standing behind a pipe mine which they have been digging out on Bitapaka Road after the taking of the German wireless station on 11 September 1914 These mines were laid by German soldiers beneath the road with wires leading to an electric battery and firing key at the bottom of a lookout tree Petty Officer Hubert Laurence Maynard Greaves RAN is standing second from the left Note the dense jungle in the background which the naval men were required to force their way through in order to capture the wireless station Donor O Greaves P02031 002 2009-05-30 Anotherclown wikipedia en PD-Australia PD-1996 Australia Original upload log en wikipedia Sreejithk2000 CommonsHelper page en wikipedia German_mine_at_Bitapaka_1914_ 28AWM_P02031 29 jpg 2009-05-30 16 10 Anotherclown 187×337× 18882 bytes <nowiki></nowiki> 2009-05-30 15 56 Anotherclown 450×338× 53926 bytes <nowiki></nowiki> Bismarck Archipelago Pacific theatre of World War I Australia in World War I 1914 in Germany Battles involving Australia Conflicts in 1914 Black and white photographs |