What the records say
- When
- 11 Sep 1914
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 5.70° S, 143.91° E
- Location
- Bita Paka, south of Kabakaul on New Pomerania, German New Guinea
- Outcome
- Australian victory
- Belligerents
- Germany, German New Guinea vs Australia
Placed at the country: the source names no closer place.
4 sources record it
- World War I battles (Wikipedia)Wikipedia contributorsCreative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0
- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Battle of Bita Paka: The Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force lands on German New Guinea and secures a strategically significant wireless station”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Australien führt auf Neupommern im Bismarck-Archipel, einem Teil der Kolonie Deutsch-Neuguinea eine Invasion durch und bezwingt beginnend im Gefecht bei Bita…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page