Dee ihe na-esote paragraf a - Ndị Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force (AN&amp;MEF) bidoro ịkpụzi ya na arịrịọ gọọmentị Britain rịọrọ n'ụbọchị 6 nke ọnwa Ọgọst 1914. AN&amp;MEF nwere otu battalion nke ndị agha nke ndị agha 1,000 debara aha na Sydney, nke a maara dị ka Battalion nke 1, AN&amp;MEF gbakwunyere ndị agha mmiri 500 na ndị ọkwọ ụgbọ mmiri ndị ga-eje ozi dị ka ndị agha. Otu ndị agha ndị ọzọ sitere na ndị agha Kennedy nke Queensland, bụ ndị e zigara ngwa ngwa n'ebe ndị agha nọ na Thursday Island, nyekwara ndị ọrụ afọ ofufo 500 aka n'ike ahụ. N'okpuru iwu nke Ọchịagha William Holmes, ndị AN & MEF hapụrụ Sydney na 19 August n'ụgbọ HMAS "Berrima" wee kwụsị na Palm Island nke Townsville ruo mgbe ndị New Zealand, nke ndị agha agha, ndị agha agha, na ndị agha France "Montcalm" na-eso, weghaara Samoa.
n'abalị iri atọ n'ọnwa Ọgọst. AN&amp;MEF wee kwaga Port Moresby ebe ọ zutere ndị Queensland nọ n'ụgbọ njem TSS "Kanowna". Ndị agha ahụ wee gawa German New Guinea na 7 Septemba mana "Kanowna" hapụrụ mgbe ndị ọrụ ya jụrụ ịrụ ọrụ. A hapụrụ ndị agha si na Kennedy Regiment na Port Moresby dịka Holmes chere na a zụbeghị ha ma ọ bụ kwadebe ha nke ọma ka ha tinye aka na ọgụ a na-atụ anya ya. N'ịgbaso njide nke ihe onwunwe ndị Germany na mpaghara ahụ na Septemba, AN & MEF nyere ndị agha ọrụ maka oge agha ahụ. Holmes laghachiri Australia na mbido afọ 1915 wee debanye aha ya ọzọ na AIF, dịka ọtụtụ n'ime ndị ikom ya mere. E ji Battalion nke 3 dochie ha, AN & MEF, nke a maara dị ka "Tropical Force" n'ihi na e debanyere aha ya maka ọrụ na ebe okpomọkụ.