Samoa Expeditionary Force
New Zealand Army and naval expeditionary force during World War I / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Samoa Expeditionary Force (SEF) was a small volunteer force of approximately 1,400 men raised in New Zealand shortly after the outbreak of World War I to seize and destroy the German wireless station in German Samoa in the south-west Pacific. Britain required the German wireless installations to be destroyed because they were used by Vizeadmiral (Vice Admiral) Maximilian von Spee's East Asia Squadron of the Imperial German Navy, which threatened merchant shipping in the region. Following the capture of German possessions in the region, the SEF provided occupation forces for the duration of the war. Australia provided a similar force for the occupation of German New Guinea.
Samoa Expeditionary Force | |
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Active | 1914–1915 |
Country | New Zealand |
Allegiance | Britain |
Branch | New Zealand Military Forces |
Size | 1,400 men |
Engagements | World War I |
Commanders | |
Commander | Colonel Robert Logan |