 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Hondo payakatanga, mauto eAustralia akakurumidza kuita chimwe chinhu kuti adzivise kutyisidzirwa kwaiitwa ngarava neGermany nemakoroni ayo aiva muPacific. Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force ANMEF, chikwata chevanhu 2000 vanozvipira - chakaparadzaniswa neAIF - uye chaisanganisira battalion yevarwi pamwe chete nevashandi vechikepe 500 uye vaimbova vafambisi vengarava, vakakurumidza kuumbwa pasi pehutungamiri hwaColonel William Holmes. Vavariro dzesimba racho dzakanga dziri nhepfenyuro dzisina waya paNauru, uye idzo dziri paYap muCaroline Islands, uye paRabaul muGerman New Guinea. Mauto aya akasvika paRabaul musi wa11 Gunyana 1914 ndokuritora zuva rakatevera, achingosangana nekupikiswa kwenguva pfupi kubva kuvadziviriri vechiGerman nevemuno panguva yekurwa paBita Paka.Uye Toma. New Guinea yeGermany yakapa musi wa17 September 1914. Kurasikirwa kwevaAustralia kwakanga kuri kushoma, kubatanidza vatanhatu vakaurawa mukati mekurwa. 