<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - I-Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force ANMEF yaqala ukwakheka kulandela isicelo sikahulumeni waseBrithani ngomhlaka 6 Agasti 1914. I-ANMEF yayihlanganisa ibutho elilodwa labesilisa abangu-1 000 abaqashwe eSydney, elaziwa ngokuthi yi-1st Battalion, i-ANMEF kanye nabangu-500 abasebenza ezindizeni kanye nabamatilosi ababezosebenza njengamasosha. Elinye ibutho lempi elivela eKennedy Regiment eseQueensland, elalithunyelwe ngokushesha ukuba liyohlala eThursday Island, nalo lafaka amavolontiya angu-500 kuleli butho. Ngaphansi komyalo kaColonel William Holmes, i-ANMEF yasuka eSydney ngo-19 Agasti ngesikebhe i-HMAS Berrima futhi yama ePalm Island ngaphandle kweTownsville kuze kube yilapho ibutho laseNew Zealand, lihambisana ne-battlecruiser, cruiser, kanye ne-cruiser yaseFrance Montcalm, ihlala eSamoa  <response>: 30 Agasti. I-AN MEF yabe isidlulela ePort Moresby lapho yahlangana khona neqembu laseQueensland elisemkhunjini wezokuthutha i-TSS Kanowna. Leli qembu labe selihambela iGerman New Guinea ngomhlaka 7 Septhemba kodwa i-Kanowna yasala ngemuva lapho ama-stokers ayo enqaba ukusebenza. Amasosha aseKennedy Regiment nawo ashiywa ePort Moresby njengoba uHolmes enomuzwa wokuthi awaqeqeshiwe noma awahlome kahle ngokwanele ukuthi angazibophezela ekulweni okwakulindelekile. Ngemuva kokuthathwa kwezimpahla zaseJalimane esifundeni ngoSepthemba, i-AN MEF yanikeza amabutho okuhlala isikhathi sempi. UHolmes wabuyela e-Australia ekuqaleni kuka-1915 futhi waphinde wajoyina i-AIF, njengoba kwenza iningi lamadoda akhe. Zathathelwa indawo yi 3rd Battalion, i-AN MEF, eyaziwa ngokuthi yi Tropical Force ngoba yayibhaliswe ngokukhethekile ukuba isebenze ezindaweni ezishisayo. 