christine liava'a Posted 27 August , 2004 Share Posted 27 August , 2004 August 27, 1914, the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, consisting of the battlecruiser HMAS Australia, light cruisers HMAS Melbourne and HMAS Sydney, the French armoured cruiser Montcalm, the New Zealand Squadron's light cruisers HMS Psyche (Captain Herbert Marshall), HMS Philomel and HMS Pyramus, and the Union Steamship Company's vessels Moeraki and Monowai, weighed anchor at Suva, Fiji and set sail on the final leg of its mission to capture German Samoa. (Field 1984: 7; Halpern 1994: 88) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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