| Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force | |
|---|---|
 Troops landing at Herbertshöhe (Kokopo), by F. S. Burnell, September 1914. | |
| Active | 1914 |
| Country | Australia |
| Allegiance | British Empire |
| Branch | Australian Army |
| Type | Infantry |
| Size | 2,000 men |
| Engagements | World War I |
| Commanders | |
| Commander | Colonel William Holmes |
The Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force (AN&MEF) was a small volunteer force of approximately 2,000 men, raised in Australia shortly after the outbreak of World War I to seize and destroy German wireless stations in German New Guinea in the south-west Pacific. The German wireless installations were ordered 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 AN&MEF provided occupation forces for the duration of the war. New Zealand provided a similar force for the occupation of German Samoa.