Sealed orders

Australian troops embarking in Queensland in 1914. After assembling at Thursday Island and Port Moresby, their sealed orders directed them to capture German New Guinea.^[1]^[2]

Sealed orders are orders given to the commanding officer of a ship or squadron that are sealed up, which he is not allowed to open until he has proceeded a certain length into the high seas; an arrangement in order to ensure secrecy in a time of war.^[3]

References[]

^ Frederick Spencer Burnell (1915), How Australia Took German New Guinea, Angus & Robertson
^ Anzac Memorial, Returned Soldiers Association, 1916, p. 92
^ One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Wood, James, ed. (1907). "Sealed Orders". The Nuttall Encyclopædia. London and New York: Frederick Warne.

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[1] Frederick Spencer Burnell (1915), How Australia Took German New Guinea, Angus & Robertson

[2] Anzac Memorial, Returned Soldiers Association, 1916, p. 92

[3] One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Wood, James, ed. (1907). "Sealed Orders". The Nuttall Encyclopædia. London and New York: Frederick Warne.

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