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Upon the outbreak of the First World War on 5 August 1914, the New Zealand Government authorised the raising of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (NZEF) for service in the war. Mobilisation for the war had already begun, with preparations discreetly beginning a few days prior. The day after the declaration of war, the British Government requested New Zealand seize the wireless station at German Samoa, a protectorate of the German Empire, deeming it "a great and urgent Imperial service."
Since the days of Richard Seddon, the Prime Minister of New Zealand from 1893 to 1906, the New Zealand Government had aspired to control Samoa. Even prior to the war, plans for the occupation of Samoa had been laid down by the Commandant of the New Zealand Military Forces, Major General Alexander Godley, who believed that this would be one likely usage of New Zealand's military in the event of an outbreak of hostilities. The British request was immediately accepted and instructions issued to Godley to raise a composite force specifically tasked for this purpose. What was to be known as the Samoa Expeditionary Force (SEF) was formed with volunteers drawn primarily from the Auckland and Wellington Military Districts. It included an infantry component, with three companies of infantry from the Auckland and Wellington Regiments, a battery of field guns, a section of engineers, companies of railway engineers and signallers, as well as personnel from the Royal Naval Reserve, Army Service Corps, a Field Ambulance section, as well as nurses and chaplains. There was also a detail from the New Zealand Post & Telegraph Company.
Colonel Robert Logan, a member of the New Zealand Staff Corps and commander of the Auckland Military District, was appointed to command of the SEF. At the time of its first formal parade on 11 August 1914, the SEF consisted of over 1,400 personnel.
The SEF departed New Zealand on 15 August in a convoy of troopships escorted by the New Zealand Naval Forces' HMS Philomel along with the Australian Navy's HMAS Pyramus and HMAS Psyche. The escorting cruisers, all "P" class ships, were third-rate vessels deemed to be obsolete and no match for Vizeadmiral (Vice Admiral) Maximilian von Spee's East Asia Squadron with its armoured cruisers SMS Scharnhorst and SMS Gneisenau. Therefore, it was arranged that the convoy would liaise at Fiji with the modern battlecruiser HMAS Australia and the French cruiser Montcalm. However, the day after departing New Zealand and unbeknownst to the New Zealand Government, the British Admiralty decided that the convoy would rendezvous with the modern escorts at Noumea in New Caledonia.

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＞Upon the outbreak of the First World War on 5 August 1914, the New Zealand Government authorised the raising of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (NZEF) for service in the war. Mobilisation for the war had already begun, with preparations discreetly beginning a few days prior. The day after the declaration of war, the British Government requested New Zealand seize the wireless station at German Samoa, a protectorate of the German Empire, deeming it "a great and urgent Imperial service."
⇒1914年8月5日に第一次世界大戦が勃発したとき、ニュージーランド政府は戦争奉仕のためにニュージーランド遠征軍（NZEF）の立ち上げを承認した。戦争への動員は、その数日前から慎重に準備するという形で始まっていた。宣戦布告の翌日、英国政府は、ニュージーランドがドイツ帝国の保護領であるドイツ領サモアにある無線局を押収するよう要請し、それを「重大かつ緊急の帝国奉仕」と見なした。

＞Since the days of Richard Seddon, the Prime Minister of New Zealand from 1893 to 1906, the New Zealand Government had aspired to control Samoa. Even prior to the war, plans for the occupation of Samoa had been laid down by the Commandant of the New Zealand Military Forces, Major General Alexander Godley, who believed that this would be one likely usage of New Zealand's military in the event of an outbreak of hostilities. The British request was immediately accepted and instructions issued to Godley to raise a composite force specifically tasked for this purpose.
⇒ニュージーランド首相のリチャード・セドンの時代以来、1893年から1906年にかけてニュージーランド政府はサモアの支配を熱望していた。このサモアの占領計画は、戦前からもニュージーランド軍の司令官、アレクサンダー・ゴッドリー少将らによって提起されていた。彼は、これが戦争勃発時のニュージーランド軍の処方の1つになると考えていた。英国の要求はすぐに受け入れられ、ゴッドリーは特にこの目的のために任命すべき複合軍団を召集するよう命じられた。

＞What was to be known as the Samoa Expeditionary Force (SEF) was formed with volunteers drawn primarily from the Auckland and Wellington Military Districts. It included an infantry component, with three companies of infantry from the Auckland and Wellington Regiments, a battery of field guns, a section of engineers, companies of railway engineers and signallers, as well as personnel from the Royal Naval Reserve, Army Service Corps, a Field Ambulance section, as well as nurses and chaplains. There was also a detail from the New Zealand Post & Telegraph Company.
⇒サモア遠征軍団（SEF）として知られることになった部隊は、主にオークランドとウェリントンの軍事地区から集められた志願兵で結成された。それは、オークランド・ウェリントン連隊からの歩兵3個中隊、野戦砲1個中隊、工兵1個小隊、鉄道工兵と信号班の数個中隊を含む歩兵隊構成要素を含んでいた。同じく王立海軍予備隊、陸軍方面軍要員、看護師や牧師なども含む野戦救急部門を伴っていた。ニュージーランド郵便電信社からの分遣隊もあった。

＞Colonel Robert Logan, a member of the New Zealand Staff Corps and commander of the Auckland Military District, was appointed to command of the SEF. At the time of its first formal parade on 11 August 1914, the SEF consisted of over 1,400 personnel.
　The SEF departed New Zealand on 15 August in a convoy of troopships escorted by the New Zealand Naval Forces' HMS Philomel along with the Australian Navy's HMAS Pyramus and HMAS Psyche.
⇒ニュージーランド軍団参謀の一員であり、オークランド軍事地区の司令官であるロバート・ローガン大佐がSEFの指揮官に任命された。1914年8月11日の最初の正式なパレードの時点で、SEFは1,400人を超える員数で構成されていた。
　SEFは、8月15日にニュージーランド海軍軍団のHMSフィロメル号、HMAS（オーストラリア海軍）ピラマス号、およびHMASプシュケ号による護衛を受けて軍用輸送船の船団を成してニュージーランドを出発した。

＞The escorting cruisers, all "P" class ships, were third-rate vessels deemed to be obsolete and no match for Vizeadmiral (Vice Admiral) Maximilian von Spee's East Asia Squadron with its armoured cruisers SMS Scharnhorst and SMS Gneisenau. Therefore, it was arranged that the convoy would liaise at Fiji with the modern battlecruiser HMAS Australia and the French cruiser Montcalm. However, the day after departing New Zealand and unbeknownst to the New Zealand Government, the British Admiralty decided that the convoy would rendezvous with the modern escorts at Noumea in New Caledonia.
⇒護衛巡洋艦、すべての"P"クラスの船舶は時代遅れであり、その装甲巡洋艦SMSシャーンホルスト号とSMSグナイセナウ号は、副提督マクシミリアン・フォン・シュペーの東アジア艦隊とは釣り合いが取れないと見なされる三流船だった。そのため、この船団はフィジーで近代的な戦艦HMASオーストラリア号やフランスの巡洋艦モンカム号と連絡を取り合うことになった。しかし、ニュージーランドを出発した翌日、ニュージーランド政府には知られないまま、英国海軍はこの船団をニューカレドニアのヌメアで現代的な護衛船と合流させることにした。

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