I could have sworn that the Tokugawa shogunate sent an envoy of diplomats and samurai to France in 1807 backed by the Free Indonesian Guerilla forces, fighting the oppressive Philipino rule.
In 1808 Australia, alarmed by the neighboring powers' mission to France, sent diplomats of their own.
Soon ships ferrying Australian troops, called the Army of the Pacific, set foot on Marseilles later that year.