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Photograph P00565.009.002 First World War, 1914-1918COCOS ISLANDS, 1914-11. CABLE STORE, DAMAGED BY A GERMAN LANDING-PARTY FROM SMS EMDEN.

The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
COCOS ISLANDS, 1914-11-09. RUINED WIRELESS MAST WRECKED BY THE GERMAN LANDING PARTY FROM THE SMS EMDEN WHEN THEY DESTROYED THE COCOS WIRELESS STATION.
COCOS ISLANDS, 1914-11. CABLE STORE, DAMAGED BY A GERMAN LANDING-PARTY FROM SMS EMDEN.

COCOS ISLAND, 1914-11-09. GERMAN LANDING PARTY FROM THE GERMAN COMMERCE RAIDER S.M.S. EMDEN AFTER TAKING OVER AND DESTROYING THE WIRELESS STATION AT COCOS ISLAND.

COCOS ISLANDS, 1914-11-09: GERMAN LANDING-PARTY OFFICERS FROM SMS EMDEN WATCHING FROM THE ROOF OF A BUILDING, WAITING HOPEFULLY FOR THE RETURN OF THE S.M.S. EMDEN, DURING ITS ENCOUNTER WITH HMAS SYDNE
COCOS ISLANDS, 1914-11-09. GERMANS FROM THE DESTROYED WAR SHIP SMS EMDEN PREPARE FOR THEIR FINAL DEPARTURE FROM THE COCOS.

Cocos Island, Indian Ocean. November 1914. A section of the wireless station after it had been destroyed by a landing party from the German Navy Light Cruiser Emden. (Purchased from Mrs M.E. Roddam)

COCOS ISLANDS, 1914-11. GERMAN LANDING-PARTY IN MOTOR BOATS, PREPARING TO GO ABOARD THE YACHT AYESHA (BACKGROUND) IN ORDER TO LOOK FOR THEIR SHIP, THE SMS EMDEN.
