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Photograph P00565.007.002 First World War, 1914-1918COCOS ISLAND, 1914-11. CABLE STATION STAFF ON THE ROOF OF THE STATION ATTEMPTING TO GET A BETTER VIEW OF THE BATTLE BETWEEN S.M.S. EMDEN AND HMAS SYDNEY.
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COCOS ISLAND, 1914-11. CABLE STATION STAFF ON THE ROOF OF THE STATION ATTEMPTING TO GET A BETTER VIEW OF THE BATTLE BETWEEN S.M.S. EMDEN AND HMAS SYDNEY.
COCOS ISLAND, 1914-11. CABLE STATION STAFF ON THE ROOF OF THE STATION ATTEMPTING TO GET A BETTER VIEW OF THE BATTLE BETWEEN S.M.S. EMDEN AND HMAS SYDNEY.
COCOS ISLANDS, 1914-11-09. COCOS ISLANDS STAFF OF EASTERN EXTENSION CABLE COMPANY AFTER THE S.M.S EMDEN RAID.

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. GERMAN PERSONNEL FROM THE S.M.S. EMDEN UNABLE TO REJOIN THE WARSHIP AFTER ITS LOSS IN BATTLE TO THE HMAS SYDNEY.

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. MEMBER OF THE GERMAN LANDING-PARTY FROM S.M.S. EMDEN UNABLE TO REJOIN HIS SHIP AFTER ITS LOSS IN BATTLE TO THE HMAS SYDNEY, SITS ON THE BEACH WITH HIS MACHINE GUN.
