The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
COCOS ISLANDS, 1914. GERMAN LANDING PARTY FROM EMDEN WITH COMMANDEERED STORES TO BE LOADED ON THE 'AYESHA' ON WHICH THE GERMANS LEFT THE COCOS. (DONOR J. MYRING)
An Australian Special Forces cutaway helmet with a vegetation camouflage pattern. This type of helmet is manufactured by South African company, Global Armour. This watercolour was drawn in Canberra
COCOS ISLANDS, 1914-11-09. THE YACHT 'AYESHA' BELONGING TO CLUNIES-ROSS IN WHICH THE CUT-OFF GERMAN LANDING PARTY FROM THE S.M.S. EMDEN MADE THEIR ESCAPE.
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.
COCOS ISLANDS, 1914-11-10. ENDS OF A COMMUNICATION CABLE OF THE PERTH- COCOS LINK THAT WAS CUT BY A GERMAN PARTY FROM THE LIGHT CRUISER 'EMDEN'. THE CABLE WAS RECOVERED, SPLICED AND DESPITE EXTENSIVE
"Schooner Ayesha commandeered by Germans being prepared for voyage" (Album caption). Stores going aboard. From an album compiled by Mr CW Burnett, of the Eastern Extension Telegraph Company. The album
COCOS ISLAND, 1914-11. GERMANS COMMANDEER STORES TO PROVISION THE YACHT AYESHA, OWNED BY CLUNIES-ROSS, AFTER THE S.M.S. EMDEN WAS DESTROYED.
COCOS ISLAND, 1914-11. GERMANS COMMANDEER STORES TO PROVISION THE YACHT AYESHA, OWNED BY CLUNIES ROSS, AFTER THE S.M.S. EMDEN WAS DESTROYED.
