Image: WW1 Landing at Direction Island
Description: A landing party from the German Navy cruiser Emden leaving the jetty of Direction Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands in the Indian Ocean jetty on 9 November 1914 during World War I. In the background is Ayesha the vessel with which they repaired and then sailed without a chart to Padang, Sumatra. The German landing party eventually made their way back by ship, overland, and train to Constantinople (now Istanbul) and on to Germany.
Title: WW1 Landing at Direction Island
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Author: Donated to the Australian War Memorial collections by the Imperial War Museum, where it is listed as item Q22706.
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