Accession Number | EN0233 |
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Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Black & white - Glass original half plate negative |
Maker |
Unknown |
Place made | At sea |
Date made | 1914 |
Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
Sailors draw their dinner rations on board the German commerce raider Emden. The photograph was ...
Description
Sailors draw their dinner rations on board the German commerce raider Emden. The photograph was given to a seaman of HMAS Sydney when she took some of the German sailors prisoner after destroying the Emden near Cocos Island on 9 November 1914.