Prisoners of war coming aboard HMAS Sydney from a lifeboat belonging to SMS Emden's collier, SS ...

Place Oceans: Indian Ocean, Cocos Keeling Islands
Accession Number EN0402
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Glass original half plate negative
Maker Unknown
Place made Indian Ocean: Cocos Keeling Islands
Date made 10 November 1914
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Prisoners of war coming aboard HMAS Sydney from a lifeboat belonging to SMS Emden's collier, SS Buresk. Standing on the left, closest to the camera and wearing a mortarboard, is the Sydney's chaplain, Rev. Vivian Agincourt Little.