AWM35 24/47 - HMAS SYDNEY wireless telegraph signal log, 28 August - 9 November 1914

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Accession Number RCDIG0001003
Collection number AWM35 24/47
Collection type Digitised Collection
Record type File
Item count 1
Object type Log book
Physical description 394 Image/s captured
Maker HMAS Sydney (1913-1928)
Place made At sea, Indian Ocean, Indian Ocean: Cocos Keeling Islands, New Guinea1, Pacific Ocean
Date made 1914
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Description

Wireless telegraph signal log relating to the First World War service of HMAS Sydney. This signal log contains entries from 28 August 1914 to 9 November 1914. It includes entries relating to the ship's involvement with the Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force (AN&MEF) in German New Guinea and New Britain in September 1914. It records the pursuit of and engagement with SMS Emden off the Cocos Islands on 9 November 1914.