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