Keywords: WW1 Landing at Direction Island.jpg en 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 H12436 Donated to the Australian War Memorial collections by the Imperial War Museum where it is listed as item Q22706 1914-11- 2009022310000623 Only to be used with link to http //cas awm gov au/photograph/H12436 PD-old Indian Ocean theatre of World War I Cocos Keeling Islands |