SMS Emden (Ship : 1908-1914)

Date: 1914

Reference: MS-Papers-3511

Description: Outlines the events of the 9th and 10th of November 1914 which lead to the beaching of the `Emden' On the 9th and 10th November 1914 the ship `Emden' was beached on Cocos Island as a result of action by HMAS `Sydney' Source of title - Title transcribed Quantity: 1 folder(s) (1 leaf). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Cyclostyled

Date: 1915-1917

By: Ross, Mary, active 1976

Reference: PA1-o-440

Description: An album created by a group of young friends relating to Titahi Bay and Akatarawa between 1915 and 1917. Names listed on page one. The album consists of photographs, poems (by Gladys E Haggett), and silhouettes and water-colour illustrations by M.M. (Marjorie (Marjory) Mills), with Marjorie H Mills' bookplate inside front cover. Most of the images show views taken at Titahi Bay and Akatarawa, and there is a section showing various ships. These include the CS Patrol (Cable Ship `Patrol'), with members of the crew; the Emden in Kiel Canal, the crew of the Emden, and the Emden wrecked at Cocos Island; and HMAS Sydney. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Inscriptions: Album page - "Being the chronicles of Titahi Bay, 1917" Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with heavy card cover, grey card pages; entitled Titahi Bay, 1915; 25.5 x 31.5 cm

Date: 1914

Reference: PAColl-0312

Description: 9 photographs of the Emden, the German ship sunk off the Cocos Islands by HMAS Sydney in 1914. They include two of the ship's German crew including the captain and one of the Emden in a harbour prior to the battle. The ones on the Cocos Islands show how badly damaged the ship was. Photographer unidentified. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/2-076049, 076052, 076053, 076057, 076060, 076067, 076069 1/2-076049, 1/2-076052 to 076053, 1/2-076057, 1/2-076060, 1/2-076067, 1/2-076069 Quantity: 5 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). 4 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1915

From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives

Reference: 1/4-039135-G

Description: View of the Emden, the German ship sunk off the Cocos Islands by HMAS Sydney in 1914. This image is a copy negative made by Albert Percy Godber from an issue of the London illustrated newspaper "The Sphere" (either January or February 2, 1915). Partial inscription visible which reads "The Sphere ... uary 2, 1915. Off the Cocos Keeling islands. A view of the 'Emden'". The photographer is unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.25 x 3.25 inches

Date: 1914-1916

By: Burnett, Eric Arnold, 1891-1960

Reference: MS-Group-1701

Description: Diary of Gallipoli and convalescence in Egypt, 1915; letters to parents on voyage, from Gallipoli and Cairo, and also from France, May to Jun 1916 Source of title - Supplied Gunner Burnett sailed to the Middle East with Field Artillery in Oct 1914 Quantity: 4 folder(s). 0.04 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph, typescript, printed matter and photographs

Date: 1914 - 1918

Reference: Curios-024-b-010

Description: A white damask table-napkin from the ship Emden The Emden, a German ship, was sunk off the Cocos Islands, November 1914, as a result of action by HMAS Sydney. Quantity: 1 curio(s). Physical Description: Damask

Date: 6 Aug-10 Nov 1914

From: Malone, William George (Lieutenant-Colonel), 1859-1915 : Diaries and letters

Reference: MSX-2541

Description: Diary begins with Malone offering his services to the NZ Defence Department. Offer accepted to command Wellington Infantry Regiment. Details winding up business and family matters then attending training at Awapuni Camp. Troops entrained to Wellington. Organising Regiment for embarkation aboard the `Arawa'. Continues with descriptions of shipboard life for the troops and his own recovery from a bout of influenza. Notes the death of a soldier aboard the `Ruapehu' who is buried at sea. Transport calls in at Hobart and Albany. Malone on shore leave at Albany 28 Oct 1914. Ends 10 Nov 1914 with comments on the sinking of the German ship `Emden' at Cocos Islands. Publication - Published as No better death: the great war diaries and letters of William G Malone : edited by John Crawford with Peter Cooke. (Auckland : Reed Books, 2005) Quantity: 1 volume(s) (102 leaves). Physical Description: Holograph, carbon copy pages (21.5 cm, manifold book) Includes ink sketches of troopships and the port at Albany. Processing information: Part of WW100 digitisation project. Digitisation details - 112 digitised images

Date: [1914-1919]

From: Malone family :Photographs relating to William George Malone

Reference: PADL-000383

Description: Includes a photograph of Lieutenant Hass off SMS Emden and a Major B? on the deck of a ship, and ships at Aden, Yemen. Arrangement: These files were originally delivered to the library within a folder called "4. Aden" Quantity: 2 electronic scan(s) of prints.

Date: 1914-1915

By: Constance, John Edward, 1894-1915

Reference: MSX-2845

Description: Diary covers the period 20 Aug 1914 to 15 Aug 1915 and provides a detailed day-by-day description of Private Constance's activities. Details joining the Army on 20 Aug 1914, training at Addington and travelling to Wellington for embarkation on 16 Oct 1915. Recorded his vote for the 1914 New Zealand general election. Sailed aboard the `Tahiti' with the Canterbury Infantry Battalion. Comments on shipboard life, sea sickness, rifle exercises, general drills, fatigue duties and tug-of-war competitions between soldiers. Stopovers in Hobart and Albany. General Godfrey and staff tour the transport on 20 Oct 1915 in Albany. Notes sinking of the German Navy light cruiser `SMS Emden' by the Australian light cruiser `HMAS Sydney' in 9 Nov 1915. During stopover on 16 Nov 1915 in Colombo the `Tahiti' takes on board seven prisoners who served aboard the `SMS Emden'. Arrives Aden 25 Nov 1915 then continues onto Suez Canal. Comments on soldiers' disappointment on learning the troops were not continuing onto England but being deployed in Egypt instead. Disembarked 3 Dec 1915 at Alexandria and entrained to Cairo and then Zeitoun Camp. Constance updates daily on military drills, parades, inspections, marches and skirmishing practice in the desert. On leave he visits Cairo and the Pyramids with other soldiers. Marched with the whole of the New Zealand Divisional Brigade through the streets of Cairo. Comments on being paid in shillings and writing letters home. 26 Jan 1915 leaves Zeitoun Camp for the camp at Ismailia. Company relieves troops at El Ferdan to repel a possible Turkish attack on Suez Canal. Comments on number of Turkish prisoners taken on his return to Ismailia, and then back to Zeitoun Camp. On 16 Mar 1915 the troops were inspected by Sir Arthur Henry McMahon, High Commissioner in Egypt. Ten days later Constance notes that his false teeth are broken after chewing tough beef. On Good Friday, 2 Apr 1915 Constance is in Cairo and witnesses the riot in the Ezbekieh Quarter between local Egyptians and Allied troops, comments on the drunks and arrested men. Entrains to Alexandria on 10 Apr 1915 and sails on the transport `Lutzow' with the Canterbury Battalion to the port of Mudros on the Mediterranean island of Lemnos. At anchor in the harbour with daily trips to the island for marching practice, training and leave. 24 Apr 1915 transport heads to the Gallipoli Peninsula lead by the British dreadnought battleship `HMS Queen Elizabeth'. 11.00am on 25 Apr 1915 leaves the `Lutzow' landing on the Gallipoli Peninsula and straight into action. Records fighting up on the firing line. Constance continues to record his daily life of bombardments by the Turkish Army, sniper fire, manning the trenches, and coming off the front line to be relieved and take sleep wherever he could find it. 3 May 1915 writes that the men were being "slaughtered wholesale" and provides a detailed account of the New Zealand soldiers trying to retire from their position in the face of enemy fire. Following weeks settles into a routine of front line activity, fatigue duty at the beach, burying the dead and rest. 19 May 1915 Constance and his section are transported onto the HMS Reindeer and sailed a couple of miles along the coast, they come ashore once more and commence the digging of trenches. Returned to original bivouac on 22 May 1915. Notes the sinking of the `HMS Triumph' on 25 May 1915. 4 Jun 1915 Canterbury Infantry raided from Quinn's Post, next day a sortie against the enemy at German Officers' Trench opposite Courtney's Post. 15 Jun 1915 Constance competes in a bomb throwing competition. Constance's Company travel to Mudros for rest on 15 Jul 1915. Comments on the men being sick "as they had eaten too many luxuries". Returns to Anzac Cove and duty on Walker's Ridge. Involved in the heavy fighting during the first week of Aug 1915. Last entry on 15 Aug 1915 as a party of Constance's Company advances beyond the trench lines to take a fort but are driven back and have to retire. Last page of diary has two quotes from history. Source of title - Provided by Library Relationship complexity - A portrait photograph of Constance has been digitised and is in the Photographic Archive (PAColl-10094) Private Constance left New Zealand with the Canterbury Infantry Battalion in Oct 1914. Trained in Egypt. Fought at Gallipoli, wounded late August 1915, died 2 Sep 1915 in a hospital in Alexandria. Serial Number: 6/1223A. Quantity: 1 volume(s) (68 leaves). Physical Description: Holograph (9 x 14 cm, fawn case) Provenance: Donor is nephew of Constance Processing information: Part of WW100 digitisation project. Digitisation details - 114 digitised images

Date: 10 Nov-6 Dec 1914

From: Malone, William George (Lieutenant-Colonel), 1859-1915 : Diaries and letters

Reference: MSX-2542

Description: Diary continues on directly from MSX-2541 with Malone discussing the sinking of the `Emden'. Describes very hot weather conditions and the effect on his soldiers. Gives a lecture to the men on military tactics. Comments on the suitability of some soldiers to their appointed ranks, his dislike of some onboard sporting competitions and crossing the Equator. Arrive Colombo 15 Nov 1914 and Malone provides a detailed account of vessels in harbour. Two day stop-over. Continues to detail shipboard life until the `Arawa' arrives in Aden on 25 Nov 1914, then onto Suez and Alexandria. Ends 6 Dec 1914 as Regiment prepares to leave Alexandria for Zeitoun. Publication - Published as No better death: the great war diaries and letters of William G Malone : edited by John Crawford with Peter Cooke. (Auckland : Reed Books, 2005) Quantity: 1 volume(s) (102 leaves). Physical Description: Holograph, carbon copy pages (21.5 cm, manifold book) Includes ink drawings throughout diary. Page 80 in diary, includes sketch of disc "NZ. MIL. Forces." Processing information: Part of WW100 digitisation project. Digitisation details - 114 digitised images