Fanning Island. September 1914. Buildings of the Pacific Cable Board on Fanning Island. On the left is the office, bachelor's quarters in the centre and the superintendant's house on the right. On ..

Fanning Island. 7 September 1914. Part of the interior of the office of the Pacific Cable Board on Fanning Island showing a badly damaged condenser box, cable recorder and test board. German ..

Honolulu, Hawaii. c. 1914. The German ship, Nurnberg, in Honolulu Harbour before war was declared. The Nurnberg was a coal burning light cruiser built in 1908 and could travel at a top speed of ..

Fanning Island. A postcard showing a beach on Fanning Island, which was a small island south of the Hawaiian Islands and was the only relay station between Vancouver Island, British Columbia and ..

Fanning Island. 7 September 1914. Staff of the Pacific Cable Board and some German Marines from the German ship Nurnberg standing on the beach of Fanning Island, after the communications cable had ..

Fanning Island. 7 September 1914. The interior of the Engine Room of the Pacific Cable Board on Fanning Island after it had been destroyed by German Marines from the Nurnberg. The Nurnberg ..

Fanning Island. 7 September 1914. The collier ship that attended the Nurnberg as they sailed into the harbour at Fanning Island, both flying the French flag. The Nurnberg was sent to Fanning Island ..

Fanning Island. A postcard showing the Station Buildings of the Pacific Cable Board on Fanning Island. On the left is the electrician's house, the large office building in the centre next to the ..

Fanning Island. 7 September 1914. One of the least damaged cable instruments in the Engine Room of the Pacific Cable Board on Fanning Island after German Marines tried to destroy the instruments ..

Fanning Island. 7 September 1914. Some of the more delicate instruments in the Engine Room of the Pacific Cable Board on Fanning Island after German Marines tried to destroy them with axes. The ..

TARAWA ISLAND, GILBERT AND ELLICE ISLAND GROUP. 1945-09-27. BRIGADIER J.R. STEVENSON (1), LIEUTENANT COMMANDER M. ROSE (2), AND COLONEL V. FOX-STRANGWAYS (3) INSPECTING THE MEMORIAL TO 22 BRITISH ..

TARAWA ISLAND, GILBERT AND ELLICE ISLAND GROUP. 1945-09-27. RESIDENT COMMISSIONER, COLONEL V. FOX-STRANGWAYS SHOWS BRIGADIER J.T. STEVENSON AND LIEUTENANT COMMANDER M. ROSE ONE OF THE 8" NAVAL GUNS ..