Collection of 1328 Private Richard Goldsmith Hummerston, 10th Light Horse Regiment and 3rd Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Section.

Accession Number P05566.005
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker Hummerston, Richard Goldsmith
Place made Egypt
Date made c 1916
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Outdoor portrait of a group of troopers standing at the edge of a trench in the desert. Identified from left to right are: Laren, possibly 1613 Private (Pte) Arthur Henry Larsen from Perth, Western Australia; Lieutenant Reg McCallum, probably Lt Reginald William Mac Callum from Melbourne, Victoria; Sergeant Connolly, probably 245 Sergeant George Joseph Connolly from Walkaway, Western Australia (later awarded a Distinguished Conduct Medal); unknown [illegible]; Captain James Jacob Rodsted from Bunbury, Western Australia (died of wounds in Egypt on 6 November 1917); Newton, possibly 3427 William Isaac Newton from East Kalgoorlie, Western Australia (later awarded a Military Medal); Markin [not further identified]; Leening [not further identified]; 1330 Trooper Charles David Frederick Jones from Wells, Western Australia (killed in action in Egypt on 23 December 1916). This image is from the collection of 1328 Private Richard Goldsmith Hummerston, 10th Light Horse Regiment and 3rd Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Section.