Accession Number | P05566.005 |
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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 This item is in the Public Domain |
Collection of 1328 Private Richard Goldsmith Hummerston, 10th Light Horse Regiment and 3rd Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Section.
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.