Studio portrait of 108 Sergeant (Sgt) Ronald Swan Edgar, 10th Australian Light Horse Regiment. A ...

Accession Number H06065
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

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Description

Studio portrait of 108 Sergeant (Sgt) Ronald Swan Edgar, 10th Australian Light Horse Regiment. A stockman from Mornington, Vic prior to enlistment, Sgt Edgar embarked with the rank of Private (Pte) with A Squadron from Fremantle on HMAT Mashobra on 8 February 1915. Later promoted to Sergeant, he was killed in action on 19 April 1917 and was buried in the Gaza War Cemetery. .