Cavanagh, John (Trooper, b.1880)

Place Middle East: Ottoman Empire, Palestine
Accession Number PR82/043
Collection type Private Record
Record type Collection
Measurement 1 wallet: 1cm
Object type Papers
Maker Cavanagh, John
Date made c 1982
Access Open
Related File This file can be copied or viewed via the Memorial’s Reading Room. AWM315 419/018/024
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copying Provisions Copyright restrictions apply. Only personal, non-commercial, research and study use permitted. Permission of copyright holder required for any commercial use and/or reproduction.
Description

Collection relating to the First World War service of 2264 Trooper John Cavanagh, 8th Light Horse Regiment, AIF. Consists of a typed account of Trooper Cavanagh's service with the 8th Light Horse Regiment between January 1916 and July 1919. The account runs from his embarkation, his training as part of the 3rd Light Horse Training Regiment, his move to the 8th Light Horse Regiment and the actions he was involved in, hospitalisation, return to the 3rd Light Horse Regiment, and his later return to Australia.