| Accession Number | P05566.021 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white - Print silver gelatin |
| Maker |
Hummerston, Richard Goldsmith |
| Place made | Egypt |
| Date made | 1917 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
Collection of 1328 Private Richard Goldsmith Hummerston, 10th Light Horse Regiment and 3rd Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Section.
Description
Two unidentified troopers standing near a series of graves in the desert. The original caption reads “All Light Horse boys killed in action December 23rd 1916 and January 9th 1917 at Maghdaba and Rafa.” One of the graves belongs to 2367 Trooper Neil Hamilton McBride, 3rd Australian Battalion Imperial Camel Corps from Cobar, NSW who died of wounds on 12th January 1917. He was later re-interred in the Kantara War Memorial Cemetery, Suez Canal, Egypt. This image is from the collection of 1328 Private Richard Goldsmith Hummerston, 10th Light Horse Regiment and 3rd Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Section.