Group portrait of regimental officers of the 7th Australian Light Horse Regiment (7ALH), ...

Accession Number B00149
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Glass original half plate negative
Maker Campbell, James Pinkerton
Place made Egypt: Suez Canal, Kantara
Date made c.25-26 November 1918
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Group portrait of regimental officers of the 7th Australian Light Horse Regiment (7ALH), preparatory to revisiting Gallipoli. Identified, front row, third from left, probably Major Luke Bice, and fourth from left is Lieutenant Colonel John Dalyell Richardson DSO Order of the Nile, 3rd Class, Commanding Officer. In late 1918, members of 7ALH were chosen to represent the regiment on a tour of the old battlefields of Gallipoli. The group, predominantly made up of Gallipoli veterans, disembarked on the peninsula on 4 December 1918.

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