Studio portrait of 2436 Private (Pte) Harry C Murray, 11th Light Horse Regiment. Pte Murray of ...

Accession Number P00889.004
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Film copy negative
Maker Unknown
Date made c 1917
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Studio portrait of 2436 Private (Pte) Harry C Murray, 11th Light Horse Regiment. Pte Murray of Taroom, Qld, worked as a stock and station hand prior to enlisting on 2 June 1917. He embarked for service overseas with the 11th Light Horse Regiment, 20th Reinforcements aboard HMAT Ulysses (A38) from Sydney on 19 December 1917. After undergoing training at the Australian Light Horse Remount Unit at Moascar, Pte Murray joined the 11th Light Horse Regiment at Belah, Palestine, on 9 March 1918. He returned to Australia on 20 July 1919.