The wedding party at the double wedding of two members of the 11th Light Horse Regiment outside ...

The wedding party at the double wedding of two members of the 11th Light Horse Regiment outside St Lukes Church of England. Left to right: 2433 Trooper (Tpr) James Lingwoodock, a Kanak from Gin Gin, Qld, Mrs Daisy Lingwoodock (nee Roberts), unidentified, 2429 Tpr John Geary, an Aboriginal serviceman from Bundaberg, Qld, The Reverend W P B Miles; and Mrs Alice Geary (nee Bond). Both men enlisted in the 11th Light Horse Regiment and embarked for service overseas with the 20th Reinforcements aboard HMAT Ulysses (A38) from Sydney on 19 December 1917. Tpr Geary was wounded in action in Palestine on 7 May 1918 and was reported as dangerously ill with a gunshot wound to the head and remained on the dangerously ill list until 10 June 1917. After hospitalisation in Egypt he was repatriated to Australia sailing from Port Said on board the Port Darwin on 11 July 1918. Tpr Geary was discharged from the AIF in Brisbane on 4 September 1918. Tpr Lingwoodock served with the 11th Light Horse Regiment in the Palestine until his return to Australia in December 1919. Tpr Lingwoodock was the son of a Solomon Islander Jim Tabby who was captured by Blackbirders to work on Queensland cane farms. His original name was Lingwoodock Tabby.
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