Informal portrait of 324 Private (Pte) James George Brown (second from left), and a number of his ...

Accession Number P04990.003
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Place made Egypt
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

Informal portrait of 324 Private (Pte) James George Brown (second from left), and a number of his comrades of the 1st Remount Unit, holding horses. Prior to enlistment on 18 September 1915, Brown was a horse-breaker of South Melbourne, Vic. He embarked from Melbourne aboard HMAT Orsova on 12 November 1915. He was later promoted to sergeant and returned to Australia on 26 July 1919.