Collection of 1328 Private Richard Goldsmith Hummerston, 10th Light Horse Regiment and 3rd Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Section.

Accession Number P05566.022
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker Hummerston, Richard Goldsmith
Place made Egypt: Frontier, Sinai
Date made 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

An unidentified Arab boy standing outside a tent. The original caption reads “The first YMCA tent in the Sinai actually on the front-lines. Duty Boy holding the flag was the 10th Regiment mascot, but got too cheeky and was consequently returned to his Arab parents.” This image is from the collection of 1328 Private Richard Goldsmith Hummerston, 10th Light Horse Regiment and 3rd Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Section.