Accession Number | P07051.002 |
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Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Colour - Toned black & white print |
Maker |
Unknown |
Place made | Australia: New South Wales, Wagga Wagga |
Date made | c1939 |
Conflict |
Period 1930-1939 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
Informal group portrait of members of the 21st Light Horse Regiment (Riverina Horse) on parade ...
Description
Informal group portrait of members of the 21st Light Horse Regiment (Riverina Horse) on parade at the Wagga Wagga Showgrounds. 66218 Trooper Clive Charles Swaysland (later NX16332 Corporal C S Swaysland 2/13th Battalion) is second from right. His younger brother 66219 Trooper Ronald Keith Swaysland is third from the right. The other men are unidentified. After serving with the 2/13th Battalion in the Middle East during the Second World War, Corporal Swaysland was killed in action 28 September 1943 at Finschhafen, New Guinea.