| Accession Number | P07058.001 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white - Print silver gelatin |
| Maker |
Unknown |
| Date made | 1917 - 1918 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
Informal portrait of Lieutenant (Lt) Frank Raymond Massie, 12th Light Horse Regiment, of Trangie, ...
Description
Informal portrait of Lieutenant (Lt) Frank Raymond Massie, 12th Light Horse Regiment, of Trangie, NSW, with his horse. Lt Massie, a station manager before enlisting on 23 November 1914, embarked from Sydney on HMAT Suevic as Squadron Quartermaster Sergeant with B Squadron on 15 June 1915. On 29 August 1915 he was transferred to 7th Light Horse Regiment. He returned to On 13 June 1916 he was promoted to Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant. On 1 January 1917 he was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, becoming Lieutenant on 2 April 1917. He died of malaria on 15 October 1918 at the English Hospital, Damascus. On 22 January 1919 he was mentioned in despatches for his actions on 1 May 1918, when he had worked under fire to reorganise the positions of the units of his Brigade during the withdrawal from its position astride the Jisr ed Damieh to Es Salt road.