| Accession Number | P07222.001 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white - Print silver gelatin |
| Maker |
Unknown |
| Date made | 18 November 1915 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
Members of the 11th Battery, 4th Field Artillery Brigade (FAB), parade on horseback down Collins ...
Description
Members of the 11th Battery, 4th Field Artillery Brigade (FAB), parade on horseback down Collins Street, Melbourne, prior to embarkation for Egypt. The 4th FAB embarked from Melbourne on HMAT Wiltshire on 18 November 1915. Identified, riding the horse with white blaze and feed bag nearest to camera, is 6552 Gunner (Gnr) Cleveland Tidcombe Hazard, of Brighton, Vic. Gnr Hazard was a farmer before enlisting on 20 September 1915. He took the horse he is riding, 'Sam', with him to Egypt and then France, before it was fatally wounded by a piece of shrapnel while advancing guns through Bapaume on 2 April 1917. On 3 February 1917 Gnr Hazard was appointed Acting Bombardier. On 15 May 1917 he was wounded in the thigh, chest and neck, and he was returned to Australia on 19 October 1917.