Studio portrait of the three McClymont brothers from Inverell, NSW. Sitting on the left is Cecil ...

Studio portrait of the three McClymont brothers from Inverell, NSW. Sitting on the left is Cecil James McClymont, sitting on the right is Alexander Thomas McClymont, and sitting on the ground between his brothers is Norman Strang McClymont. The three brothers are all wearing the 1914 pattern jacket over breeches, leggings and spurs typically worn by members of light horse units. The puggarees on the slouch hats all have a white fold indicating the wearer belonged to a light horse unit.
266 Private (Pte) Cecil McClymont enlisted in 12th Light Horse Regiment (12LHR) on 27 January 1915. He was promoted to Corporal before his unit embarked on board HMAT Suevic (A29) in Sydney bound for Egypt. When the 12LHR arrived in Egypt they were quickly broken up and despatched to Gallipoli to reinforce the other light horse regiments. Cpl McClymont and the rest of the soldiers in B Squadron were absorbed into the 7th Light Horse Regiment (7LHR) on Gallipoli. While serving on Gallipoli he was appointed as the 7LHR supply and provisioning sergeant and promoted to Sergeant on 4 December 1915. Sergeant (Sgt) McClymont arrived back in Alexandria from Gallipoli on 26 December 1915. Sgt McClymont re-joined the 12LHR at the Oasis Camp at Heliopolis on 21 February 1916. On 31 March 1917 he was transferred to hospital, diagnosed with nervous dyspepsia. Over the next months he was moved from one hospital to another until he was diagnosed with chronic nervous dyspepsia and finally on 15 November 1917 he embarked on HMAT Wiltshire (A18) and returned to Australia. Sgt Cecil McClymont was discharged medically unfit on 26 January 1918.
1564 Pte Alexander Thomas McClymont enlisted in the AIF on 1 August 1915 and joined the 12th Reinforcements to the 1st Light Horse Regiment (1LHR). Pte Alexander McClymont was taken on strength at the 1LHR in Egypt on 1 March 1916, transferred to the 12LHR on 3 April 1916 and then to the 4th Light Horse Regiment (4LHR) on 24 February 1917 and then back to the 12LHR on 8 March 1917. Pte Alexander McClymont was killed in action during the charge at Beersheba on 31 October 1917. He was 22 years old. Pte Alexander McClymont is buried in the Beersheba War Cemetery.
3189 Pte Norman Strang McClymont enlisted in the AIF on 14 February 1917 with the consent of his father as he was only 20 years old. He joined the 25th Reinforcements to the 7th Light Horse Regiment (7LHR) and sailed from Melbourne on board HMAT Boorara (A42) on 10 May 1917 bound for Egypt. He was hospitalised on arrival in Egypt with the mumps and after discharge from hospital he joined his brother Alexander in the 12LHR on 30 July 1917. Pte Norman McClymont survived the war and returned to Australia on 4 March 1919.