Informal portrait of 49 Trooper (Tpr) Malcolm St John Lamb, 1st Battalion, Australian ...

Accession Number P07997.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Film copy negative
Maker Unknown
Place made South Africa
Date made 1902
Conflict South Africa, 1899-1902 (Boer War)
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Informal portrait of 49 Trooper (Tpr) Malcolm St John Lamb, 1st Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse, on horseback in South Africa. He enlisted on 15 January 1902, and embarked from Sydney on the SS Custodian on 18 February 1902 with A Squadron. He returned to Australia on 11 August 1902. He later served in the First World War, attaining the rank of Lieutenant Colonel and commanding the 34th Battalion.

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