Autographed studio portrait of Captain (Capt) Frank Hardy Phillips, 4th Australian Light Horse ...

Accession Number P11657.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Digital file
Maker T Humphrey And Co
Place made Australia: Victoria, Melbourne
Date made c 1919
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Autographed studio portrait of Captain (Capt) Frank Hardy Phillips, 4th Australian Light Horse Regiment. Capt Phillips embarked with the unit from Melbourne aboard HMAT Wiltshire (A18) on 19 October 1914. He was awarded the Military Cross for exceptional gallantry and devotion to duty for his actions on the 30 September 1918 in Dammascus. Phillips survived the war and was discharged on 23 September 1919.