Group portrait of Sergeants of A Squadron, 1st Australian Light Horse Regiment, prior to ...

Accession Number P12049.009
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker Nada Studios
Place made Australia: New South Wales, Sydney
Date made 1914
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Group portrait of Sergeants of A Squadron, 1st Australian Light Horse Regiment, prior to embarking for overseas service. Left to right, back row, is: 85 Sergeant (Sgt) George Edmund Shepherd, killed in action on 21 December 1916; 195 Sgt Charles William Gibson, killed in action on 7 August 1915; 129 Sgt William Clifford Jones; 183 Sgt John Harold McGregor, killed in action on 7 August 1915, and 84 Sgt Francis Henry Robinson. Middle row: Sgt Wisker, probably 87 Sgt Reginald Robert Wisken; 83 Sgt Harold Younger Kerr, killed in action on 7 August 1915; 81 Staff Sergeant Major William Hopkin James and 222 Farrier Sergeant John Joseph McSweeney. Front row: 83 Squadron Quartermaster Sergeant (SQMS) William Henry McKeown and 86 Sgt Vernon Beaumont Stephen.