Cairo, Egypt. c. November 1915. Informal portrait of nine members of Ammunition Reserve, 4th ...

Accession Number P00037.002
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Film copy negative
Maker Unknown
Place made Egypt: Cairo
Date made November 1915
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Cairo, Egypt. c. November 1915. Informal portrait of nine members of Ammunition Reserve, 4th Light Horse Brigade, peering out from under a tent while leaning on kitbags which have been positioned towards the camera with the side bearing their identification. Left to right: 8888 Driver (Dvr) John Walter Hosking; 8922 Dvrr George Adam Matchett, killed in action 8 November 1916; 8812 Dvr Arthur Francis Bates; 8896 Lance Corporal Charles Edward Johnson; 8825 Sergeant Arthur Claydon Boxsell; 8929 Lionel Oscar McCrae, later awarded the Military Medal, killed in action 20 September 1917; 8923 Private Edward Loxley Meggitt; 8932 Dvr John (Jack) Oag (incorrectly recorded elsewhere as Ody) McKenzie; 8990 Private Arthur Wallace.