Portrait of Lieutenant Edward Costello, 11th Light Horse, on horseback.

Accession Number P02883.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white, Portrait
Physical description Black & white, Portrait
Place made Australia: New South Wales, Sydney, Moore Park
Date made c 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

Informal portrait of Lieutenant E. Costello, 11th Light Horse, astride a horse at Moore Park. On 25 September 1918, Major Costello DSO, a squadron commander, led his men to victory in a hand to hand battle with the Turks and Germans at a railway station in Semakh.

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