Studio portrait of 542 Trooper Archibald Herbert Moreton, 8th Light Horse Regiment from Geelong, ...

Accession Number H06268
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Date made 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

Studio portrait of 542 Trooper Archibald Herbert Moreton, 8th Light Horse Regiment from Geelong, Victoria. A 21 year old farmer prior to enlisting on 11 January 1915, he embarked for overseas with C Squadron from Melbourne on 25 February 1915 aboard HMAT Star of Victoria. After joining the regiment at Gallipoli, he was killed in action at the Nek on 7 August 1915 and is buried in the Ari Burnu Cemetery, Gallipoli, Turkey.