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Studio portrait of 1182 Trooper Duncan Mark Maclaren, 10th Light Horse Regiment from Adelaide, South Australia. A 20 year old farm hand prior to enlisting on 14 May 1915, he embarked for overseas service with the 8th Reinforcements from Fremantle, Western Australia aboard HMAS Anchises (A68) on 2 September 1915. After disembarking in Egypt, he served at Gallipoli from 13 November to 26 December 1915. While serving in Egypt, Trooper Maclaren died on 6 August 1916 of wounds received the previous day in Romani and is buried in the Kantara War Memorial Cemetery, Suez Canal, Egypt. His brother, 2855 Private Ernest Henry Lea MacLaren, 27th Battalion was killed in action on 4 August 1916 in France. [See image H06657.]
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Colour: Black & white
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