The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Turkish Barracks and the Baghdad Railway from the city of Aleppo.
Thomas Henry Ivers - No.5259, Sapper, 2nd Light Horse Signal Troop - 11 to 17 Reinforcements (October 1915 - April 1916), was born in November 1889 in Petersham, NSW. He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force in August 1915, where his occupation was listed as an artist. He embarked from Melbourne in January 1916 on HMAT Africa. Ivers was ranked as a Sapper in the 2nd Light Horse Signal Troop in the 11 to 17 Reinforcements. He eventually obtained the rank of Sergeant in the 1st Light Horse Signal Troop and was employed as a map maker for the War Records Section in Palestine. During his time in the Middle East, Ivers met George Lambert, the official war artist, who was on assignment to document significant Australian battles. From September 1919 to February 1920 Ivers was granted leave to assist Lambert with his commissions in London. Ivers helped with the background landscape of paintings and he is the sitter in Lambert's iconic Sergeant of the Light Horse (1920), currently in the National Gallery of Victoria collection. Ivers returned to Australia on HMAT Ceramic in May 1920 and was discharged from the AIF in June 1920.
The road to Jericho over the Mount of Olives. Thomas Henry Ivers - No.5259, Sapper, 2nd Light Horse Signal Troop - 11 to 17 Reinforcements (October 1915 - April 1916), was born in November 1889 in Pe
Saba Redoubt and the Wadi approach to it. Thomas Henry Ivers - No.5259, Sapper, 2nd Light Horse Signal Troop - 11 to 17 Reinforcements (October 1915 - April 1916), was born in November 1889 in Petersh
Depicts a horse standing with a saddle on him. Thomas Henry Ivers (1889- 1940) served as a Sapper with the 2nd Light Horse Signal Troop, 11 to 17 Reinforcements (October 1915 - April 1916). He eventua
Depicts a panoramic view across fields and hills, with barley fields in the foreground and sand hills in the background. Otho Hewett (1887- 1942) served with the 9th Light Horse Regiment and 3rd Light
Depicts Private George Shelton Lambert, a groom with 11th Light Horse Regiment, holding a troop horse. Despite the artist's title, 'A favourite charger' [i.e. officer's horse], this horse wears the di
Recto: artist notes written during Lambert's time in Palestine with the 2nd Light Horse. It lists the names of places including Romani, Magdhaba Raafa and Beersheba as well as gives a description of