P00037.002 Accession Number: P00037.002

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. (Donor P. Emery)

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Accession Number
P00037.002
Photographer
Unknown
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Film copy negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
November 1915
Place Made
Cairo
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Donor: P Emery
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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