The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
PROBABLY EGYPT, C.1915. A SOLDIER ROUGH RIDING A HEAVY TRANSPORT HORSE. UNTIL A SPECIAL REMOUNT UNIT ARRIVED LATE IN 1915 MUCH OF THE ROUGH WORK WAS DONE BY SOLDIERS IN THE VARIOUS REGIMENTS. AT THAT STAGE EVEN HEAVY DRAUGHT HORSES HAD TO BE BROKEN TO THE SADDLE. (DONOR: JOAN THOMAS).
MARIBYRNONG, VIC. 1943-04-12. HORSE BREAKING AT NO. 5 AUSTRALIAN REMOUNT SQUADRON. BREAKING IN PACK HORSES. A PACK HORSE IS BROKEN IN THE SAME MANNER AS A SADDLE HORSE AND THEN FITTED WITH PACK SADDLE
EGYPT, C.1915. A LIGHT HORSEMAN POSES WITH HIS HORSE. THE SADDLE IS NOT PACKED FOR MILITARY OPERATIONS AND ONLY CARRIES A SHOE CASE. THE MAN IS NOT WEARING HIS BELT OR BAYONET AND THE PHOTO WAS PROBAB
EGYPT, C.1915. A GROUP OF LIGHT HORSE REINFORCEMENTS. THESE MEN DO NOT HAVE HORSES AT THIS STAGE AND ARE CARRYING BLANKETS THAT NORMALLY ARE CARRIED ON THE HORSE. (DONOR: JOAN THOMAS).
EGYPT, C.1915. SOLDIERS WITH HORSES. RUGS HAVE BEEN REMOVED SO THAT THE ANIMALS CAN BE INSPECTED. THEY ARE PROBABLY NEWLY ARRIVED REMOUNTS. (DONOR: JOAN THOMAS).
Private 1433 Herbert Grey Jay, 2nd Remount Unit riding a buck jumping horse during a demonstration of horsemanship for civil and military authorities. The photograph is in an album complied by 2492 Pr
HELIOPOLIS, EGYPT. 2008 TROOPER JOHN COTT OF QLD (2ND REMOUNT UNIT) RIDING A BUCK JUMPING HORSE ON THE RACECOURSE. THE PHOTOGRAPH IS IN AN ALBUM COMPILED BY 2492 PRIVATE JAMES (JIM) BILLINGTON OF THE
