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Photograph P00182.025 First World War, 1914-1918EGYPT, C.1915. LIGHT HORSE GROUP RESTING. THE SHORT RIFLE BUCKETS ON THE SADDLES SHOW THAT THESE MEN ARE FROM ONE OF THE EARLY CONTINGENTS. (DONOR: JOAN THOMAS).

The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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. LIGHT HORSE GROUP RESTING. THE SHORT RIFLE BUCKETS ON THE SADDLES SHOW THAT THESE MEN ARE FROM ONE OF THE EARLY CONTINGENTS. (DONOR: JOAN THOMAS).

EGYPT, C.1915. TWO AUSTRALIAN LIGHT HORSEMEN POSE ON THEIR HORSES. THESE MEN ARE FROM AN EARLY CONTINGENT AND HAVE NOT BEEN FULLY EQUIPPED. THE RIDER ON THE LEFT IS NOT WEARING SPURS AND THEY APPEAR T

EGYPT, C.1915. A GROUP OF LIGHT HORSE FROM ONE OF THE EARLY CONTINGENTS WITH THEIR HORSES. THIS UNIT HAS NOT YET BEEN ISSUED WITH MILITARY BITS FOR THEIR BRIDLES. (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).

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

EGYPT, C.1915. LIGHT HORSE TROOPERS AT TARGET PRACTICE. (DONOR: JOAN THOMAS).
