Summary
One of 49 photographs in an album from World War I likely to have been taken by Troop (later Lieutenant) G.S. Millar depicting the Light Horse camp in Egypt, 1915, prior to Gallipoli.
Image depicting Lieutenant Hanley who is standing (apparently deceased by the time the inscirption was written) along Captian Cameron who is mounted. Behind these two officers there are other servicemen who are arranged in what looks to be a battle formation.
Lieutenant John Matthew Hanley (actually 'Hanly') enlisted on September 20, 1914 and was assigned to the 5th Light Horse Regiment, C Squadron. Lieutenant Hanly was killed in action at Gallipoli on June 6, 1915. He has no known grave but is commemorated on Panel 3 at the Lone Pine Cemetery. Captain Donald Charles Cameron enlisted on September 30, 1914 and was assigned to the 5th Light Horse Regiment, C Squadron. He returned to Australia on June 27, 1919 as a Lieutenant Colonel.
Description of Content
Image depicting a desert scene. In the foreground there are two servicemen, one who is standing and the other mounted, who are both looking away from the camera towards the other servicemen in the background who appear to be arranged in a battle formation.
Physical Description
Monochrome photograph in red, cloth-bound photograph album.
More Information
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Collection Names
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Collecting Areas
Arms, Images & Image Making, Public Life & Institutions, Sustainable Futures
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Place & Date Depicted
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Person Depicted
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Person Depicted
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Photographer
Lieutenant George S. Millar - Australian Imperial Force (AIF), Maadi, Egypt, 1915
Likely to have been taken by Troop (later Lieutenant) G.S. Millar -
Individuals Identified
MILLAR, G. S. (LT.)
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Format
Photograph, Monochrome
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Inscriptions
Hand-written in pencil on the support next to the upper left corner of the photograph: 'b' Typed in blue ink on the support underneath the photograph: 'Skirmishing. (late) Lieut. Hanley / standing - Capt. Cameron mounted.'
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Type of item
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Image Dimensions - Photograph
87 mm (Width), 61 mm (Height)
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Image Dimensions - Photograph album page
251 (Width), 200 (Height)
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Image Dimensions - Photograph
82 mm (Width), 57 mm (Height)
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Keywords
Australian Army, Australian Military Forces, Horses, Militaria: Australian, Military Memorabilia, Portraits, Wars & Conflicts, World War I, 1914-1918
