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 the C Squadron mounted and in formation out in the desert.
Description of Content
Image depicting a large group of mounted servicemen in formation out in the desert.
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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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 top left corner of the photograph: 'd' Hand-written in black ink on the support underneath the photograph and obscured by another inscription: 'L(obscured); y' Hand-written in blue ink on the support underneath the photograph and placed over an earlier inscription: '"C" Squardon / in the Desert / Maadi'
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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 mm (Width), 200 mm (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
