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 Trooper G.S. Millar and his horse "The Outlaw" at Maadi camp. The Outlaw was a remount cast off. Remounts (commonly called "Walers" because of their origins in New South Wales) were horses bought by the Commonwealth from graziers and breeders. Many of these horses did not have names and it is therefore likely that it was Trooper Millar who gave his horse the name "The Outlaw." The men spent much of their spare time looking after their horses which strengthened the bond between the men and their mounts.

Trooper George Simpson Millar enlisted on October 1, 1914 and was assigned to the 5th Light Horse Regiment, C Squadron. In November 1915 Trooper Millar was granted a provisional discharge to take up a commission as a Second Lieutenant with the Royal Field Artillery, Special Reserve, Imperial Force. Millar served with the Royal Field Artillery for 2½ years before re-enlisting as a Lieutenant with the Australian Imperial Force in January 1918. He returned to Australia in December 1918.

There also appears to be a duplicate image included within the album that is stored behind this particular copy.

Description of Content

Image depicting a serviceman in his trousers and undershirt posing next to a horse that is wearing a fly veil and facing slightly off the the left. The serviceman is facing the camera. Other horses can be seen in the background along with another serviceman with his back to the camera and part of a horse's nose can be seen on the right edge of the image. A dark vertical line across the top of the image is surmounted by the ears of a horse wearing similar tack to the horse shown in the image.

Physical Description

Monochrome photograph in red, cloth-bound photograph album.

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