First World War Black and White Postcard of Sergeant Frederick Ernest BRUCE 243
c. 1914 - 1918A black and white photographic postcard depicting Sergeant Frederick Ernest BRUCE 243 sitting on a horse lying on the ground. He is looking at the camera, dressed in his 10th Light Horse uniform, wearing a slouch hat and holding the horse reins in his left hand. The horse is dark in colour with a white muzzle and white lower parts of the hind legs. The background to the photograph shows bare earth. The reverse of the post card has proforma printing. There are several stains on the front and back, and evidence of a fold, but the card is complete.
This postcard depicts Sergeant Frederick Ernest BRUCE 243. Frederick came from Cossack in the north of Western Australia and enlisted on 4 November 1914. He joined 10th Light Horse Regiment as a Private and his unit sailed from Fremantle aboard the HMAT A47 Mashobra on 17 February 1915. Frederick (Ernie) served as part of the 3rd Aust Machine Gun Squadron at Gallipoli and then in Palestine. He was promoted to Sergeant in January 1918 and returned to Australia on 10 July 1919. Frederick died in 1955 aged 66 and is buried in Perth.
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Reverse “POST CARD / CORRESPONDENCE ADDRESS ONLY / AUSTRAL KODAK AUSTRAL / KODAK”
Australian soldiers also had their own photographs turned into postcards to send home to family and friends. These photographic postcards were also often traded amongst soldiers as mementoes of friendship.
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