OPENING OF DESERT MOUNTED CORPS MEMORIAL,MT CLARENCE ALBANY, 1964

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1964

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Overview

Colour 35mm slide of the then prime minister of Australia Bob Menzies delivering an address to the crowd at the opening of the Desert Mounted Corps Memorial in Albany on October the 11th 1964.

Historical information

The one and half times life sise bronze statue that forms the subject of the monument is believed based on an incident during the battle for Rafa in the vicinity of El Arish Egypt in 1917 and shows an unknown Australian Light Horseman going to the aid of a New Zealand Mounted Riflemen who is posed standing to defending his wounded horse.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-51-P2009.392b

Item type

Photographs

Year

1964

Links to additional resources

Alternate view same day: [collectionswa.net.au]

Last modified

Thursday, 5 March, 2026

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