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First World War Black and White Photograph 3rd Light Horse Brigade Horses

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1915 - 1919

Overview

A small black and white photograph showing a large group of horses taken from behind. All are wearing saddles and carrying equipment. At the front of the group a small number of mounted troopers can be seen. The reverse of the image has the proforma printing of part of a postcard and an inscription describing the image. The photograph has a small border and is in good condition, although there are 3 separate marks on the reverse that appear to be from a liquid and some of the ink notation is smeared.

Historical information

The 3rd Light Horse Brigade [Australian Mounted Division] was formed in Australia, October 1914. It was attached to New Zealand and Australian Division December from 1914 – April 1915 and then assigned to Anzac Mounted Division in March 1916. The Brigade was attached to British Imperial Mounted Division in February 1917 and assigned to the Australian Mounted Division in June 1917.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-12-2022.1.65

Item type

Photographs

Themes

War and Conflict > World War 1

Material

Photo Paper

Width

88 mm

Height or length

65 mm

Inscriptions and markings

On the reverse in machine printing “CARD / ADDRESS ONLY”, written in pen “Horses Belonging to / 3rd Brigade”.

Contextual information

The 3rd Brigade consisted of 8th Light Horse Regiment October 1914 to past November 1918, 9th Light Horse Regiment October 1914 to past November 1918, 10th Light Horse Regiment October 1914 to past November 1918, 3rd Machine Gun Squadron 3 January 1917 to past November 1918, and 3rd Signal Troop October 1914 to past November 1918.

Keywords

First World War

3rd Light Horse Brigade

Australian Light Horse Regiment

Place made

Egypt

Year

1915 - 1919

Primary significance criteria

Historic significance

Comparative significance criteria

Interpretive capacity