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Summary

Photograph album of Ross Smith, comprising photographs of the 3rd Light Horse Regiment at Weymouth Camp in England, and on active service in Egypt during the First World War. See below for details.

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Physical description

Photographs (prints)
black and white
1 album (96 photographs) : black and white ; 16 x 20.5 x 2.8 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1915-1916

Creator

Smith, Keith MacPherson

Collection

Part of Ross and Keith Smith Collection

Subject

Smith, Ross Macpherson, Sir, 1892-1922
Australia. Army. Australian Light Horse. 3rd Regiment.
Australia. Army. Light Horse Regiment, 3rd
Australia. Army. Light Horse Brigade, 1st
World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- Egypt.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Participation, Australian.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Horses.

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General notes

To view other photographs in this series do an ARCHIVAL NUMBER search on PRG 18/4.

Additional notes

PRG 18/4/21/1: Barracks at Weymouth Camp, England, covered in snow.
PRG 18/4/21/2: Australian troops in the snow, Weymouth Camp, England.
PRG 18/4/21/3: Australian troops in the snow, Weymouth Camp, England.
PRG 18/4/21/4: Australian troops in the snow, Weymouth Camp, England.
PRG 18/4/21/5: Australian troops in the snow at the barracks at Weymouth Camp, England.
PRG 18/4/21/6: Australian troops in the snow at the barracks at Weymouth Camp, England.
PRG 18/4/21/7: Australian troops in the snow at the barracks at Weymouth Camp, England.
PRG 18/4/21/8: View of limestone cliffs and a rocky landscape from the Isle of Portland, off the coast of Dorset, near Weymouth, England.
PRG 18/4/21/9: Australian troops standing by their tents at camp in Tel-El-Kebir, Egypt.
PRG 18/4/21/10: Australian troops standing by their tents at camp in Tel-El-Kebir, Egypt.
PRG 18/4/21/11: Australian Army camp at Tel-El-Kebir, Egypt.
PRG 18/4/21/12: Australian Army camp at Tel-El-Kebir, Egypt.
PRG 18/4/21/13: Landscape view of the city of Girga, Egypt.
PRG 18/4/21/14: View of tents and an army camp near the city of Girga, Egypt.
PRG 18/4/21/15: Australian Light Horse troops watering and bathing their horses in a river near Girga, Egypt.
PRG 18/4/21/16: Australian Light Horse troops watering and bathing their horses in a river near Girga, Egypt.
PRG 18/4/21/17: Australian Light Horse troops watering and bathing their horses in a river near Girga, Egypt.
PRG 18/4/21/18: View of a small sailing boat on the river near Girga, Egypt.
PRG 18/4/21/19: Man wading in the river near the city of Tel-El-Kebir, Egypt.
PRG 18/4/21/20: View of a cemetery at Tel-El-Kebir, Egypt.
PRG 18/4/21/21: View of Roman Ruins on the beach at Mahomedia, Tunisia.
PRG 18/4/21/22: View of Roman Ruins on the beach at Mahomedia, Tunisia.
PRG 18/4/21/23: View of the ruins of an old Roman Bath on the beach at Mahomedia, Tunisia.
PRG 18/4/21/24: Captain Alan Koeppen Wendt of the 3rd Light Horse Regiment, sitting on ruins at a beach near Mahomedia, Tunisia.
PRG 18/4/21/25: Tents in an Australian Army camp at Kantara (El Qantara), Egypt.
PRG 18/4/21/26: Australian troops and supplies by a steam train at the Army camp at Kantara (El Qantara), Egypt.
PRG 18/4/21/27: Australian troops by a steam train at the Army camp at Kantara (El Qantara), Egypt.
PRG 18/4/21/28: View of an armoured train at the Army camp at Kantara (El Qantara), Egypt.
PRG 18/4/21/29: Group portrait of members of the 3rd Light Horse Regiment, Machine Gun Section, at the town of Romani, Egypt.
PRG 18/4/21/30: View of horses of the 3rd Light Horse Regiment, being fed and watered near the town of Romani, Egypt.
PRG 18/4/21/31: View of horses of the 3rd Light Horse Regiment, near the town of Romani, Egypt.
PRG 18/4/21/32: Group portrait of members of the 3rd Light Horse Regiment, Machine Gun Section, at the town of Romani, Egypt.
PRG 18/4/21/33: Three majors having discussion in a city in Egypt.
PRG 18/4/21/34: Children in the street of an Egyptian village.
PRG 18/4/21/35: Group of Indian soldiers in Egypt.
PRG 18/4/21/36: Egyptian Camel Transport Corps (CTC), Egyptian camel drivers who supported Allied forces in Egypt, transporting supplies to troops.
PRG 18/4/21/37: Ross Smith in uniform, mounted on his horse, at a camp in Egypt, near the town of Romani.
PRG 18/4/21/38: 3rd Australian Light Horse Regiment lined up in a row, in preparation to depart for the village of Romani, Egypt.
PRG 18/4/21/39: Two of the horses of the 3rd Light Horse Regiment, Tango and Two-Step.
PRG 18/4/21/40: Australian Army camp at the town of Romani, Egypt.
PRG 18/4/21/41: View of horses and tents at the 3rd Light Horse Regiment camp at the town of Romani, Egypt.
PRG 18/4/21/42: View of horses and tents at the 3rd Light Horse Regiment camp at the town of Romani, Egypt.
PRG 18/4/21/43: Horses ridden by Ross Smith, at the 3rd Light Horse Regiment camp at the town of Romani, Egypt.
PRG 18/4/21/44: Horses and troops of the 3rd Light Horse Regiment at Bir-El-Abd, Egypt.
PRG 18/4/21/45: View of troops assessing casualties after a bomb raid at the town of Romani, Egypt.
PRG 18/4/21/46: View of troops assessing casualties after a bomb raid at the town of Romani, Egypt.
PRG 18/4/21/47: View of a wooden cross marking the grave of an Australian soldier, killed in a bomb raid near the town of Romani, Egypt.
PRG 18/4/21/48: Wooden cross marking the grave of Private Thomas John Symes, No.1352 with the 3rd Light Horse Regiment, 10th Reinforcement. He died of wounds on 1 June 1916 at Romani, Egypt.
PRG 18/4/21/49: Australian Light Horse troops at Bir-El-Abd, Egypt.
PRG 18/4/21/50: View of Australian Light Horse troops with their horses, Egypt.
PRG 18/4/21/51: Australian Field Ambulance, with horses pulling ambulance wagons, Egypt.
PRG 18/4/21/52: Australian Light Horse troops and horses, gathered at a large well at Katia, Sinai Desert, Egypt.
PRG 18/4/21/53: View of the desert at 'Yeomanry Ridge', Egypt.
PRG 18/4/21/54: View of the desert at 'Yeomanry Ridge', Egypt.
PRG 18/4/21/55: Horse pulling a sand sledge on a dirt pathway, with Australian Light Horse troops and horses nearby.
PRG 18/4/21/56: Troops and horses of the 1st Australian Light Horse Brigade in the Sinai Desert, Egypt.
PRG 18/4/21/57: Tents erected at camp of the Machine Gun Squadron, at Romani, Egypt.
PRG 18/4/21/58: Australian troops resting under shade on a hot day, at Katia, Sinai Desert, Egypt.
PRG 18/4/21/59: Australian soldier resting under shade on a hot day, at Katia, Sinai Desert, Egypt.
PRG 18/4/21/60: View of Mount Meredith, Sinai Desert, Egypt.
PRG 18/4/21/61: Australian Light Horse troops with Turkish prisoners, at Romani, Egypt.
PRG 18/4/21/62: Australian Light Horse troops with Turkish prisoners, at Romani, Egypt.
PRG 18/4/21/63: Australian Light Horse troops assessing captured Turkish guns.
PRG 18/4/21/64: Australian Light Horse troops assessing captured Turkish guns.
PRG 18/4/21/65: Lieutenant Henry Hackney, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, Machine Gun Section, assessing a Turkish machine gun.
PRG 18/4/21/66: Australian Light Horse troops by a Turkish machine gun.
PRG 18/4/21/67: Captain Frederick Geyer, Australian Army Veterinary Corps, attending to a wounded horse.
PRG 18/4/21/68: Wounded Turkish soldiers.
PRG 18/4/21/69: View of machine gun emplacement in the Sinai Desert, Egypt.
PRG 18/4/21/70: View of machine gun emplacement in the Sinai Desert, Egypt.
PRG 18/4/21/71: View of the location where Turkish forces first attacked at Romani, Egypt.
PRG 18/4/21/72: View of the location where Turkish forces first attacked at Romani, Egypt.
PRG 18/4/21/73: View of Mount Meredith, Sinai Desert, Egypt.
PRG 18/4/21/74: View of Mount Meredith, Sinai Desert, Egypt.
PRG 18/4/21/75: Australian Light Horseman mounted on his horse 'Bax'.
PRG 18/4/21/76: Major Park Alexander McEdward Laurie, Major Wentworth Rowland Cavanagh Mainwaring, and Lieutenant-Colonel David Fulton, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, Headquarters.
PRG 18/4/21/77: View of Lake Bardawil, Sinai Desert, Egypt.
PRG 18/4/21/78: View of Camel Transport Corps at Katia, Egypt.
PRG 18/4/21/79: View of Camel Transport Corps at Katia, Egypt.
PRG 18/4/21/80: View of Camel Transport Corps resting in the desert, Egypt.
PRG 18/4/21/81: 1st Australian Light Horse Brigade, travelling through the desert, Egypt.
PRG 18/4/21/82: 1st Australian Light Horse Brigade, travelling through the desert, Egypt.
PRG 18/4/21/83: Australian Light Horse troops in the desert, Egypt.
PRG 18/4/21/84: Australian Light Horse troops in the desert, Egypt.
PRG 18/4/21/85: View of the Egyptian desert.
PRG 18/4/21/86: Australian Light Horse troops at Oghratina, near Katia, Egypt.
PRG 18/4/21/87: Major Martin with troops mounted on camels, at Sidi Bishr Camp, Egypt.
PRG 18/4/21/88: View of tents erected at Sidi Bishr Camp, Egypt.
PRG 18/4/21/89: View of the horses Tango and Two-Step.
PRG 18/4/21/90: No.65 Quartermaster Sergeant Robert (Bob) Adlen Papps, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, A Squadron.
PRG 18/4/21/91: View of the horse Tango.
PRG 18/4/21/92: View of the horse Two-Step.
PRG 18/4/21/93: Australian troops preparing a machine gun for action.
PRG 18/4/21/94: Australian Light Horseman at camp at Romani, Egypt.
PRG 18/4/21/95: Australian troops preparing a machine gun for action.
PRG 18/4/21/96: Two young boys at an Australian camp, dressed in AIF uniforms.

Digitisation information

Date

02/07/2014

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