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Soldiers of the Machine Gun Corps and Light Horse [PRG 280/1/14/182] • Photograph

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Summary

A group of soldiers from the 3rd Light Horse, Machine Gun Section, pictured with their dog mascot in front of the stables at 'The Lodge', the Hawker's property which was used for the Morphettville Camp during the war. Frank L.G. Smith is seated 4th from left in the front row, the officer to his left (in a pre-war militia uniform) was probably a camp instructor. The men in this photo embarked from Adelaide on board Transport A17 'Port Lincoln' on 20 October 1914, and the roll identifies the men (although not where they appear in the photo). They are: Arthur Edward Amies, Harold George Cox, Joseph Cradock, Roy Gordon Garvie, Stanley Hinde Garvie, William George Gordon, Alvan Willie Gurr, William Hammond, William Henry Patrick Hampshire, Frederick Harvey, William Edwin Leonard Hill, Patrick Michael Malloy, Overington Edwin Matthews, Robert John McCaw, Frank James Govan McDougall, James Merrifield, Thomas Henry Northridge, Thomas Aloysius O'Brien, Wilfred James Parry, Walter Henry Pearce, William Gordon Physick, Leslie James Quinn, Albert Carl Schmelzkopf, Archibald Roy Smith, Frank Lindsay Gordon Smith, Douglas Linly Roy Watson.

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Physical description

photograph; 15 x 20 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1914

Collection

Part of Searcy Collection

Subject

Amies, Arthur Edward, 1894-1955
Cox, Harold George, 1894-1956
Cradock, Joseph, 1893-1975
Garvie, Roy Gordon, 1895-1954
Garvie, Stanley Hinde, 1884-1953
Gordon, William George
Gurr, Alvan Willie, 1894-1958
Hammond, William, 1880?-1937
Hampshire, William Henry Patrick, 1890-1948
Harvey, Frederick, 1883-1915
Hill, William Edwin Leonard, 1892-1947
Malloy, Patrick Michael
Matthews, Edwin Overington, 1891-1946
McCaw, Robert John, 1878-1928
McDougall, Frank James Govan, 1892?-1972
Merrifield, James, 1885-1955
Northridge, Thomas Henry, 1886-1934
O'Brien, Thomas Aloysius, 1891-1961
Parry, Wilfred James, 1894-1968
Pearce, Walter Henry, 1868-1929
Physick, William Gordon, 1883?-1917
Quinn, Leslie James, 1890-1953
Schmelzkopf, Albert Carl, 1896-1923
Smith, Archibald Roy
Smith, Frank Lindsay Gordon, 1890-1925
Watson, Douglas Linly Roy, 1894-1915
Australia. Army. -- Artillery
Australia. Army. -- Gunners
Australia. Army. -- Officers
Australia. Army. Light Horse Regiment
Soldiers -- South Australia
World War, 1914-1918 -- Participation, Australian -- South Australia

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Historical information

A photo (taken on the same day) appeared in 'The Chronicle' on 31 October 1914, page 27, under the heading ' Australia answers the call to arms. Members of the South Australian quota of the First Commonwealth Expeditionary Force' with the photo identified as 'Machine Gun Section attached to the Light Horse'. Another photo of the 'Complete group of the South Australian Officers of the 3rd Light Horse Regiment of the First Imperial Expeditionary Force' appeared in 'The Register', Wednesday 30 September 1914, page 8, and includes the names of all pictured, including Frank Smith.

Digitisation information

Date

24/07/2001

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,059 x 2,296 pixels (7.0 MP)

Size

7.03 MB

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