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9th Light Horse presentation of colours [PRG 733/223] • Photograph

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Summary

After receiving the colours of the 9th Light Horse from the Governor, Sir Henry Galway, at Montefiore Hill on 19 November 1914, Colonel Albert Miell hands them onto Regimental Sergeant Major Herbert Edward Fox.

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Physical description

1 photograph : glass, negative, black and white ; 12 x 16.3 cm

Dates / Publication details

19 November 1914

Photographer

Smith, W. S

Subject

Fox, Herbert Edward
Miell, Albert, 1869-1915

Catalogue record

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General notes

This photograph published in The Observer newspaper, 28 November 1914, page 26.

Biographical information re Sergeant Major Fox is in the Observer newspaper, 14 November 1914, page 41.

Historical information

Albert Miell served in the South African campaign in the 5th South Australian Battalion,(appointed adjutant); re-enlisted in the 9th Light Horse Regiment on 15 August 1914; killed in action on Walker's Ridge, Gallipoli, 7 August 1915.

Digitisation information

Date

07/04/2015

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

13,199 x 10,009 pixels (132.1 MP)

Size

264.24 MB

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