The 2nd (LHR) Light Horse Regiment, AIF, as part of the 1st Light Horse Brigade (1st LH Bde) was raised in Queensland in August 1914 as part of the 1st Australian contingent. The Regiment embarked from Brisbane, Queensland on board HMAT A15 Star of England 24 September 1914.
During the Great War, the 2nd LHR saw service in Egypt, Gallipoli, the Sinai Peninsula, Palestine and Jordan. It returned to Australia in March 1919.
For full details of the 2nd LHR, see: 2nd Light Horse Regiment, AIF
The photographs on this page are extracted from The Queenslander, 26 September 1914, 3 October 1914, 10 October 1914, and 17 October 1914.
Finding service information. See: Navigating the National Archives Service File
Should any further details be sought, see Australian Light Horse Studies Centre
1017 Private Robert CUBBIN
Pieta Military Cemetery, Malta. Grave of three Australian Infantrymen: 907 Sergeant W. J. Ingram of the 1st Battalion and 1017 Lance Corporal R. Cubbin of the 9th Battalion, who died on 1915-08-13'; 828 Corporal W. M. Norvell of the 4TH Battalion AIF, who died on 1915-08-14, aged 32 years.