The 8th Australian Light Horse Regiment, AIF, 30th Reinforcement, embarked from Melbourne, Victoria on board HMAT A73 Commonwealth 2 November 1917.
The HMAT A73 Commonwealth weighed 6,616 tons with an average cruise speed of 14 knots or 25.92 kmph. It was owned by the P & O SN Co, London, and leased by the Commonwealth until 23 June 1917.
The album comprises the group portrait and then the individual photographs. The personal portrait carries a brief biography of the individual.
For a full listing of album contents, go to:
8th Australian Light Horse Regiment, AIF, 30th Reinforcements Album Contents
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Permission to use the photograph was kindly granted by Margaret Coulson, Traralgon, Victoria. We are most grateful for her kind assistance.
Back Row (let to right)
Angus Cameron RONALD, Nap Nap Station, Hay, New South Wales, AIF Service Number - 3492
Herbert Saunders SMITH, East Malvern, Victoria, AIF Service Number - 3497
Urban Stanley BILLING, Warracknabeal, Victoria, AIF Service Number - 3509
John Robert McNAUGHTON, Narrandera, New South Wales, AIF Service Number - 3490
Robert CRAWFORD, Picola, Victoria, AIF Service Number - 3504
Christopher George WELLS, Murchison, Victoria, AIF Service Number - 3505
Charles Alexander MANLEY, Cheltenham, Victoria, AIF Service Number - 3486
Second Row
Henry Alfred SCHIER, Mead, Victoria, AIF Service Number - 3507
Willie Gair MACKENZIE, Cunninyeuk Station, Moulamein, New South Wales, AIF Service Number - 3489
Thomas HOWLAND, Loch PO, Loch, South Gippsland, Victoria, AIF Service Number - 3479
Robert Charles HALL, Kaniva, Victoria, AIF Service Number - 3480
Howard Edward SEIPOLT, Kaniva, Victoria, AIF Service Number - 3495
Herbert Victor NADENBOUSCH, Morwell, Victoria, AIF Service Number - 3491
Reginald Raglan DAVEY, Morwell, Victoria, AIF Service Number - 3475
William John RICHARDSON, Stanley Street, Orbost, Victoria, AIF Service Number - 3493
John GRAY, Jeparit, Victoria, AIF Service Number - 3848
Third Row
John HALL, Goorambat, Victoria, AIF Service Number - 3477
John Henry Campbell KENNEDY, Malvern, Victoria, AIF Service Number - 3483
Herbert Lionel BURGOYNE, Elmore, Victoria, AIF Service Number - 3471
Patrick Duncan McGRATH, Sandy Creek, Victoria, AIF Service Number - 3488
Bartholomew Patrick BUCKLEY, Loch, Victoria, AIF Service Number - 3470
William George ELLIOT, Docker's Plains, Wangaratta, Victoria, AIF Service Number - 3512
Frank LATHAM, Ascot Vale, Victoria, AIF Service Number - 3484
William TRIM, Balaclava, Victoria, AIF Service Number - 3498
Isaac John FAWKES, Manchester Grove, Glenhuntly, Victoria, AIF Service Number - 3542
Front Row
Harry James LEGG, Malvern, Victoria, AIF Service Number - 3503
Leonard Percival MARTIN, No fixed address, Father, William Martin, c/o D Vaughan, Carrier, Flinders Street, Melbourne, Victoria, AIF Service Number - 3549
Allan Ira Eldred SANDERS, Vectis East via Horsham, Victoria, AIF Service Number - 3508
Hartley Markwell SANDERS, Vectis East via Horsham, Victoria, AIF Service Number - 3496
James Lionel GILLIES, Horsham, Victoria, AIF Service Number - 3467
Edgar Marwick WILLIAMS, 'Moss Vale', Highfield Rd, East Camberwell, Victoria, AIF Service Number - 3466
Charles John MULLINS, Control Street, South Broken Hill, New South Wales, AIF Service Number - 420
John Gordon MORRISON, Teesdale, Victoria, AIF Service Number - 3501
Rupert Colman CURNOW, Mentone, Victoria, AIF Service Number - 3468
Francis Cyril Franklin JEWELL, Brunswick, Victoria, AIF Service Number - 3482
Walter BIRCHALL, Father, John Birchall, 19 Bolingbroke Road, Battersea, London, England, AIF Service Number - 3511
Herbert Frank LEE, Spring Vale, Victoria, AIF Service Number - 3485