8th Light Horse Regiment, 30th Reinforcements
8th Light Horse Regiment, 30th Reinforcements
This album comprises individual photographs and biographies of servicemen who enlisted in the AIF and were allotted to the 8th Light Horse Regiment, 30th Reinforcements.

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

For further information about the 8th Light Horse Regiment, go to:

8th Light Horse Regiment, AIF

Permission to use the photograph was kindly granted by Margaret Coulson, Traralgon, Victoria. We are most grateful for her kind assistance.

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3508 Private Allan Ira Eldred SANDERS
3508 Private Allan Ira Eldred SANDERS 
 

3508 Private Allan Ira Eldred SANDERS, a 26 year old Farmer from Vectis East via Horsham, Victoria. He enlisted on 23 July 1917; and at the conclusion of the war Returned to Australia, 3 July 1919.