Back row (from left): J. Herbert (10th Royal Hussars), H. M'Thomas (7th Dorsets), E. C. West (N.Z.R. Training Staff Company), T. Hillary (3rd East Lanes), C. I. F. Chalmers (N.Z.R.B. Training Staff Company), R. J. Wright (18th Hussars). Second row: P. H. Goss (N.Z.M.C, A. R. Lightbourn (3rd South Lanes), W. Broughton (3rd East Lanes), W. 0.. Jass (3rd Somerset Light Infantry), W. E. Price (Worcester Regiment), A. C. Locker (14th Royal Warwicks). Third row: E. Grant (10th Wellington N.Z.R.), G. H. Goodwright (4th Lanes), E. Crossby (2nd East Lanes), T. James, C.S.M. (A.G.S.), W. H. Hough (3rd Royal Berks), S. Holland (Eaet Lanes), A. B. M'Clurg (N.Z.R.B. Training Company).
SNAPSHOTS AT THE MAMMOTH Y.M.C.A. FETE, HELD AT ESBEKIA GARDENS, CAIRO, EGYPT
The photo shows how the N.Z. Mounted Rifles are equipped for fighting in the desert. Trooper Fred Smith, a Dunedin boy, in the Wellington Mounted Rifles, is seen on, the route from El Arish.
Only daughter of Captain Gilbert and Mrs Hair (nee Kate Sperry, born in Dunedin, and a well-known New Zealand artist), who waa married on June 5 to the Hon. Ralph Frederick Tempest-Vane, Durham Light Infantry.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3309, 15 August 1917, Page 33 (Supplement)
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