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Unknown Australian soldier (Australian Light Horse) [First World War postcard, with photo of an Australian soldier]

19 April 2022 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This postcard, which incorporates a photo of an Australian soldier, is from the era of the First World War (1914-1918). The postcard is undated.]

Unknown Australian soldier

Postcard, with a photo of an Australian soldier, from the First World War (1914-1918)
Front of postcard



First World War postcard
Reverse of postcard

[Front of postcard]

[Photo of an Australian soldier.]

[Reverse of postcard]

[Notations in pencil]

124806

1696/19

[No identifying information about the manufacturer was included on the postcard.]



Source:
Original document

Editor’s notes:
Dimensions (approximate): 86 mm. (width), 134 mm. (height). The dimensions of the postcard are uneven (apparently guillotined by hand, rather than cut by a machine), so the height of the postcard varies from 132-134 mm.

It appears that the soldier in the photograph belonged to an Australian Light Horse unit.

The second notation in pencil (1696/19) may indicate that the photo was taken in 1919.

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