The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
POINT COOK, VIC. C.1914-08. TRAINEES, INSTRUCTORS AND STAFF (THE FULL COMPLEMENT?) FOR THE AUSTRALIAN FLYING CORPS (AFC) FIRST FLYING TRAINING COURSE WHICH BEGAN 1914-08-17. THEY ARE PICTURED IN FRONT OF A BE2A AIRCRAFT IN A HANGAR AT THE CENTRAL FLYING SCHOOL. LEFT TO RIGHT: BACK ROW: A. W. MURPHY (MECHANIC), W. LORD (CARETAKER), L. G. CARTER (MECHANIC), N. DYER (MECHANIC), R. MASON (MECHANIC); MIDDLE ROW: SERGEANT G. J. W. MACKINOLTY, V. RONALD (CLERK), SERGEANT G. FONTENEAU (FRENCH MECHANIC FOR GNOME ENGINES), SERGEANT E. SHORLAND, SERGEANT S. HEATH, A. M. PIVOT (FRENCH MECHANIC FOR GNOME ENGINES); SITTING: WARRANT OFFICER S. J. HENDY (STOREKEEPER), LIEUTENANT (LT) G. P. MERZ, CAPTAIN H. A. PETRE, LIEUTENANT E. HARRISON, CAPTAIN T. W. WHITE, WARRANT OFFICER RICHARD HENRY CHESTER; FRONT ROW: LTS RICHARD WILLIAMS, D. T. W. MANWELL. CAPTAIN WHITE, LT MERZ, LT WILLIAMS AND LT MANWELL WERE THE FOUR OFFICERS WHO QUALIFIED AS PILOTS ON THIS COURSE. MAJOR PETRE AND GROUP CAPTAIN HARRISON, SELECTED IN ENGLAND, HAD BEEN GIVEN HONORARY COMMISSIONS AS FLYING INSTRUCTORS.
Group portrait of instructors and pupils of the 1st flying training course in front of a B.E.2a aircraft in a hangar. Back row: R Williams; T W White. Front row: George Pinnock Merz of Ballarat, Vic;
TRAINEES, INSTRUCTORS AND ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF FOR THE AUSTRALIAN FLYING CORPS FIRST FLYING TRAINING COURSE WHICH BEGAN 1914-08-17. THEY ARE PICTURED IN FRONT OF A BE2A AIRCRAFT IN A HANGAR AT THE CEN
Group portrait of Australian Flying Corps officers and Non-commissioned officers aboard HMAT Wahehe on the return voyage to Australia. Identified, back row, left to right: Lieutenant (Lt) Rogers (1);
Lieutenant (Lt) H A Petre (later Major) (left) and Lt E Harrison (later Major), Australia's first two military flying instructors, in a B.E.2a at Central Flying School at Point Cook, Vic.
Lieutenant E Harrison (later Major) (left) and Lt H A Petre (later Major) Australia's first two military flying instructors, in a B.E.2a at Central Flying School at Point Cook, Vic.
Group portrait of orderly room staff of the 1st Wing, Australian Flying Corps (AFC). Back row, left to right: 588 Chief Mechanic Horace Rosier; Corporal (Cpl) J. H. Williams; Sergeant (Sgt) G. J. J. C
