The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Group photograph of No 3 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps (AFC), taken some time after 1 June 1918. The only person identified is in the second row from the front on the extreme left and is Lieutenant (Lt) Bruce Garie Thomson. 2296 Private Thomson was a 20 year old accountant from Kapunda, South Australia when he enlisted on 27 November 1914. He embarked for overseas service with the 5th Reinforcements of the 3rd Field Ambulance from Adelaide aboard HMAS Botanist (A59) on 1 June 1915. After serving at Gallipoli and on the Western Front, he joined the Royal Flying Corps school on 4 January 1918 and graduated as a Flying Officer (Observer) and 2nd Lieutenant in the AIF on 26 February. He was later promoted to Lieutenant and joined No 3 Squadron AFC in May. Lt Thomson was killed in action in an aircraft crash on 3 October 1918 and is buried in the Prospect Hill British Cemetery, Gouy, France.
Studio portrait of 2296 Private Bruce Garie Thomson, stretcher bearer, 3rd Field Ambulance. He was a 20 year old accountant from Kapunda, South Australia when he enlisted on 27 November 1914. He embar
Portrait of Lieutenant Bruce Garie Thomson, 3 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps. Accountant from Kapunda, SA. Killed in action near Estrees, 3 October 1918, aged 34.
Portrait of Lieutenant (Lt) Clive Leicester Johnson, No 2 Squadron AFC. A bank accountant prior to enlisting on 13 January 1915, Lt Johnson initially enlisted as a Private, serving with the 1st Light
Informal outdoor portrait of Lieutenant (Lt) Ivan Schroder Webley, AFC, probably at an airfield. Second Lieutenant (Honorary Lieutenant) Webley embarked with No 3 Special Draft, Australian Flying Corp
Outdoor portrait of Lieutenant Leslie Simeon John Sell, Australian Flying Corps (AFC) from Albert Park, Melbourne, Victoria standing in front of an Armstrong Whitworth training aircraft. A 25 year old
Outdoor group portrait of officers from the Australian Flying Corps. Identified front row, second from the right is Lieutenant (Lt) Geoffrey Dunster Allen. An accountant from Haberfield with over fi
