The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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 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.
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 Lieutenan
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.
Collection relating to the First World Service of Private Bruce Garie Thomson, 3rd Field Ambulance, Gallipoli. Collection consists of a photocopied transcript of a diary kept by Thomson between May 1
Studio portrait of 5078 Private (Pte) James William Poulter, 22nd Battalion. A driver from Greensborough, Vic prior to enlistment, Pte Poulter embarked with the 13th Reinforcements from Melbourne on H
[E H Reed written on negative]. Outdoor portrait of a soldier in camp, identified as 6337 Private (Pte) Ernest Henry Reed, a farmer from Sheffield, Tasmania, prior to enlistment. Pte Reed embarked fro
Studio portrait of 6347 Private (Pte) Alfred Charles Slade, 12th Battalion, of Oatlands, Tasmania. A driver prior to his enlistment on 8 May 1916, he embarked on HMAT Botanist (A59) on 24 August 1916.
