The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Mr A Crick (left) and William Harold Treloar (right) later of the Australian Flying Corps (AFC), with their French flying instructor J Tuiarde, standing in front of a Bleriot aircraft. Treloar was a fitter and turner before his enlistment on 1 April 1915. He sailed with the AFC to Mesopotamia (present day Iraq) aboard RMS Morea on 20 April 1915. His unit, the Mesopotamian Half-Flight, was the first AFC unit to see active service and eventually became part of 30 Squadron Royal Flying Corps (RFC). Lt Treloar was captured and taken prisoner of war (POW) by Turkish soldiers near Baghdad and was released on 25 November 1918, one of four survivors of the 1100 kilometre death march into Turkey. He returned to Australia and was discharged on 25 December 1919. He was an older brother to Major John Linton Treloar, who was involved in setting up the Australian War Records Section in London in 1916. On John Linton Treloar's return to Australia, became the Australian War Memorial's first and longest serving Director.
Studio portrait of Lieutenant (Lt) Harold William Treloar, Australian Flying Corps (AFC). A fitter and turner before his enlistment on 1 April 1915, he sailed with the AFC to Mesopotamia (present day
Portrait of Lieutenant (Lt) John Linton Treloar, shortly before embarking for Europe as an administrative officer (non-flying) with the Australian Flying Corps (AFC). He had only recently recovered fr
Collection relating to the First World War service of Lieutenant (later Lieutenant Colonel) John Tinton Treloar, Headquarters 1 Divison, 1 Squadron AFC, Gallipoli, France, 1914-1917 The collection co
Studio portrait of Mrs Jane Freeman Treloar (nee Caddy), wearing the Female Relative's Badge with two bars. Mrs Jane Treloar is the mother of Major John Linton Treloar, who was involved in setting up
Studio portrait of 609 Private (Pte) Reginald Claremont Treloar MM, 4th Machine Gun Battalion. A grocer of Albert Park, Vic, he enlisted on 23 October 1916, aged 25, and embarked HMAT Omrah with the 1
Studio portrait of Lieutenant John Linton Treloar on receiving his commission in the Australian Flying Corps. After completing his schooling in 1911, Treloar joined the Department of Defence as a mili
