| Accession Number | P12753 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | |
| Maker |
Shearon, W A |
| Date made | c 1914-1917 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
Photographs relating to Captain Alfred Charles Thompson, 6th Light Horse Regiment
Description
Photographs relating to Captain Alfred Charles Thompson, 6th Light Horse Regiment. From Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Thompson received a commission with 6th Light Horse on 5 October 1914 and embarked from Sydney on 12 December 1914. Following service on Gallipoli in 1915, he was killed in action on 2 November 1917 during the third battle of Gaza. Captain Thompson was 28 years old.
Images include a pre-war portrait of Staff Sergeant Alfred Thompson with Alice Thompson (nee Scott) outside a tent; a wedding portrait of Alfred and Alice Thompson; informal portrait of Captain Thompson and an unidentified officer on camels in Egypt; 16 small prints of daily activites, many with annotation on the reverse; a photograph of the grave of Captain Thompson.