An informal group portrait of members of No 3 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps gathered in front ...

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Accession Number E04316
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Glass original whole plate negative
Place made Belgium: Wallonie, Hainaut, Charleroi, Tarcienne
Date made 19 February 1919
Conflict Period 1910-1919
First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

An informal group portrait of members of No 3 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps gathered in front of a German motor charabanc (Benz) that was salvaged by the squadron and used by them to convey men on leave. Left to right: unidentified; Geo Pearse; unidentified; Albury; unidentified; unidentified; unidentified; Bond (wearing a scarf with left hand on wheel); Nelson (sitting in truck); Corporal F. Gillfeder; unidentified; Corporal Symons. Note the Rising Sun emblem painted on the side of the bus and '3rd AFC' written inside the insignia.