Harry Thomson : SUMMARY RECORD [PRG 1284] • Manuscript
Diary of Lieutenant Harry Thomson
Diary begins 11 January 1916 (Mitcham, South Australia) and finishes 15 November that year, after arrival at Fricourt and move into the front line near Bernafay Wood, Flers, France. Diary entries in mid-August refer to battalion's first major engagement at Mouquet Farm, Pozieres. [Note: page 2 missing from diary.]
Menus for battalion dinners
Menus for dinners attended by Harry Thomson before, during and after service in World War I. A 1917 Christmas menu has been written on the back of a photograph of a Belgian battlefield in 1917. Menus are signed by attendees.