Fragments of the First AIF - Pte Thomas Anderson Whyte

A famous South Australian oarsman who went to war, and had to ply his skills under the most horrifying circumstances imaginable. Pte Whyte's story commemorates the Gallipoli Landings on Anzac Day 110 years later.

Episode 16: Pte Thomas Anderson Whyte, 10th Bn

Photographs:

Thomas Anderson Whyte

Eileen Wallace Champion

Tom Whyte and mates in camp

Sources:

• ‘The Late Pte Whyte,’ The Register, 4 May 1915, p.6

• ‘The Late T.A. Whyte,’ The Mail, 8 May 1915, p.5

• ‘The Late Pte Whyte,’ The Register, 4 May 1915, p.6

• ‘The Late Tom Whyte,’ The Express & Telegraph, 6 May 1915, p.4

• ‘The Late Pte Whyte,’ The Register, 4 May 1915, p.6

• ‘Oarsmen Volunteer: Heavy Toll on City Clubs,’ Daily Herald, 29 August 1914, p.6

  ‘Oarsmen Volunteers,’ Daily Herald, 7 September 1914, p.6

• ‘Rowing: Adelaide Club,’ The Register, 4 October 1915, p.5

• Letters written by Thomas Anderson Whyte, held by AWM

• ‘Australia’s Fair Fame,’ The Advertiser, 22 January 1915, p.6

• ‘Soldiers’ Letters: A Real Hero,’ The Register, 6 August 1915, p.9

• ‘In Memoriam: Thomas Anderson Whyte,’ West Coast Recorder, 26 May 1915, p.3

• ‘Tom Whyte’s Death,’ The Mount Barker Courier & Gumeracha Advertiser, 7 May 1915, p.4

• ‘The Late Tom Whyte,’ The Express & Telegraph, 6 May 1915, p.4

• 10th Battalion War Diary, March-April 1915