A boot maker from Melbourne, Trescowthick joined the Australian Flying Corps and was posted to France with 4 Squadron in the summer of 1918. Flying the Sopwith Camel, he was credited with seven victories by the end of the war.
Victories
Date
Time
Unit
Aircraft
Opponent
Location
1
14 Jul 1918
0715
4 (AFC)
Sopwith Camel (D1927)
AGO C (DES)
Laventie
2
30 Jul 1918
2005
4 (AFC)
Sopwith Camel (D1927)
Fokker D.VII (OOC)
N of Armentières
3
07 Aug 1918
1245
4 (AFC)
Sopwith Camel (D1927)
Pfalz D.III (DES)
S of Armentières
4
07 Aug 1918
1245
4 (AFC)
Sopwith Camel (D1927)
Pfalz D.III (DESF)
S of Armentières
5
13 Aug 1918
1700
4 (AFC)
Sopwith Camel
C (DES)1
Cartigny
6
16 Aug 1918
1315
4 (AFC)
Sopwith Camel
Fokker D.VII (DES)2
Wavrin
7
30 Oct 1918
1455
4 (AFC)
Sopwith Snipe (E8064)
Fokker D.VII (DES)
Leuze
1
Shared with Lt R King, Lt DC Carter, Lt RG Smallwood
2
Shared with Capt Arthur Cobby, Lt DC Carter, Lt R King, Lt TR Edols, Lt MH Eddie
