Bendigo Military Museum
Photograph - Flag Day – Softball, Army Survey Regiment Verses School of Military Survey, Bendigo, c1977
These 25 photographs of softball team and sports action were taken on Flag Day, an annual sports competition between the Army Survey Regiment (ASR) and the School of Military Survey (SMS), at Bendigo in circa 1977. This event was held at Beischer Park, Strathdale. The two RA Svy units took turns each year to host the event. The day competition usually comprised basketball, cross country, golf, sailing, squash softball, tennis, rifle shooting, touch football, tug-of-war and volleyball. The evening competition often included darts, carpet bowls, hookey, quoits and snooker. See item 6025.15P for photos of golf, sailing, rifle shooting and squash teams and sports action taken on the day. This is a set of 25 photographs of softball team and sports action was taken on Flag Day, Army Survey Regiment (ASR) versus the School of Military Survey (SMS), at Bendigo in circa 1977. The photographs were printed on photographic paper and are part of the Army Survey Regiment’s Collection. The 35mm positive photographic proofs were scanned at 600 dpi.
.1) & 2) - Photo, black & white, c1977, ASR Softball Team - L to R: Tracy (Beckwith) Phillips, unidentified, Gary Ames, Zoe (Lisiewich) Ames, Verity Dixon. Front row L to R: Sue (Nilon) Marner, Chris (Modrow) Stewart, unidentified, Di Chalmers, Lorraine ‘Snoopy’ (Daly) Talbot-Smith.
.3) - Photo, black & white, c1977, SMS Softball Team: unidentified participants.
.4) & 5) - Photo, black & white, c1977, Softball action: unidentified participants.
.6) - Photo, black & white, c1977, Softball action L to R: unidentified (x2), Zoe (Lisiewich) Ames, Chris (Modrow) Stewart, unidentified (x3), Tracy (Beckwith) Phillips.
.7) - Photo, black & white, c1977, Softball action L to R: unidentified, Di Chalmers.
.8) - Photo, black & white, c1977, Softball action background L to R: unidentified, Ian Belmont, CO LTCOL Bob Skitch, Chris Carter.
.9) - Photo, black & white, c1977, Softball action, Chris (Modrow) Stewart.
.10) to 12) - Photo, black & white, c1977, Softball action: unidentified participants.
.13) - Photo, black & white, c1977, Softball action: L to R: unidentified (x3), Lorraine ‘Snoopy’ (Daly) Talbot-Smith.
.14) - Photo, black & white, c1977, Softball action: unidentified participants.
.15) - Photo, black & white, c1977, Softball action: L to R: unidentified (x2), Lorraine ‘Snoopy’ (Daly) Talbot-Smith.
.16) - Photo, black & white, c1977, Softball action: L to R: Sue (Nilon) Marner, unidentified, Lorraine ‘Snoopy’ (Daly) Talbot-Smith, unidentified.
.17) - Photo, black & white, c1977, Softball action: unidentified participants, spectators L to R: unidentified, Peter Dew, Trevor Pearson, Alan Staley, Gavin Neilson, Ian Belmont, unidentified, Chris Carter.
.18) - Photo, black & white, c1977, Softball action: unidentified participants and spectators.
.19) & .20) - Photo, black & white, c1977, Softball action: unidentified participants, catcher Lorraine ‘Snoopy’ (Daly) Talbot-Smith.
.21) - Photo, black & white, c1977, Softball action L to R: unidentified (x2), Chris (Modrow) Stewart, Tracy (Beckwith) Phillips, Lorraine ‘Snoopy’ (Daly) Talbot-Smith.
.22) - Photo, black & white, c1977, Softball action: unidentified participants.
.23) - Photo, black & white, c1977, Softball action L to R: Frank Lenane, Di Chalmers, Lorraine ‘Snoopy’ (Daly) Talbot-Smith, Zoe (Lisiewich) Ames, unidentified (x2).
.24) & .25) - Photo, black & white, c1977, Softball action: unidentified participants..1P to .25P –No personnel are identified.royal australian survey corps, rasvy, army survey regiment, army svy regt, school of military survey, fortuna, asr, flag day