FIRE BRIGADE COMPETITIONCARVED WOODEN FRAMED SEPIA PHOTOGRAPH UNDER GLASS. 4 MEN SEATED, 3 MEN STANDING. H. HORNBY - POLE, LIEU HARRIS, W. SCHULTZ - 2ND LENGTH S. PEARCE - 2ND BRANCH, O WILLIAMS - COUPLER ON, F. WEICHARDT - HYDRANT 4TH PRIZE SIX MENfire brigade, clunes, demonstration, 4th prize

Information provided to the Bendigo Historical Society by Rohan Moresi: Rohan 'grew up on a farm near Buckrabanyule. The bat belonged to Rohan and his brothers, Grant and Alistair. At the age of twelve in early December of 1977, my father took my brothers and myself to the Queen Elizabeth Oval in Bendigo to watch a match of the newly created World Series Cricket being played. West Indies versus World XI. OI took the one cricket bat we owned and a market pen, along with me. During the course of the match I gathered all the signatures I could from players as they left the field after batting, as they sat in the stands waiting for their turn to bat, and when they were fielding close to the boundary. I remember Clive Lloyd, who was sitting in the stands when I approached him, expressing some good natured scepticism that the signatures would remain permanently on the bat as he was signing it, due to the tyupe of marker pen used. I also recall Tony Greig not stopping to sign it as he left the field after batting. I'm sure he had other more pressing issues on his mind at the time. When we returned home my father painted a type of a lacquer over each of the signatures in an attempt to ensure some sort of permanency. As it was the only cricket bat my brothers and I had, we continued to use it in our backyard games. Which goes a long way in explaining its current state. My brothers and I all left the farm in the early 1980's and I took the cricket bat with me. Since then it has remained in my possession up until now. I'm very happy to see it returned to the place of its origin, and for it to be kept in perpetuity at the Bendigo Hisgtorical Society, as it is part of the twentieth century history of Bendigo. I hope it brings some small pleasure to all who are interested in such things'. Rohan Moresi Cricket bat, blue material on handle grip of bat. Bat has signatures on the blade section. The bat was taken by Rohan Morosi, then 12, at the Queen Elizabeth Oval in December 1977, where he attended a game of the newly created World Series Cricket competition between West Indies versus World XI. Rohan gathered many signatures from players as they left after batting. The signature of Clive Lloyd, Ajif Labal, Mushtag Mohammed, Dennis Amiss, Eddie Barlow, Andy Roberts, Bob Woolmer, Barry Richards, Imran Khan and Joel Garner were on the bat.recreations, sports, cricket, queen elizabeth oval, rohan moresi, 1977

These five photographs were taken at Bones Day, an annual sports competition between the Army Survey Regiment and the RAAF School of Radio in November 1984, 1985, and 1988. The two units took turns each year to host the event. The day competition usually comprised basketball, cross country, golf, sailing, squash, softball, tennis, touch football, rifle shooting, tug-of-war and volleyball. The “big bone” trophy comprising a large bone from a beast housed inside a wooden framed glass case, was awarded to the winner of the day competition. The evening competition often included darts, carpet bowls, hookey, quoits and billiards/snooker. The “little bone” (a mounted chicken bone) was the consolation trophy awarded to the winner of the evening competition. The “O.H.A.R.A Rock” seen in photo 6276.2P was awarded to PTE Zahra for the lowest score in rifle shooting. He had to lug it with him for the rest of the evening. The 3-hour bus trip for the visiting unit on their return was typically very raucous. The history of the Bones Day competition is best described in the booklet titled - Bones of Contention Souvenir Program. 1965. Refer to Item 6267. Photo 6276.1P is also published with item 6585.41P.This collection of five photographs was taken at Bones Day, an annual sports competition between the Army Survey Regiment and the RAAF School of Radio, at Bendigo and Laverton respectively in November 1984, 1985, and 1988. The photographs were printed on photographic paper and are part of the Army Survey Regiment’s Collection. The photographs were scanned at 300 dpi. .1) - Photo, black & white, 14th November 1984, RAAF CO WGCDR McCarthy presents ‘the Big Bone’ to Army’s CO LTCOL Jorge Gruszka. .2) - Photo, black & white, 13th November 1985, Trophy presentations L to R: MAJ Daryl Hockings CSM, PTE JB Zahra, unidentified RAAF officer. .3) - Photo, black & white, 13th November 1985, tug-of-war L to R: Peter Lefel, Kerron South, Barry Hogan, DB Zahra, unidentified (x2), Guenther Ebenwaldner, Steve Burke, Mal Paterson. .4) - Photo, colour, 1988, at Bendigo, tug-of-war L to R: Jodi Bowman, unidentified, Frank Savy, Barry Hogan, unidentified (x2), Graeme Spong, unidentified (x2), Mick Duggan, unidentified, Dave Lambton-Young, unidentified (x2). .5) - Photo, colour, 1988, at Bendigo, tug-of-war L to R: Mick Duggan, Dave Lambton-Young, unidentified (x3), Frank Savy (with sign), unidentified, Barry Hogan, unidentified, Graeme Spong, unidentified (x3)..1P to .7P – No personnel are identified. The date is stamped on the back of photos .1P to .3P.royal australian survey corps, rasvy, army survey regiment, army svy regt, fortuna, asr, raaf school of radio, bones day

The “Ugly man Contest” was a fund raiser for the P.O.W comfort fund in which £3891 was raised. (Pounds). The certificate was given to William (Bill) John Turner Bendigo RSL Sub Branch. Refer Cat No 8029 re this effort and others by Bill Turner. Refer Cat No 8030 for his RSL history and his WW1 service details.Framed certificate, frame is timber gold colour, backing piec is maroon colour, certificate is a fawn colour, all text in black. At the top is the word “Proclamation” followed by text, a red seal/stamp is at the bottom LH side. The paper relates to the “Ugly man Contest”Text, “Be it known by these presents - Bill Turner on the Tram each day, of ugly men he has his say; In competition he gives us shocks; And with his trams, he has his stops. In this event, he’s worked each day, to do his bit, in this big fray” “Bendigo November 27th 1943”brsl, smirsl, fund raiser

These eight photographs were taken at Bones Day, an annual sports competition between the Army Survey Regiment and the RAAF School of Radio at Bendigo in November 1978. The two units took turns each year to host the event. The day competition usually comprised basketball, cross country, golf, sailing, squash, softball, tennis, touch football, rifle shooting, tug-of-war and volleyball. The “big bone” trophy comprising a large bone from a beast housed inside a wooden framed glass case, was awarded to the winner of the day competition. The evening competition often included darts, carpet bowls, hookey, quoits and billiards/snooker. The “little bone” (a mounted chicken bone) was the consolation trophy awarded to the winner of the evening competition. The 3-hour bus trip for the visiting unit on their return was typically very raucous. The history of the Bones Day competition is best described in the booklet titled - Bones of Contention Souvenir Program. 1965. Refer to Item 6267. See item 9001.31P for more photographs taken on this occasion.These eight photographs were taken at Bones Day, an annual sports competition between the Army Survey Regiment and the RAAF School of Radio at Bendigo in November 1978. The photographs were printed on photographic paper and are part of the Army Survey Regiment’s Collection. The photographs were scanned at 300 dpi. .1) - Photo, black & white, 1978, Softball Team Back Row L to R: Janet (Chopping) Justin, John Ashby, Scheryal Delforce, Tracey (Beckwith) Phillips. Front Row L to R: Zoe (Lisiewich) Ames, Di Chalmers, unidentified, Le-Anne (Smallshaw) Shirley, Lorraine (Daly) Talbot-Smith, Lynn Johnson. .2) - Photo, black & white, 1978, Tennis Team Back Row L to R: Mick Flynn, Chris Carter, Ken Delmenico. Front Row L to R: unidentified (x3), Adrian Rynberk. .3) - Photo, black & white, 1978, Golf Team Back Row L to R: George Austen, unidentified, Roger Rees. Front Row L to R: Peter Imeson, Greg Gilbert, unidentified officer, Paul Richards. .4) - Photo, black & white, 1978, Basketball action: Gill Park – No. 8 .5) - Photo, black & white, 1978, evening events: L to R: Garry Hudson, unidentified RAAF airwoman. .6) - Photo, black & white, 1978, evening events: L to R: Gary Warnest, Wayne Rothwell. .7) - Photo, black & white, 1978, evening events: L to R: Mick ‘Buddha’ Ellis, unidentified RAAF airwoman. .8) - Photo, black & white, 1978, evening events: L to R: Mick ‘Buddha’ Ellis, unidentified, Ian Belmont, Ken Slater. .1P to .8P – No personnel are annotated.royal australian survey corps, army svy regt, rasvy, army survey regiment, fortuna, asr, raaf school of radio, bones day

This set of 31 photographs was taken at Bones Day, an annual sports competition between the Army Survey Regiment and the RAAF School of Radio at Bendigo in November 1978. The two units took turns each year to host the event. The day competition usually comprised basketball, cricket, cross country, golf, sailing, squash, softball, tennis, touch football, rifle shooting, tug-of-war and volleyball. The “big bone” trophy comprising a large bone from a beast housed inside a wooden framed glass case, was awarded to the winner of the day competition. The evening competition often included darts, carpet bowls, hookey, quoits and billiards/snooker. The “little bone” (a mounted chicken bone) was the consolation trophy awarded to the winner of the evening competition. The 3-hour bus trip for the visiting unit on their return was typically very raucous. See item 6275.8P for more photographs taken on this occasion. The history of the Bones Day competition is best described in the booklet titled - Bones of Contention Souvenir Program. 1965. Refer to Item 6267.This set of 31 photographs were taken at Bones Day, an annual sports competition between the Army Survey Regiment (ASR) and the RAAF School of Radio (RSR) at Bendigo in November 1978. The photographs were printed on photographic paper and are part of the Army Survey Regiment’s Collection. The black and white photographs were scanned at 300 dpi. .1) - Photo, black & white, 1978, ASR Basketball Team Back row L to R: Jamie ‘Fish’ McRae, John Thomas, Gary Kerr. Front row L to R: Phil McGuire, Bill Jones, Gill Park, Bruce ‘Stretch’ Gordon, Stuart Symonds. .2) - Photo, black & white, 1978, RSR Basketball Team: All unidentified. .3) - Photo, black & white, 1978, Basketball action: Gill Park in No. 8 top, remainder unidentified. .4) - Photo, black & white, 1978, Basketball action: L to R: unidentified (x4), Gill Park, unidentified, Bruce ‘Stretch’ Gordon, remainder unidentified. .5) - Photo, black & white, 1978, ASR Cricket Team Back row L to R: Alan Toogood, Bob Norwood, Ken ‘Sluggo’ Slater, unidentified, Josh Degroot. Front row L to R: Rick van der Bom, Greg Byers, Peter Hammer, 2LT Trevor Black, Alan Bunn, Mark Casey. .6) - Photo, black & white, 1978, RSR Cricket Team: All unidentified. .7) - Photo, black & white, 1978, ASR Rifle Shooting Team Back row L to R: John Cain, Bob Clark, Ian Belmont, unidentified. Front row L to R: Steve Hansen, Struan Robinson, Max Neil, Warren ‘Waldo’ Shirley. .8) - Photo, black & white, 1978, RSR Rifle Shooting Team: All unidentified. .9) - Photo, black & white, 1978, ASR Squash Team Back row L to R: Errol Fletcher, Rick Downie, Andy Wilson, George Timmins, John Bennett. Front row L to R: Terry Danger, Di Norling, Rob John, Dennis Puniard. .10) - Photo, black & white, 1978, Softball action: L to R: Janet (Chopping) Justin, Lorraine ‘Snoopy’ (Daly) Talbot-Smith. In left background: Janet (Chopping) Justin. .11) - Photo, black & white, 1978, Softball action: L to R: Le-anne (Smallshaw) Shirley, Lynn Johnson. .12) - Photo, black & white, 1978, Softball action: L to R: Lorraine ‘Snoopy’ (Daly) Talbot-Smith, John Ashby, unidentified. .13) - Photo, black & white, 1978, RSR Tennis Team: All unidentified. .14) - Photo, black & white, 1978, ASR Volleyball Team Back row L to R: Kerry ‘Gags’ Gallager, Gerry Gates, Bob Clisby, unidentified, Cornelius Moorrees, Laurie Justin. Front row L to R: Chris Edwards, Bob Bright, Keith Quinton, Mick ‘Buddha’ Ellis, George Holland, unidentified. .15) - Photo, black & white, 1978, RSR Volleyball Team: All unidentified. .16) - Photo, black & white, 1978, Volleyball action L to R: Keith Quinton, unidentified, Chris Edwards, remainder unidentified. .17) - Photo, black & white, 1978, Volleyball action L to R: unidentified, Keith Quinton in No. 4 top, unidentified, unidentified. .18) - Photo, black & white, 1978, ASR Tug-of-War Team Back row L to R: Russ Mollenhaur, Brian Collings, Noel ‘Macca’ McNamara, Ken ‘Sluggo’ Slater, Mick Davey, Russell ‘Rusty’ Williams, unidentified. Front row L to R: Wolfgang Thun, Rhys Delaine, Phil Boyle, unidentified, Ian Nelson, Jamie ‘Fish’ McRae. .19) - Photo, black & white, 1978, RSR Tug-of-War Team: All unidentified. .20) - Photo, black & white, 1978, ASR Tug-of-War Team in action. .21) - Photo, black & white, 1978, RSR Tug-of-War Team in action. .22) & .23) - Photo, black & white, 1978, Tug-of-War Teams at end of contest. .24) - Photo, black & white, 1978, Darts competition: Di Chalmers in action. John Ashby in right background. .25) - Photo, black & white, 1978, Carpet bowls competition: All unidentified. .26) - Photo, black & white, 1978, Ian Whittington EXCH-UK admires the view from the Tavern’s rafters. .27) - Photo, black & white, 1978, social activities L to R: Paul Baker, unidentified. .28) - Photo, black & white, 1978, social activities L to R: Adrian Rynberk, unidentified, unidentified. .29) - Photo, black & white, 1978, Trophy presentation. L to R: RAAF CO presents ‘the Little Bone’ to Army’s CO LTCOL Bob Skitch. In background L to R: unidentified, Ian Whittington EXCH-UK in right background. .30) - Photo, black & white, 1978, Trophy presentation. L to R: RAAF CO presents ‘the Little Bone’ to Army’s CO LTCOL Bob Skitch. In background L to R: John Smith, Ian Whittington EXCH-UK. .31) - Photo, black & white, 1978, Trophy presentation. L to R: RAAF CO presents ‘the Little Bone’ to Army’s CO LTCOL Bob Skitch. In background L to R: unidentified, Ian Whittington EXCH-UK in right background. .1P to.9P – ‘Bones Day 1978’ annotated on cover sleeve.royal australian survey corps, rasvy, army survey regiment, army svy regt, fortuna, bones day