Bendigo Military Museum
Album - NATIONAL SERVICE MALAYA, C. 1967 - 68
The pages shown are a small selection of the Album. Photos cover Skill at Arms, relaxing, socializing, parade ground, weapons display, bush time and The 8th Battalion Colours/on parade.
The Album belonged to Graeme Arthur Jones, enlisted on 1.2.1967 in the 1st Intake National Service for that year. He was posted to 1 PL A Coy 2RTB Regt No 3790932. After initial training he would be posted to A Coy 8 RAR. 8 RAR had deployed to Malaya in Oct 1967. Graemes National Service was completed and he was discharged on 31.1.1969. His service with 8 RAR was 1 year 93 days.
A number of people have been identified in the album by a former A Coy Member. In one photo: Sgt Ebner, Barry Popworth, R Venables, George Newton. On an other photo has Keith Boase.
This is the first item in a much larger collection which will cover from the initial paperwork regarding National Service to enlistment, training, Malaya, photographs, documents, webbing and equipment, pay to discharge documents, taxation and re establishment documents among many..1) Photograph album, colour cover with B & W photographs inside, each page has a tissue piece in between.
.2) A plain brown cardboard cover that the album was purchased with.album, photographs, 8 rar, national service