Items relate to George Frederick Pierce DCM. Refer Cat No 4136P for his service details, award and death. Part of the collection of William (Bill) Thomason, refer Cat No 4136P for more items..1) Four page folding card, front has an embossed map of Australia, central in gold a scroll, Rising Sun, crown and a wreath. Inside has a short poem headed by “Greater love hath no man than this”, next page a brief sympathy message, under in ink an entry by hand. A small string holds the pages together. .2) yellowish envelope with black edging, mail stamps and a 1 penny red stamp. Envelope dated 21 Nov ....... .1) On the front “ Duty - Valour - Honour”. Inside in ink from, ”Mr and Mrs F Stevens"sympathy, cards, military

The Freedom of Entry to the City was an honour conferred by the Bendigo City Council to the Army Survey Regiment in 1970. 1980 was the third time the unit exercised its freedom of marching into the city with swords drawn, bayonets fixed and drums beating. The honour is usually bestowed upon local regiments, in recognition of their dedicated service, and it is common for military units to periodically exercise their freedom by arranging a parade through the city. Led by the Regiment’s CO – LTCOL Bob Skitch, the unit marched down View St in the CBD, along Pall Mall and up Gaol Rd to the Queen Elizabeth II Oval. The ceremonial parade followed with a march past the guests of honour, Mayor of Bendigo Councillor Paul Tomkinson and military dignitaries. The parade concluded after formal inspections of the troops. The Regiment also exercised its Freedom of Entry with anniversary parades in 1977, 1980, 1985, 1990 and 1995. Some photos in this set were also printed on photo paper and catalogued under item 6021.25P. Photos of the parade are catalogued under item 6490.53P. Photos of the Freedom of Entry parade rehearsal are catalogued under item 6479.38P.This set of 21 black and white photographs of the Army Survey Regiment were taken on the occasion of the Freedom of Entry to the City of Bendigo March in 1980. The majority of photographs are on 35mm negative film and scanned at 96 dpi. Photos 6491.3P and 6491.18P were printed on photographic paper and scanned at 300 dpi. They are part of the Army Survey Regiment’s Collection. .1) - Photo, black & white, 1980. L to R: MAJ Don Swiney MBE, LTCOL Bob Skitch, WO1 Aub Harvey, ADJT CAPT John Harrison, photographer in foreground – SGT Garran Hill .2) to .5) - Photo, black & white, 1980. L to R: MAJ Don Swiney MBE, LTCOL Bob Skitch, WO1 Aub Harvey, ADJT CAPT John Harrison. .6) - Photo, black & white, 1980. Headquarters Squadron marches left wheels into Pall Mall followed by 3rd MD Band. L to R: WO2 Ted Burgess, WO1 Dave Thomson, WO2 George Graham, CPL Andy Wilson, unidentified (x2), SPR Jeff Ruiz, unidentified, SGT Rick Warren, remainder unidentified. .7) - Photo, black & white, 1980. Headquarters Squadron marches down Pall Mall followed by 3rd MD Band. Right file L to R: WO1 Alex Cairney, WO2 Ted Burgess, CPL Andy Wilson, unidentified, SGT Rick Warren, remainder unidentified. Centre file L to R: unidentified (x2), SGT Bruce Hammond, CPL Phil McGuire. .8) - Photo, black & white, 1980. 3rd MD Band marches down Pall Mall. .9) - Photo, black & white, 1980. Dignitaries on dais next to Soldiers Institute Memorial Hall. L to R: Colonel Commandant COL J.L. Stedman (Retd), Commander 3MD BRIG Geoffrey Cohen AM, unidentified aide de camp, Brigadier Lawrence Fitzgerald OBE (Retd), Mayor – Councillor Paul Tomkinson, CAPT Don Maskew. .10) - Photo, black & white, 1980. Lithographic Squadron marches down Pall Mall towards the dais. L to R: CPL Josh Degroot, CPL Rhys De Laine, unidentified, SPR Per Andersen – right marker, MAJ Sam Schwartz US Exchange, CAPT Stan Vote, OC MAJ Robin Blackburn. .11) - Photo, black & white, 1980. Headquarters Squadron salutes on the march past the dais. L to R: CPL Cliff Webb, unidentified officer, SGT Bob Croxton, unidentified, SGT Syd Davis, CAPT Bob Cooper. .12) - Photo, black & white, 1980. 3rd MD Band marches down Pall Mall towards the dais. .13) - Photo, black & white, 1980. 3rd MD Band marches past the dais. L to R: Colonel Commandant COL J.L. Stedman (Retd), Commander 3MD BRIG Geoffrey Cohen AM, unidentified aide de camp, Brigadier Lawrence Fitzgerald OBE (Retd), Mayor – Councillor Paul Tomkinson, CAPT Don Maskew, unidentified officer. .14) - Photo, black & white, 1980. 3rd MD Band salutes on the march past the dais. L to R: unidentified aide de camp, Colonel Commandant COL J.L. Stedman (Retd), Commander 3MD BRIG Geoffrey Cohen AM, CAPT Don Maskew, Brigadier Lawrence Fitzgerald OBE (Retd), Mayor – Councillor Paul Tomkinson, unidentified officer. .15) - Photo, black & white, 1980. 3rd MD Band salutes on the march past the dais. L to R: Colonel Commandant COL J.L. Stedman (Retd), Commander 3MD BRIG Geoffrey Cohen AM, Mayor – Councillor Paul Tomkinson, CAPT Don Maskew. .16) - Photo, black & white, 1980. Squadrons march past the dais. .17) - Photo, black & white, 1980. Female Contingent salutes on the march past the dais. L to R: Colonel Commandant COL J.L. Stedman (Retd), Commander 3MD BRIG Geoffrey Cohen AM, CAPT Don Maskew, Brigadier Lawrence Fitzgerald OBE (Retd), Mayor – Councillor Paul Tomkinson. .18) - Photo, black & white, 1980. Female Contingent salutes on the march past the dais. L to R: SPR Scheryl Delforce, SPR Ilen Isaac, SPR Ginny (Turner) Rowe, SPR Cathy Regan, CPL Marrianne (Van De Zee) De Groot, SPR Gae (Robinson) Amato, SPR Megan (McBurney) Reynolds, SPR Sue (Fryer) Bottomley, SPR Le-anne (Smallshaw) Shirley, SPR Janet (Chopping) Justin, SPR Zoe (Lisiewich) Ames, unidentified saluting officer, L to R: Colonel Commandant COL J.L. Stedman (Retd), Commander 3MD BRIG Geoffrey Cohen AM. .19) - Photo, black & white, 1980. Cartographic Squadron led by CAPT Bob Roche salutes on the march past the dais. L to R: Colonel Commandant COL J.L. Stedman (Retd), Commander 3MD BRIG Geoffrey Cohen AM, CAPT Don Maskew, Brigadier Lawrence Fitzgerald OBE (Retd), Mayor – Councillor Paul Tomkinson. .20) & .21) - Photo, black & white, 1980. Air Survey Squadron salutes on the march past the dais. L to R: Colonel Commandant COL J.L. Stedman (Retd), Commander 3MD BRIG Geoffrey Cohen AM, CAPT Don Maskew, Brigadier Lawrence Fitzgerald OBE (Retd), Mayor – Councillor Paul Tomkinson.There are no personnel identified. royal australian survey corps, rasvy, army survey regiment, army svy regt, fortuna, asr

This is a selection of 30 photographs of 4th Field Survey Squadron personnel participating in a soccer game, between the Other Ranks (ORs) and Officers/Warrant Officers/Senior Non-Commissioned Officers (OFFR/SNCOs), at an unknown location in Adelaide, South Australia on the 28th of October 1994.This is a selection of 30 photographs of 4th Field Survey Squadron personnel participating in a soccer game at an unknown location in Adelaide, South Australia on the 28th of October 1994. The colour photographs are part of a set of 72 photographs on 35mm negative film and are part of the Army Survey Regiment’s Collection. The photographs were scanned at 96 dpi. .1) - Photo, colour, 1994. OFFR/SNCOs L to R: SSGT A. Simcock. WO2 Peter Hammer, SGT Peter Hardy, unidentified, SSGT Brian Collings, unidentified, WO2 Simon ‘Andy’ Capp, SGT H. Evertz, OC MAJ Peter Demaine, unidentified, CAPT Chris Topovsek. .2) - Photo, colour, 1994. ORs L to R: unidentified (x3), CPL Steve Wegener, CPL Dick Crawford, unidentified, LCPL Mitch Oake, unidentified. .3) - Photo, colour, 1994. L to R: CAPT Chris Topovsek, SGT Steve McGuiness, LCPL Mitch Oake, WO2 Simon ‘Andy’ Capp, unidentified. .4) - Photo, colour, 1994. L to R: unidentified, CPL Steve Wegener. .5) - Photo, colour, 1994. L to R: WO2 Simon ‘Andy’ Capp, SSGT Pat ‘Fuji’ Drover, unidentified. .6) - Photo, colour, 1994. L to R: unidentified (x2). .7) - Photo, colour, 1994. L to R: SSGT A. Simcock, SPR Mark Linwood, SPR Mark McInerney, unidentified, CPL Dick Crawford. .8) - Photo, colour, 1994. CPL Dick Crawford. .9) - Photo, colour, 1994. L to R: unidentified, SGT Steve McGuiness, SPR Mark Linwood, SPR Mark McInerney, SSGT A. Simcock. .10) - Photo, colour, 1994. CPL Dick Crawford taking an indirect penalty. The wall L to R: SGT H. Evertz, WO2 Simon ‘Andy’ Capp, SSGT Pat ‘Fuji’ Drover, SGT Dave Longbottom. .11) - Photo, colour, 1994. OFFR/SNCOs half time L to R: OC MAJ Peter Demaine, unidentified, SGT Dave Longbottom, SSGT A. Simcock, unidentified, SGT Steve McGuiness, unidentified, WO2 Peter Hammer. .12) - Photo, colour, 1994. ORs half time L to R: unidentified, SPR Mark Linwood, CPL Peter Ball, CPL Steve Wegener, unidentified. .13) - Photo, colour, 1994. L to R: unidentified (x2), SPR Fran Calvert. .14) - Photo, colour, 1994. L to R: Unidentified, SPR Fran Calvert. .15) - Photo, colour, 1994. L to R: CPL Phuc ‘Charlie’ Tran, SPR Fran Calvert. .16) - Photo, colour, 1994. L to R: unidentified, SPR Mark Linwood, CPL Peter Ball. .17) & .18) - Photo, colour, 1994. Attempted goal. .19) - Photo, colour, 1994. L to R: unidentified, (x2), CPL Peter Ball, LT Andrew Caudle, SGT Steve McGuiness, CPL Dick Crawford, SSGT Pat ‘Fuji’ Drover. .20) - Photo, colour, 1994. SPR Fran Calvert tackled from behind. .21) - Photo, colour, 1994. Attempted goal. L to R: CPL Phuc ‘Charlie’ Tran, SPR Fran Calvert, remainder unidentified. .22) - Photo, colour, 1994. Goal celebration. L to R: CPL Phuc ‘Charlie’ Tran, SPR Fran Calvert, remainder unidentified. .23) - Photo, colour, 1994. Attempted goal. L to R: SGT Steve McGuiness, CPL Phuc ‘Charlie’ Tran, CPL Peter Ball, SGT Dave Longbottom. .24) - Photo, colour, 1994. Attempted goal. Keeper CPL Steve Wegener under pressure. .25) - Photo, colour, 1994. Goal scored. L to R: CPL Dick Crawford, remainder unidentified. .26) - Photo, colour, 1994. Keeper clearance L to R: SGT Steve McGuiness, CPL Dick Crawford, SGT Dave Longbottom. .27) - Photo, colour, 1994. L to R: SGT Steve McGuiness, OC MAJ Peter Demaine, SGT H. Evertz, CPL Peter Ball, CPL Phuc ‘Charlie’ Tran (eyes not on the ball), SGT Dave Longbottom. .28) - Photo, colour, 1994. Keeper saves extreme pressure L to R: unidentified, (x2), Dick Crawford, SGT Dave Longbottom, CPL Steve Wegener, unidentified. In foreground: unidentified (x2). .29) - Photo, colour, 1994. Skilled footwork L to R: SSGT Brian Collings, SPR Fran Calvert, WO2 Simon ‘Andy’ Capp. In background: unidentified, SSGT Pat ‘Fuji’ Drover. .30) - Photo, colour, 1994. L to R: unidentified, CPL Dick Crawford, OC MAJ Peter Demaine, SGT Dave Longbottom..1P to .30P – There are no personnel identified. ‘1994 OCT SOCCER MATCH ORs v OFFR/SNCOs’ annotated on negatives sleeve.royal australian survey corps, rasvy, 4 fd svy sqn

“RANEE BELL” This bell originally adorned the cabin of the 12.6m yacht “Ranee”, built for a Doctor Craig of Sydney by the famous Logan Bros of Auckland New Zealand, she was launched as Heather in 1900. A subsequent owner renamed her “Ranee”. Her name reverted to “Heather” prior to being purchased, September 1919, by club members Joe White and David Cargill. Joe White purchased her outright in season 1920-21. He then presented the bell to the club to summon members attention to announcements in the club bar where it remains today and is used for the same purpose. It was also rung to draw attention to impending bar closing times, when it was rung 5 mins before closing, then at closing. Ironically Joe White, when applying for a Admiralty Warrant for Heather in 1924, found out she had previously been registered under the name of Ranee, and the only way to carry on that Warrant, was for him to change her name back to Ranee mid-way during the season. J.H. (Bert) Ferris 1/03/09Very significant - Squadron history - Yachting history AustraliaShips bell, brass, mounted on brass bracket,Ranee 1903brass, white, bell, ranee, heather, joe white, david cargill