Collection re G.A. Jones 3790932, refer Cat No 10053.2P for service details. This edition was the first version of a newly resurrected Newspaper "8 Ball" in June 1968 which is the 8th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment. It contains mostly humorous accounts of events like the "Anzac Day Ant Race". attending the RAP, do's and don'ts for new reinforcements, drinking Chinese wine plus the cartoons that go with. Newspaper, paper 17 pages includes handrawn cover, cartoons and typed articles, all print in black, held together by 2 metal staples.newspaper, 8rar, 8 ball, malaya, ga jones

Collection re G.A. Jones 3790932, refer Cat No 10053.2P for his service details. The following where all written by Graeme Jones. .1) Writes about a trip around the Island of Penang and places visited. .2) Writes about it being New Years Eve and staying in a Hotel for the night, hiring a motor scooter, buying camera gear. .3) Writes about 12 months to go, staying in Commonwealth Servicemen's Club, buying electronic gear, Akai items. .4) Writes about visiting Japan, cost of meals there, changing money, on Bullet Train. .5) Writes about Bangkok again for two days, touring around, night out with one of the blokes re his birthday..1) Postcard, colour showing a busy spot of Penang, rear has blue text relating to Penang. Hand written letter in black pen. .2) Postcard, colour showing recently built Penang Hill Mosque, rear has blue text relating to the Mosque. Hand written letter in black pen. .3) Postcard, colour showing Raffles Hotel, hand written letter on rear in black pen. .4) Postcard, colour showing Hotel Tozankaku in Kyoto Japan, hand written letter on rear in blue pen. .5) Postcard, colour showing cultivation of Rice in Thailand, hand written letter on rear in blue pen. .6) Envelope, red, white and blue, one stamp green colour, Singapore stamped, addressed on front in black pen and sender on rear..1) On rear, "28.12.67 Penang - Dear Mum, Dad & Neil" .2) On rear, "31.12.67 - Dear Mum, Dad & Neil" .3) On rear, "Note > 1.2.68 - Dear Mum, Dad & Neil" .4) On rear, "Kyoto Japan 22.11.68 - Dear Mum, Dad & Neil" .5) On rear, "Bangkok 8.12.68 - Dear Mum, Dad & Neil" .6) On rear, "Sender 3790932 Pte Jones G.A. 1 PLN A Coy 8RAR Terendak Camp Malacca Malaysia"postcards, penang, thailand, national service, ga jones

Collection re G.A. Jones 3790932, refer Cat No 10053.2P for his service details. AS per rear of the photographs. (Singleton NSW - Enogerra QLD) .1) Me cleaning gear at Singleton. .2) Me at Singleton. .3) Me cleaning my rifle at Singleton. .4) Dave Johnston - my bed space at Singleton. .5) I am doing the Present Arms on the right. .6) Peter Day. .7) Automatic Rifle. .8) Automatic Rifle (top) S.L.R (bottom) .9) M 60 General Purpose Machine Gun. .10) My bed space at Enoggera. .11) Alan Pitman .12) My Barracks at Enogerra - my room is on the top floor where the bloke is standing..1) - .12) Twelve B & W images of Soldiers in the Barracks rooms and outside with weapons. All have text on the rear. .13) - .20) Eight B & W images and one in colour of soldiers in the Barracks and outside. No text on the rear.photographs, singleton, enoggera, ga jones