Bendigo Military Museum
Photograph - Royal Australian Survey Corps Field Survey Vehicles, c1950s
... The photographs were scanned at 300 dpi.
.1) - Photo, black & white, c1950s, unidentified surveyors in an Austin Champ field survey vehicle departing the Army Survey Regiment’s transport compound.
.2) - Photo, black & white, c1950s, unidentified surveyors in a Humber 1 ton survey vehicle departing the Army Survey Regiment’s transport compound.
.3) - Photo, black & white, 1958, L to R: LTCOL Lindsay Lockwood and CAPT Jim Stedman standing beside a 1950's International truck at Camooweal, QLD.,
.4) - Photo, black & white, c1950s, unidentified surveyor, field survey truck and trailer carrying deployable "Mann" press trailer.
.5) – Photo black & white, May 1960. ...The photographs were scanned at 300 dpi.
.1) - Photo, black & white, c1950s, unidentified surveyors in an Austin Champ field survey vehicle departing the Army Survey Regiment’s transport compound.
.2) - Photo, black & white, c1950s, unidentified surveyors in a Humber 1 ton survey vehicle departing the Army Survey Regiment’s transport compound.
.3) - Photo, black & white, 1958, L to R: LTCOL Lindsay Lockwood and CAPT Jim Stedman standing beside a 1950's International truck at Camooweal, QLD.,
.4) - Photo, black & white, c1950s, unidentified surveyor, field survey truck and trailer carrying deployable "Mann" press trailer.
.5) – Photo black & white, May 1960. ...
This is a set of five photographs of vehicles used by field survey parties during the 1950s and 1960s. The first two photos show unidentified surveyors and field survey vehicles departing the Army Survey Regiment’s transport compound. The third photo of LTCOL Lindsay Lockwood and CAPT Jim Stedman standing beside an early 1950s International light truck was taken at a field survey camp at Camooweal, QLD. LTCOL Lindsay Lockwood was the CO of the Army Survey Regiment from 1951 to 1962. As the longest serving commanding officer of the unit, there was many changes implemented. LTCOL Lindsay Lockwood’s period as CO is covered in more detail in pages 48-49 of Valerie Lovejoy’s book 'Mapmakers of Fortuna – A history of the Army Survey Regiment’ ISBN: 0-646-42120-4. CAPT Jim Stedman later reached the rank of Colonel, was Director of Military Survey from 1975 to 1978 and was appointed as Colonel Commandant (honorary appointment, Retd) of the Royal Australian Survey Corps from 1978 to 1983. The International truck and low loader trailer in Photo .4P was carrying RASvy’s field deployable printing press, the George Mann Double Crown. See pages 44 -45 of Valerie Lovejoy’s book for more information on how this trailer mounted printing press was used in a recruitment drive in 1948. More photos of RASvy vehicles can be found at 9019.6P.This is a set of five photographs of vehicles used by field survey parties. c1950s – 1960s. 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, c1950s, unidentified surveyors in an Austin Champ field survey vehicle departing the Army Survey Regiment’s transport compound.
.2) - Photo, black & white, c1950s, unidentified surveyors in a Humber 1 ton survey vehicle departing the Army Survey Regiment’s transport compound.
.3) - Photo, black & white, 1958, L to R: LTCOL Lindsay Lockwood and CAPT Jim Stedman standing beside a 1950's International truck at Camooweal, QLD.,
.4) - Photo, black & white, c1950s, unidentified surveyor, field survey truck and trailer carrying deployable "Mann" press trailer.
.5) – Photo black & white, May 1960. PTE R. Eastwood, an attached Service Corps driver on survey operations, extracts his Land Rover from the Archer River in northern Queensland..3P on back – Lindsay Lockwood (LT COL) Jim Stedman (Capt) 1958 Camooweal
.4P on back – Early vehicles for field trips.
.5P with card strip annotation’ Survey field parties often strike difficult terrain when driving’.royal australian survey corps, rasvy, army survey regiment, army svy regt, fortuna, asr, surveying