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Photograph - Vehicle in Lake Incident - Army Survey Regiment, Fortuna, Bendigo, 1986

  • Civilian vehicle removed from lake at Army Survey Regiment, Fortuna, Bendigo 1986.

    Removal of Ted Burgess’s vehicle from lake at the Army Survey Regiment, Fortuna, Bendigo. 1986.

  • Civilian vehicle removed from lake at Army Survey Regiment, Fortuna, Bendigo 1986.

    Removal of Ted Burgess’s vehicle from lake at the Army Survey Regiment, Fortuna, Bendigo. 1986. .4) - Neil Morgan in foreground.

  • Civilian vehicle removed from lake at Army Survey Regiment, Fortuna, Bendigo 1986.

    Removal of Ted Burgess’s vehicle from lake at the Army Survey Regiment, Fortuna, Bendigo. 1986.

  • Civilian vehicle removed from lake at Army Survey Regiment, Fortuna, Bendigo 1986.

    Removal of Ted Burgess’s vehicle from lake at the Army Survey Regiment, Fortuna, Bendigo. 1986.

  • Civilian vehicle removed from lake at Army Survey Regiment, Fortuna, Bendigo 1986.

    Removal of Ted Burgess’s vehicle from lake at the Army Survey Regiment, Fortuna, Bendigo. 1986. .9) &.10) - Neil Morgan on right of picture.

  • Civilian vehicle removed from lake at Army Survey Regiment, Fortuna, Bendigo 1986.
  • Civilian vehicle removed from lake at Army Survey Regiment, Fortuna, Bendigo 1986.
  • Civilian vehicle removed from lake at Army Survey Regiment, Fortuna, Bendigo 1986.
  • Civilian vehicle removed from lake at Army Survey Regiment, Fortuna, Bendigo 1986.
  • Civilian vehicle removed from lake at Army Survey Regiment, Fortuna, Bendigo 1986.

Historical information

This is a set of 12 photographs of contractors removing a vehicle from the lake at the Army Survey Regiment, Fortuna, Bendigo in September 1986. The Ford XB panel van belonging to WO2 Ted Burgess rolled down the embankment during the night from the SGTs Mess carpark. Despite written off by the insurance company, the panel van was remarkably restored by Ted to roadworthy condition and driven in to Fortuna with a shark’s fin mounted on its roof. This incident is covered in more detail in page 152 of Valerie Lovejoy’s book 'Mapmakers of Fortuna – A history of the Army Survey Regiment’ ISBN: 0-646-42120-4.

Physical description

This is a set of 12 photograph of a civilian vehicle being removed from the lake at Army Survey Regiment at Fortuna, Bendigo, September 1986.
The photographs were on 35mm negative film and were scanned at 96 dpi. They are part of the Army Survey Regiment’s Collection.
.1) to .3) - Photo, black & white, 1986. Vehicle removal from lake.
.4) - Photo, black & white, 1986. Vehicle removal from lake, Neil Morgan in foreground.
.5) to .8) - Photo, black & white, 1986. Vehicle removal from lake.
.9) to .10) - Photo, black & white, 1986. Vehicle removal from lake, Neil Morgan on right.
.11) to .12) - Photo, black & white, 1986. Vehicle removal from lake.

Inscriptions & markings

No personnel are identified. Annotated with date on negative sleeve.

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