Booklet - Memories of 2 Australian Field Survey Company 1940-1944 by LtCol HPG Clews, HPG Clews, 23 Sep 1966

Historical information

1. This story of 2 Australian Survey Company is not intended to be an official history or even a complete unofficial history, but it is a very warm human document that will be read with interest by all members of the Royal Australian Survey Corps. The history is written by Lieutenant Colonel H.P.G. Clews and the foreward was written by Colonel D. Macdonald Director of Military Survey 23 Sep 1966. Clews is renowned for his work surveying for the construction of the Snowy Mountains Hydro Scheme. A scan of the complete booklet is available on the RASvy website.
3. Photograph of Survey Corps officers in the early days for WWII. Left to right, TA Vance (Director of Survey Corps), TP Keig, OGF Ward and HPG Clews.

Physical description

.1 Cream coloured A5 booklet with Australian Survey Corps colour patch, 48 pages black and white photos and diagrams, folded pages and stapled.
.2 Synopsis, (Index) containing "The buildup and operation of the Company", "The break-up of the Company" and Appendices. 2 Australian Field Survey Company
.3 A group of Australian Survey Corps Officers in the early days of WWII. Left to Right TA Vance (Director), TP Keig, OGF Ward and HPG Clews

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