Photograph - 4th Field Survey Squadron Adventurous Training, Wilpena pound, Flinders Ranges, SA, 1989

Historical information

This is a set of 55 photographs of a 4th Field Survey Squadron adventurous training held at Wilpena pound, in the Flinders Ranges of South Australia in 1989. It is evident the training focussed on teamwork, leadership, abseiling, rock climbing, field craft and living off the land survival skills. Elements from units of the Army Reserve also participated in the training. In this photo set, one of 4th Field Survey’s sections participated in abseiling and trekked to the highest mountain in the Flinders Ranges – St. Mary’s Peak. Refer to item 6552.43P for black & white photographs taken during the adventurous training exercise.

Physical description

This is a set of 55 photographs of 4th Field Survey Squadron personnel undergoing adventurous training held at Wilpena pound, in the Flinders Ranges of South Australia in 1989. The colour photographs are on 35mm negative film and are part of the Army Survey Regiment’s Collection. The photographs were scanned at 96 dpi.
.1) & 2)- Photo, colour, 1989. Base camp. WO1 Bill Griggs 2nd from left, remainder unidentified.
.3) - Photo, colour, 1989. Old homestead inside Wilpena Pound. SPR Cheryl Deluca-Cardillo, 2nd from left, remainder unidentified.
.4) - Photo, colour, 1989. Wilpena Pound topography.
.5) - Photo, colour, 1989. Abseiling activities, unidentified personnel.
.6) & .7) - Photo, colour, 1989. Flinders Ranges topography.
.8) - Photo, colour, 1989. Abseiling activities. L to R: SSGT Max Coletti, SGT Stu Symonds.
.9) - Photo, colour, 1989. Abseiling activities, unidentified personnel.
.10) - Photo, colour, 1989. Flinders Ranges topography.
.11) - Photo, colour, 1989. Abseiling activities. L to R: unidentified, CPL Michelle Griffith, SGT Stu Symonds.
.12) - Photo, colour, 1989. Abseiling activities. L to R: unidentified, SPR Andrew Quin, SGT Laurie Justin, SGT Stu Symonds.
.13) - Photo, colour, 1989. Abseiling activities. L to R: SGT Stu Symonds SGT Laurie Justin.
.14) - Photo, colour, 1989. Abseiling activities. L to R: unidentified, SGT Stu Symonds.
.15) - Photo, colour, 1989. Abseiling activities. SGT Laurie Justin.
.16) - Photo, colour, 1989. Abseiling activities. SGT Stu Symonds.
.17) & .18) - Photo, colour, 1989. Abseiling activities. SPR Cheryl Deluca-Cardillo.
.19) - Photo, colour, 1989. Abseiling activities. L to R: SPR Cheryl Deluca-Cardillo, unidentified.
.20) - Photo, colour, 1989. Abseiling activities. SSGT Max Coletti.
.21) - Photo, colour, 1989. Abseiling activities. SPR Andrew Quin.
.22) - Photo, colour, 1989. Abseiling activities. CPL Michelle Griffith.
.23) - Photo, colour, 1989. Abseiling activities. CPL Michelle Griffith.
.24) - Photo, colour, 1989. Flinders Ranges topography, unidentified personnel.
.25) - Photo, colour, 1989. Flinders Ranges topography, unidentified SGT.
.26) to .30) - Photo, colour, 1989. Flinders Ranges topography.
.31) - Photo, colour, 1989. Flinders Ranges topography, unidentified personnel.
.32) & .33) - Photo, colour, 1989. Flinders Ranges topography. L to R: unidentified, CPL Michelle Griffith, SGT Stu Symonds, CPL Roger Graf, SSGT Max Coletti, SGT Laurie Justin.
.34) - Photo, colour, 1989. St. Mary’s Peak. L to R: unidentified, CPL Michelle Griffith, CPL Steve Nokes, SGT Stu Symonds.
.35) - Photo, colour, 1989. St. Mary’s Peak. SGT Stu Symonds.
.36) & .37) - Photo, colour, 1989. St. Mary’s Peak. CPL Steve Nokes.
.38) - Photo, colour, 1989. Flinders Ranges topography.
.39) - Photo, colour, 1989. St. Mary’s Peak. SGT Laurie Justin.
.40) - Photo, colour, 1989. St. Mary’s Peak. SPR Cheryl Deluca-Cardillo.
.41) - Photo, colour, 1989. St. Mary’s Peak. SPR Andrew Quin.
.42) - Photo, colour, 1989. Flinders Ranges topography, SGT Stu Symonds.
.43) - Photo, colour, 1989. Social activities. L to R: unidentified (x6), CPL Perry Langeberg, SGT Laurie Justin.
.44) - Photo, colour, 1989. Social activities. L to R: CPL Perry Langeberg, SGT John Zuringer, SGT Laurie Justin, SGT Mick Hogan, unidentified, SGT Stu Symonds.
.45) - Photo, colour, 1989. Social activities. L to R: unidentified (x6), CPL Perry Langeberg, SGT John Zuringer.
.46) - Photo, colour, 1989. Social activities. L to R: CPL Jamie McRae, SGT Laurie Justin, SGT Mick Hogan, unidentified, SGT Stu Symonds, SPR Cheryl Deluca-Cardillo, WO1 Bill Griggs.
.47) - Photo, colour, 1989. Social activities. L to R: SGT Laurie Justin, unidentified, CPL Steve Nokes, SGT Stu Symonds, SPR Cheryl Deluca-Cardillo, WO1 Bill Griggs, unidentified (x2).
.48) - Photo, colour, 1989. Social activities. L to R: CPL Steve Nokes, WO1 Bill Griggs, SPR Cheryl Deluca-Cardillo, unidentified (x2), CPL Steve Ellis, CPL Michelle Griffith, SGT Gill Park.
.49) - Photo, colour, 1989. Social activities. L to R: CPL Perry Langeberg, SGT John Zuringer, CPL Jamie McRae, SGT Laurie Justin, SGT Mick Hogan, unidentified, SGT Stu Symonds.
.50) - Photo, colour, 1989. Sheep cooking in fire pit. L to R: WO2 Peter Symmans, unidentified (x5), CPL Steve Ellis.
.51) - Photo, colour, 1989. Sheep cooking in fire pit. L to R: WO2 Peter Symmans, unidentified.
.52) - Photo, colour, 1989. Sheep cooking in fire pit. Unidentified personnel.
.53) - Photo, colour, 1989. Cooked sheep removed from fire pit. L to R: unidentified. WO2 Peter Symmans, unidentified.
.54) - Photo, colour, 1989. Cooked sheep removed from fire pit. L to R: CPL Michelle Griffith, SGT Gill Park, unidentified, SSGT Max Coletti, unidentified, SPR Cheryl Deluca-Cardillo.
.55) - Photo, colour, 1989. Cooked sheep removed from fire pit. L to R: unidentified, CPL Michelle Griffith, WO2 Peter Symmans.

Inscriptions & markings

.1P to .55P – There are no personnel identified. ‘1989 ADV TRAINING’ annotated on negatives sleeve.

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