Historical information

This is a set of 28 photographs of 4th Field Survey Squadron undergoing adventurous training held at unknown locations in South Australia, in 1994. It is also possible the training was in the Grampians region of Victoria. Off-road driver training and abseiling were key activities of this adventurous training as well as teamwork, leadership, and field craft. Elements from units of the Army Reserve may have participated in the training. See items 6561.31P, 6562.33P and 6563.33P for more photos taken during this training activity.

Physical description

This is a set of 28 photographs of 4th Field Survey Squadron personnel undergoing adventurous training held at unknown locations in South Australia in 1994. 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) - Photo, colour, 1994. Abseiling. Unidentified personnel.
.2) - Photo, colour, 1994. Abseiling. L to R: Unidentified (x2), WO2 Ken Talbot-Smith, unidentified, SGT Mark Donnelly, unidentified.
.3) to .10) - Photo, colour, 1994. Training area terrain.
.11) to .12) - Photo, colour, 1994. Abseiling. Unidentified personnel.
.13) to .14) - Photo, colour, 1994. Training area terrain.
.15) - Photo, colour, 1994. Training area terrain. L to R: SSGT Brian ‘BC’ Collings, unidentified (x6).
.16) - Photo, colour, 1994. Training area terrain.
.17) - Photo, colour, 1994. Training area terrain. Unidentified personnel.
.18) - Photo, colour, 1994. Training area terrain. L to R: SSGT Brian ‘BC’ Collings, SGT Steve McGuiness.
.19) - Photo, colour, 1994. Training area terrain.
.20) to .27) - Photo, colour, 1994. Abseiling. Unidentified soldiers.
.28) - Photo, colour, 1994. Returning to 4 Fd Svy Sqn. L to R: SPR Fran Calvert, unidentified, SPR Gordon Santo, SPR Matt Arnold, SGT Dave Cook.

Inscriptions & markings

.1P to .28P – There are no personnel identified. ‘1994 ADV TRAINING’ annotated on negatives sleeve.