Administrative record - Royal Australian Survey Corps - Central Command Operation Order C/1/61 Northern Territory 1961, DAD Svy, HQ Central Command , Keswick Barracks, SA, 1961

Historical information

This is a Central Command Operation for the Royal Australian Survey Corps to conduct a Survey Operation in Northern Territory in 1961. The task is to acquire Survey Control for the production of maps coving the following 1:250 000 map areas of Alligator River, Mt Evelyn, Coburg Peninsula, (including the offshore Islands, Melville Island and Bathurst Island. The Operation Order details the tasks for the 6 x Officers (or equivalent) and 34 x OR's (or equivalent) and the support that was allocated including Frigate HMAS Gasgoyne, LSM landing craft, Trucks amphibian (DUKW), Helicopter and Cessna aircraft.

Physical description

A 11 x page foolscap size paper report and 1 x foldout map Annex held together with a paper clip. Two hole punched.

Inscriptions & markings

Hand written File Number in top RH Corner "101-310-4". Distribution stamp in top LH Corner. Hand written No7 in Top RH Corner.

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