Photograph - Army Survey Regiment Inter-Squadron Athletics Competition, Bendigo, 1980

Historical information

This is a set of 21 photographs of an Army Survey Regiment inter-squadron athletics competition held probably at Epsom, Bendigo in 1980. Personnel from Headquarters, Air Survey, Cartographic and Lithographic Squadrons took part in traditional athletics events and wheelbarrow race, sack race, fireman’s carry and tug-of-war novelty events.

Physical description

This is a set of 21 photographs of an Army Survey Regiment inter-squadron athletics competition held at Bendigo in 1980. The photographs were printed on photographic paper and are part of the Army Survey Regiment’s Collection. The black and white photographs were scanned at 300 dpi.
.1) - Photo, black & white, 1980, Fireman’s Carry. L to R: Gavin Neilson, Foreground: Peter Coombes, Ken ‘Sluggo’ Slater, unidentified, Warren ‘WAH’ Hall, Greg Rowe, Rhys De Laine.
.2) - Photo, black & white, 1980, Fireman’s Carry. Unidentified personnel.
.3) - Photo, black & white, 1980, Fireman’s Carry. L to R: Phil Boyle, Peter Ralston, unidentified (x2).
.4) - Photo, black & white, 1980, Fireman’s Carry. L to R: Phil Boyle, Peter Ralston, unidentified (x2), Gavin Neilson.
.5) - Photo, black & white, 1980, Fireman’s Carry. L to R: Phil Boyle, Peter Ralston, unidentified, Ian ‘Rock’ Thistleton, unidentified (x2), Mick Gillham, unidentified (x2).
.6) - Photo, black & white, 1980, Wheelbarrow race. L to R: Stan Vote, Ken ‘Sluggo’ Slater, Graham Squire, Eddie Schultz. Unidentified personnel in background.
.7) - Photo, black & white, 1980, Wheelbarrow race. L to R: Tom Pattison, Ken ‘Sluggo’ Slater. Unidentified personnel in background.
.8) to .10) - Photo, black & white, 1980, 100m sprint race. Fred Panknin timekeeper. Unidentified personnel in background.
.11) - Photo, black & white, 1980, Hurdles. Unidentified personnel.
.12) - Photo, black & white, 1980, Sack race. Unidentified personnel.
.13) - Photo, black & white, 1980, Sack race. L to R: unidentified (x2), Eddie Schultz, Peter Ralston. Unidentified personnel in background.
.14) - Photo, black & white, 1980, Stretching and limbering up, unidentified personnel.
.15) - Photo, black & white, 1980, High jump. In foreground L to R: unidentified (x2), In background L to R: Stan Vote, unidentified athlete, unidentified, Paul Baker.
.16) - Photo, black & white, 1980, High jump. L to R: Stan Vote, Zoe (Lisiewich) Ames.
.17) - Photo, black & white, 1980, High jump. L to R: Paul Baker, Stan Vote, unidentified athlete.
.18) - Photo, black & white, 1980, Tug-of-War. Unidentified contestants. Unidentified personnel in background.
.19) - Photo, black & white, 1980, Tug-of-War. L to R: Russell ‘Rusty’ Williams, Peter Treble, Noel ‘Macca’ McNamara, Garry Ames, unidentified (x3). In background L to R: unidentified (x2), Alan Derby, unidentified (x2), Gordon Lowery, unidentified, Warren ‘Waldo’ Shirley, Zoe (Lisiewich) Ames, Mick Hogan, Alan Choat, Peter Warwick, unidentified, Tom Pattison, unidentified, unidentified personnel, Bill Friswell – coach in dark striped shirt, unidentified contestants.
.20) - Photo, black & white, 1980, Tug-of-War. L to R: Russell ‘Rusty’ Williams, Peter Treble, remaining personnel unidentified.
.21) - Photo, black & white, 1980, Tug-of-War. L to R: Rick Warren, unidentified, Dan Cirsky, Wayne ‘Rags’ Rothwell, Ian ‘Rock’ Thistleton, remaining personnel unidentified.

Inscriptions & markings

.1P to .21P –No personnel are identified. ‘Athletics 1980’ annotated on cover sleeve.

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