Historical information

These three photographs were taken during the 100th Anniversary of the Royal Australian Survey Corps Celebrations held in BENDIGO from the 3rd of July to the 5th of July 2015. The following events were held during the weekend of celebrations:

Friday 3 July 2015 – Informal Meet and Greet at the Bendigo RSL.
Saturday 4 July 2015 – 1030hrs Civic Reception Bendigo Town Hall.
Saturday 4 July 2015 – 1400 -1600hrs Open House at Turriff (The WRAAC Barracks).
Saturday 4 July 2015 – 1900 for 1930hrs Main Dinner Function at the All-Seasons Function Centre.
Sunday 5 July 2015 - Catholic & Anglican Church Services.
Sunday 5 July 2015 – 1200hrs BBQ Lunch Goldmines Hotel.
Sunday 5 July 2015 – 1500hrs short Commemorative Service, unveiling of Survey Corps story board at Fortuna Villa.

Physical description

This is a set of three photographs taken during the 100th Anniversary of the Royal Australian Survey Corps Celebrations held in Bendigo in July 2015. The colour photographs were printed on photographic paper and are part of the Army Survey Regiment’s Collection. The photographs were scanned at 300 dpi.

.1) - Photo, colour, 2015. Group photo of Ex-Survey personnel from the Brisbane Association at the Bendigo Town Hall.
.2) - Photo, colour, 2015. Group photo of Ex-Survey personnel taken at the All-Seasons Hotel. This group left the Corps in the late 1980s to work in Saudi Arabia. L to R: Wally Chilcott, Brett Treneman, Dave Murphy, Steve Throssel, unidentified, Jim Cook, Dave Wright, Peter Lefel.
.3) - Photo, colour, 2015. Group photo of Ex-Survey personnel at the Commemorative Service to unveil the Survey Corps plaque and story board at Fortuna Villa, Bendigo.

Inscriptions & markings

The following annotations are written on the back of each photo:
.1P - ‘EX-SURVEY PERSONNEL (BRISBANE ASSOCIATION)’.
.2P - ‘THE BAD BOYS 04 JUL 15 (LEFT THE CORPS TO WORK IN SAUDI ARABIA)
.3P – ‘DEDICATION OF PLAQUE& STORY BOARD AT FORTUNA BENDIGO ON O5 JUL 15’.