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Photograph - Bones Day – Army Survey Regiment Verses RAAF School of Radio at Laverton, Victoria, c1961

  • Annual Sport Competition: Bones Day - Army Survey Regiment Verses RAAF School of Radio, Laverton, Victoria circa 1961.

    Bones Day at the RAAF School of Radio, Laverton, c1961. .1) - Golf. MAJ John Nolan.

  • Annual Sport Competition: Bones Day - Army Survey Regiment Verses RAAF School of Radio, Laverton, Victoria circa 1961.

    Bones Day at the RAAF School of Radio, Laverton, c1961. .2) - Cricket. CPL Walter Mooney.

  • Annual Sport Competition: Bones Day - Army Survey Regiment Verses RAAF School of Radio, Laverton, Victoria circa 1961.

    Bones Day at the RAAF School of Radio, Laverton, c1961. .3) - Volleyball – Army v Ballarat.

  • Annual Sport Competition: Bones Day - Army Survey Regiment Verses RAAF School of Radio, Laverton, Victoria circa 1961.

    Bones Day at the RAAF School of Radio, Laverton, c1961. .4) - Squash. Back row L to R: unidentified (x3), Tom Royale. Front row L to R: unidentified, Barbara Minto.

  • Annual Sport Competition: Bones Day - Army Survey Regiment Verses RAAF School of Radio, Laverton, Victoria circa 1961.

    Bones Day at the RAAF School of Radio, Laverton, c1961. .5) - Hockey. All personnel unidentified.

  • Annual Sport Competition: Bones Day - Army Survey Regiment Verses RAAF School of Radio, Laverton, Victoria circa 1961.

    Bones Day at the RAAF School of Radio, Laverton, c1961. .6) - Evening trophy presentations. L to R: unidentified RAAF School of Radio’s CO/or representative, AHQ Survey Regiment CO’s representative MAJ John Nolan.

  • Annual Sport Competition: Bones Day - Army Survey Regiment Verses RAAF School of Radio, Laverton, Victoria circa 1961.

    Bones Day at the RAAF School of Radio, Laverton, c1961. .7) - Evening trophy presentations. L to R: unidentified RAAF School of Radio’s CO/or representative, AHQ Survey Regiment RSM WO1 De Moore, CO’s representative MAJ John Nolan.

  • Annual Sport Competition: Bones Day - Army Survey Regiment Verses RAAF School of Radio, Laverton, Victoria circa 1961.

    Bones Day at the RAAF School of Radio, Laverton, c1961. .8) - Day Competition Trophy – The Big Bone.

  • Annual Sport Competition: Bones Day - Army Survey Regiment Verses RAAF School of Radio, Laverton, Victoria circa 1961.
  • Annual Sport Competition: Bones Day - Army Survey Regiment Verses RAAF School of Radio, Laverton, Victoria circa 1961.
  • Annual Sport Competition: Bones Day - Army Survey Regiment Verses RAAF School of Radio, Laverton, Victoria circa 1961.
  • Annual Sport Competition: Bones Day - Army Survey Regiment Verses RAAF School of Radio, Laverton, Victoria circa 1961.
  • Annual Sport Competition: Bones Day - Army Survey Regiment Verses RAAF School of Radio, Laverton, Victoria circa 1961.
  • Annual Sport Competition: Bones Day - Army Survey Regiment Verses RAAF School of Radio, Laverton, Victoria circa 1961.
  • Annual Sport Competition: Bones Day - Army Survey Regiment Verses RAAF School of Radio, Laverton, Victoria circa 1961.
  • Annual Sport Competition: Bones Day - Army Survey Regiment Verses RAAF School of Radio, Laverton, Victoria circa 1961.

Historical information

These eight photographs were taken at Bones Day, an annual sports competition between the Army Headquarter (AHQ) Survey Regiment and the RAAF School of Radio at Laverton circa 1961. The two units took turns each year to host the event. The day competition usually comprised basketball, cricket, cross country, golf, sailing, squash, softball, tennis, touch football, rifle shooting, tug-of-war and volleyball. The “big bone” trophy comprising a large bone from a beast housed inside a wooden framed glass case, was awarded to the winner of the day competition. The evening competition often included darts, carpet bowls, hookey, quoits and billiards/snooker. The “little bone” (a mounted chicken bone) was the consolation trophy awarded to the winner of the evening competition. The 3-hour bus trip for the visiting unit on their return was typically very raucous. The history of the Bones Day competition is best described in the booklet titled - Bones of Contention Souvenir Program. 1965. Refer to Item 6267.

Physical description

These eight photographs were taken at Bones Day, an annual sports competition between the Army Survey Regiment and the RAAF School of Radio at Laverton circa 1961. 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, c1961, Golf. MAJ John Nolan.
.2) - Photo, black & white, c1961, Cricket. CPL Walter Mooney.
.3) - Photo, black & white, c1961, Volleyball – Army v Ballarat.
.4) - Photo, black & white, c1961, Squash. Back row L to R: unidentified (x3), Tom Royale. Front row L to R: unidentified, Barbara Minto.
.5) - Photo, black & white, c1961, Hockey. All unidentified.
.6) - Photo, black & white, c1961, Evening trophy presentations. L to R: unidentified RAAF School of Radio’s CO/or representative, AHQ Survey Regiment CO’s representative MAJ John Nolan.
.7) - Photo, black & white, c1961, Evening trophy presentations. L to R: unidentified RAAF School of Radio’s CO/or representative, AHQ Survey Regiment RSM WO1 De Moore, CO’s representative MAJ John Nolan.
.8) - Photo, black & white, c1961, Day Competition Trophy – The Big Bone.

Inscriptions & markings

.1P annotated ‘Nolan’ on back of photo
.2P annotated ‘Mooney’ on back of photo
.3P annotated ‘Volleyball – Army v Ballarat’ on back of photo
.4P to .8P not annotated.

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