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Photograph - Bones Day – Army Survey Regiment Verses RAAF School of Radio at Bendigo, Victoria, Bones Day – Army Survey Regiment Verses RAAF School of Radio at Bendigo, Victoria, c1970s

  • Annual Sport Competition: Bones Day - Army Survey Regiment Verses RAAF School of Radio, Bendigo, Victoria circa 1970s.

    Bones Day at the Army Survey Regiment, Bendigo, 1970s. .1) - SOR Squash Team: All unidentified.

  • Annual Sport Competition: Bones Day - Army Survey Regiment Verses RAAF School of Radio, Bendigo, Victoria circa 1970s.

    Bones Day at the Army Survey Regiment, Bendigo, 1970s. .2) - ASR Squash Team: Back row L to R: John Bennett, unidentified (x2), Brian Rogers. Front row L to R: unidentified, Irene Saunders.

  • Annual Sport Competition: Bones Day - Army Survey Regiment Verses RAAF School of Radio, Bendigo, Victoria circa 1970s.

    Bones Day at the Army Survey Regiment, Bendigo, 1970s. .3) - ASR Golf Team: Back row L to R: Ken Rich, Bob Coultard, unidentified (x3), Graeme Jeffers. Front row L to R: unidentified, Noel Sproles, Don Taylor, unidentified (x2).

  • Annual Sport Competition: Bones Day - Army Survey Regiment Verses RAAF School of Radio, Bendigo, Victoria circa 1970s.

    Bones Day at the Army Survey Regiment, Bendigo, 1970s. .4) - SOR Tug-of-War Team: All unidentified.

  • Annual Sport Competition: Bones Day - Army Survey Regiment Verses RAAF School of Radio, Bendigo, Victoria circa 1970s.

    Bones Day at the Army Survey Regiment, Bendigo, 1970s. .5) - ASR Tug-of-War Team: Back row L to R: Peter Saunders. Noel Morrison, Jim Cook, Roy Morgan, Ken Slater, Geoff Haynes, Adrian Rynberk, Tony Ellis. Front row L to R: Tom Pattison, Bob Hayden, unidentified (x2), Peter ‘Blue’ Blaskett.

  • Annual Sport Competition: Bones Day - Army Survey Regiment Verses RAAF School of Radio, Bendigo, Victoria circa 1970s.

    Bones Day at the Army Survey Regiment, Bendigo, 1970s. .6) - ASR Rugby Team: Back row L to R: unidentified (x3), Bob Hayden, unidentified (x2). Centre row L to R: Col Darch, Chris Parkinson, unidentified (x2), Peter Mansell, unidentified (x2). Front row L to R: unidentified (x2), Kerry Gallager, unidentified (x2), Bob Williams.

  • Annual Sport Competition: Bones Day - Army Survey Regiment Verses RAAF School of Radio, Bendigo, Victoria circa 1970s.

    Bones Day at the Army Survey Regiment, Bendigo, 1970s. .7) ASR Volleyball Team: Back row L to R: John Bullen, unidentified (x3), Tom Zentai, unidentified. Front row L to R: unidentified, John Winzar, Ken Slater, unidentified.

  • Annual Sport Competition: Bones Day - Army Survey Regiment Verses RAAF School of Radio, Bendigo, Victoria circa 1970s.

    Bones Day at the Army Survey Regiment, Bendigo, 1970s. .8) - ASR Rifle Shooting Team: Back row L to R: Tony Ellis, unidentified, John Waite, Ian ‘Lofty’ Turner. Front row L to R: Warren ‘Waldo’ Shirley, unidentified (x3).

  • Annual Sport Competition: Bones Day - Army Survey Regiment Verses RAAF School of Radio, Bendigo, Victoria circa 1970s.

    Bones Day at the Army Survey Regiment, Bendigo, 1970s. .9) - SOR Rifle Shooting Team: All unidentified.

  • Annual Sport Competition: Bones Day - Army Survey Regiment Verses RAAF School of Radio, Bendigo, Victoria circa 1970s.

    Bones Day at the Army Survey Regiment, Bendigo, 1970s. .10) - ASR Tennis Team: Back row L to R: unidentified (x2), Shirley Stephenson, unidentified, Ros Melsom. Front row L to R: Lynn Ireland, Desi Asaris, unidentified, Rita Asaris.

  • Annual Sport Competition: Bones Day - Army Survey Regiment Verses RAAF School of Radio, Bendigo, Victoria circa 1970s.

    Bones Day at the Army Survey Regiment, Bendigo, 1970s. .11) - ASR & SOR Basketball Teams: Back row L to R: Tom Pattison, Robert Melsom, remainder unidentified. Front row L to R: Russ Larsen, unidentified, John Thomas, unidentified (x2) Col Minto, unidentified.

  • Annual Sport Competition: Bones Day - Army Survey Regiment Verses RAAF School of Radio, Bendigo, Victoria circa 1970s.

    Bones Day at the Army Survey Regiment, Bendigo, 1970s. .12) - ASR & SOR Volleyball Teams: Back row L to R: Roger Pearson, unidentified (x5), Greg Francis-Wright, unidentified. Front row L to R: unidentified (x2), Ken Slater, unidentified, John Bateman, unidentified, Kerry Gallagher. Kerr(x2).

  • Annual Sport Competition: Bones Day - Army Survey Regiment Verses RAAF School of Radio, Bendigo, Victoria circa 1970s.

    Bones Day at the Army Survey Regiment, Bendigo, 1970s. .13) - SOR Cricket Team: All unidentified.

  • Annual Sport Competition: Bones Day - Army Survey Regiment Verses RAAF School of Radio, Bendigo, Victoria circa 1970s.

    Bones Day at the Army Survey Regiment, Bendigo, 1970s. .14) - ASR Cricket Team: All unidentified.

  • Annual Sport Competition: Bones Day - Army Survey Regiment Verses RAAF School of Radio, Bendigo, Victoria circa 1970s.

    ASR Tennis Team: Back row L to R: unidentified (x4), Terry Bulley, unidentified. Front row L to R: Mick Flynn, unidentified (x5).

  • Annual Sport Competition: Bones Day - Army Survey Regiment Verses RAAF School of Radio, Bendigo, Victoria circa 1970s.
  • Annual Sport Competition: Bones Day - Army Survey Regiment Verses RAAF School of Radio, Bendigo, Victoria circa 1970s.
  • Annual Sport Competition: Bones Day - Army Survey Regiment Verses RAAF School of Radio, Bendigo, Victoria circa 1970s.
  • Annual Sport Competition: Bones Day - Army Survey Regiment Verses RAAF School of Radio, Bendigo, Victoria circa 1970s.
  • Annual Sport Competition: Bones Day - Army Survey Regiment Verses RAAF School of Radio, Bendigo, Victoria circa 1970s.
  • Annual Sport Competition: Bones Day - Army Survey Regiment Verses RAAF School of Radio, Bendigo, Victoria circa 1970s.
  • Annual Sport Competition: Bones Day - Army Survey Regiment Verses RAAF School of Radio, Bendigo, Victoria circa 1970s.
  • Annual Sport Competition: Bones Day - Army Survey Regiment Verses RAAF School of Radio, Bendigo, Victoria circa 1970s.
  • Annual Sport Competition: Bones Day - Army Survey Regiment Verses RAAF School of Radio, Bendigo, Victoria circa 1970s.
  • Annual Sport Competition: Bones Day - Army Survey Regiment Verses RAAF School of Radio, Bendigo, Victoria circa 1970s.
  • Annual Sport Competition: Bones Day - Army Survey Regiment Verses RAAF School of Radio, Bendigo, Victoria circa 1970s.
  • Annual Sport Competition: Bones Day - Army Survey Regiment Verses RAAF School of Radio, Bendigo, Victoria circa 1970s.
  • Annual Sport Competition: Bones Day - Army Survey Regiment Verses RAAF School of Radio, Bendigo, Victoria circa 1970s.
  • Annual Sport Competition: Bones Day - Army Survey Regiment Verses RAAF School of Radio, Bendigo, Victoria circa 1970s.
  • Annual Sport Competition: Bones Day - Army Survey Regiment Verses RAAF School of Radio, Bendigo, Victoria circa 1970s.

Historical information

These 15 photographs were taken at Bones Day, an annual sports competition between the Army Survey Regiment and the RAAF School of Radio at Bendigo circa 1970s. 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 15 photographs were taken at Bones Day, an annual sports competition between the Army Survey Regiment (ASR) and the RAAF School of Radio (SOR) at Bendigo circa 1970s. 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, 1970s, SOR Squash Team: All unidentified.
.2) - Photo, black & white, 1970s, ASR Squash Team: Back row L to R: John Bennett, unidentified (x2), Brian Rogers. Front row L to R: unidentified, Irene Saunders.
.3) - Photo, black & white, 1970s, ASR Golf Team: Back row L to R: Ken Rich, Bob Coultard, unidentified (x3), Graeme Jeffers. Front row L to R: unidentified, Noel Sproles, Don Taylor, unidentified (x2).
.4) - Photo, black & white, 1970s, SOR Tug-of-War Team: All unidentified.
.5) - Photo, black & white, 1970s, ASR Tug-of-War Team: Back row L to R: Peter Saunders. Noel Morrison, Jim Cook, Roy Morgan, Ken Slater, Geoff Haynes, Adrian Rynberk, Tony Ellis. Front row L to R: Tom Pattison, Bob Hayden, unidentified (x2), Peter ‘Blue’ Blaskett.
.6) - Photo, colour, 1970s, ASR Rugby Team: Back row L to R: unidentified (x3), Bob Hayden, unidentified (x2). Centre row L to R: Col Darch, Chris Parkinson, unidentified (x2), Peter Mansell, unidentified (x2). Front row L to R: unidentified (x2), Kerry Gallager, unidentified (x2), Bob Williams.
.7) - Photo, black & white, 1970s, ASR Volleyball Team: Back row L to R: John Bullen, unidentified (x3), Tom Zentai, unidentified. Front row L to R: unidentified, John Winzar, Ken Slater, unidentified.
.8) - Photo, black & white, 1970s, ASR Rifle Shooting Team: Back row L to R: Tony Ellis, unidentified, John Waite, Ian ‘Lofty’ Turner. Front row L to R: Warren ‘Waldo’ Shirley, unidentified(x3).
.9) - Photo, black & white, 1970s, SOR Rifle Shooting Team: All unidentified.
.10) - Photo, black & white, 1970s, ASR Tennis Team: Back row L to R: unidentified (x2), Shirley Stephenson, unidentified, Ros Melsom. Front row L to R: Lynn Ireland, Desi Asaris, unidentified, Rita Asaris.
.11) - Photo, black & white, 1970s, ASR & SOR Basketball Teams: Back row L to R: Tom Pattison, Robert Melsom, remainder unidentified. Front row L to R: Russ Larsen, unidentified, John Thomas, unidentified (x2) Col Minto, unidentified.
.12) - Photo, black & white, 1970s, ASR & SOR Volleyball Teams: Back row L to R: Roger Pearson, unidentified (x5), Greg Francis-Wright, unidentified. Front row L to R: unidentified (x2), Ken Slater, unidentified, John Bateman, unidentified, Kerry Gallagher.
.13) - Photo, black & white, 1970s, SOR Cricket Team: All unidentified.
.14) - Photo, black & white, 1970s, ASR Cricket Team: All unidentified.
.15) - Photo, black & white, 1970s, ASR Tennis Team: Back row L to R: unidentified (x4), Terry Bulley, unidentified. Front row L to R: Mick Flynn, unidentified (x5).

Inscriptions & markings

.10P annotated ‘BR ? ? Shirley ? Ros FR L to Right Lynn Ireland Desi ? Retia‘ on back of photo. Remaining photos are not annotated.

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