Historical information

This photograph was taken on 22 July 1953 at AHQ Field Survey Section, Central Command, Hampstead Barracks, Adelaide, SA of a group of Royal Australian Survey Corps soldiers in uniform. The unit, with an establishment of three officers and twenty-two other ranks was formed in Adelaide at Largs Bay in February 1952 to take responsibility for mapping of Woomera and military mapping in all parts of the state. The occasion may have been to commemorate the Section’s relocation to Hampstead Barracks, possibly taken at the beginning of their short tenure (approx 1 year), after moving from Largs Bay, before subsequently relocating to Keswick Barracks in 1954.
The soldiers are grouped in three rows with an information board at front, a corrugated iron building in the background and a dog in the lower right corner. Rear row is unidentified soldiers; centre row is unidentified soldiers and front row is an unidentified Staff Sergeant; unidentified Sergeant; Lt NRJ Hillier; Maj WB Relf (OC); unidentified WO2; unidentified Staff Sergeant.

Physical description

.1) - This black & white photograph was taken on 22 July 1953 at AHQ Field Survey Section, Central Command, Hampstead Barracks, Adelaide, SA of a group of RASvy soldiers in uniform. The soldiers are grouped in three rows with an information board at front, a corrugated iron building in background and a dog in the lower right corner. This photo was scanned at 300 dpi.