Historical information
These 11 photographs were taken at Flag Day, an annual sports competition between the Army Survey Regiment and the School of Military Survey, at Bendigo 19th of May 1989. The two RASvy units took turns each year to host the event. The day competition usually comprised basketball, cross country, golf, sailing, squash, softball, tennis, touch football, tug-of-war and volleyball. The evening competition often included darts, carpet bowls, hookey, quoits and snooker. The winner of the Flag Day competition in 1989 is not known. Refer to items 9174.34P, 9175.13P, 9176.15P and 9178.20P for additional photographs taken at Flag Day 1989.
Physical description
This is a set of 11 photographs of Flag Day, Army Survey Regiment (ASR) verses the School of Military Survey (SMS), at Bendigo on the 19th of May 1989. Black and white photos are on 35mm negative film and scanned at 2400 dpi. They are part of the Army Survey Regiment’s Collection.
.1) & .2) - Photo, black & white, 1989. Tug-of-War – L to R: SMS Team, unidentified coach, ASR Team.
.3) - Photo, black & white, 1989. Tug-of-War – ASR Team L to R: unidentified, Dennis Learmonth, unidentified, Craig Hersant, Frank Savy, Marty Lyons. In background L to R: Shona Hastie, Penny Knott, Keith Quinton, Peter Swandale, Stuart Ridge, Rob Bogumil, Steve Burke, Greg Rowe, Geoff Webb, Peter Barrett, Chad Hardwick, Daryl South, remainder unidentified.
.4) - Photo, black & white, 1989. Tug-of-War – ASR Team L to R: unidentified, Craig Hersant, Frank Savy. In background L to R: unidentified, Steve Burke, Greg Rowe, Geoff Webb, Peter Barrett, Chad Hardwick, Daryl South, remainder unidentified.
.5) - Photo, black & white, 1989. Tug-of-War – ASR Team L to R: unidentified, Brendan McKinless, Ian Brown, unidentified, Dennis Learmonth, unidentified, Craig Hersant, Frank Savy, unidentified. In foreground – Barry Hogan. In background L to R: Ailsa (Sorby) Miller, Shona Hastie, Penny Knott, Stuart Ridge, Darren ‘Barney’ Maher, Rob Bogumil, Greg Rowe, Geoff Webb, Peter Barrett, remainder unidentified.
.6) - Photo, black & white, 1989. Tug-of-War – L to R: unidentified, Mick ‘Buddha’ Ellis, Colin Campbell, Penny Knott, Peter Dillon, Darren ‘Barney’ Maher, Steve Burke, Ralph Chant, Jim Ash, Ken Peters, Chad Hardwick.
.7) - Photo, black & white, 1989. Tug-of-War – SMS Team L to R: unidentified (x2), Trevor Pearson, Steve Drummond, unidentified. In background L to R: Paul Baker, Jim Ash, Ross McMillan, John Mobbs, Ailsa (Sorby) Miller, Shona Hastie, Penny Knott.
.8) - Photo, black & white, 1989. Tug-of-War – SMS Team L to R: unidentified (x2), Trevor Pearson. In background L to R: Paul Baker, Jim Ash, Ross McMillan, John Mobbs, Ailsa (Sorby) Miller, Shona Hastie.
.9) - Photo, black & white, 1989. Tug-of-War – ASR Team L to R: unidentified, Ian Brown, unidentified, Dennis Learmonth. In background L to R: Peter Smyth, Paul Baker, Jim Ash, Ross McMillan, Ailsa (Sorby) Miller.
.10) - Photo, black & white, 1989. Tug-of-War – SMS Team L to R: unidentified, Duncan Brimson, unidentified (x2), Steve Drummond, remainder unidentified.
.11) - Photo, black & white, 1989. Tug-of-War – ASR Team L to R: unidentified, Ian Brown. In background L to R: Peter Smyth, Paul Baker, Jim Ash.
Inscriptions & markings
There are no personnel identified.
‘Flag Day 19 May 1989’ is annotated on the negative sleeve.
