Historical information

This is a set of 10 photograph of personnel posted to the 9 Topographic Support Troop located at the Zetland Defence Facility, in inner Sydney NSW circa 1983. The Troop’s main role was to support the NSW’s 9th Division Headquarters, its units and Royal Australian Survey Corp’s Army Reserve elements. Up to the early 1980s, Initial Employment Training (IET) for Employment Category Number (ECN) 416 - Photo Technician and ECN 417 - Print Technician trades was performed at Lithographic Squadron at the Army Survey Regiment, Fortuna, Bendigo. During the 1980s lithographic trades training was carried out at 9 Topographic Support Troop, Zetland. With 2nd Field Survey Squadron’s closure at nearby Randwick Barracks in 1990, training for the two trades returned to the Army Survey Regiment.

Physical description

This is a set of 10 photograph of personnel posted to the 9 Topographic Support Troop located at the Zetland Defence Facility, in inner Sydney NSW circa 1983. The colour photographs are on 35mm col negative film and scanned at 2400 dpi. They are part of the Army Survey Regiment’s Collection.
.1) - Photo, colour, c1983, 9 Topographic Support Troop, Zetland, NSW.
.2) to .4) - Photo, colour, c1983, OC CAPT John McCulloch.
.5) - Photo, colour, c1983, SSGT Don Paton, RAAOC.
.6) - Photo, colour, c1983, L to R: SGT Jeff Willey, SGT Brian Moon.
.7) - Photo, colour, c1983, SGT Jeff Willey.
.8) - Photo, colour, c1983, SGT Brian Moon.
.9) - Photo, colour, c1983, Trainee Photo Technician - SPR Rob Jones.
.10) - Photo, colour, c1983, Back row L to R: CPL Ian Belmont, SGT Brian Moon, SGT Jeff Willey, Trainee Photo Technician - SPR Rob Jones, Trainee Print Technician - SPR Brett McAllister.
Front row L to R: WO2Trevor Osborne, OC CAPT John McMulloch, SSGT Don Paton - RAAOC.

Inscriptions & markings

No personnel are identified