These 41 photographs were taken at Bones Day, an annual sports competition between the Army Survey Regiment and the RAAF School of Radio, at Bendigo on the 14th of November 1984. The two units took turns each year to host the event. The day competition usually comprised basketball, cricket, cross country, golf, pistol shooting, sailing, squash, rifle shooting, softball, tennis, touch football, 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 “O.H.A.R.A Rock” seen on the table in photo 6585.10P was awarded to the shooter with the lowest score in rifle shooting. 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. Photo 6585.41P is also published with Item 6276.5P.
This item comprises the cover of a program booklet and a set of 40 photographs from Bones Day, an annual sports competition between the Army Survey Regiment and the RAAF School of Radio, held in Bendigo held on the 14th of November 1984. The photographs were printed on photographic paper and are part of the Army Survey Regiment’s Collection. The colour A4 booklet cover and black and white photographs were scanned at 300 dpi.
.1) – A5 size program booklet titled ‘The Bones of Contention’, buff card cover, graphics and internal text printed in purple. 32 pages dated 1984.
.2) to .4) - Photo, black & white, 1984. Basketball. Army in darker tops, RAAF in white.
.5) - Photo, black & white, 1984. Basketball. Unidentified participants from RAAF.
.6) - Photo, black & white, 1984. Rifle Shooting. L to R: CPL Graham Johnston, unidentified.
.7) & .8) - Photo, black & white, 1984. Rifle Shooting. Unidentified participants.
.9) - Photo, black & white, 1984. Rifle Shooting. Unidentified officials at Range Control.
.10) - Photo, black & white, 1984. Rifle Shooting. Unidentified participants from RAAF. The “O.H.A.R.A Rock” awarded to the shooter with the lowest score in rifle shooting is seen on the table.
.11) - Photo, black & white, 1984. Pistol Shooting. Army CO LTCOL Jorge Gruszka.
.12) - Photo, black & white, 1984. Pistol Shooting. L to R: Army CO LTCOL Jorge Gruszka, CPL Doug Home.
.13) - Photo, black & white, 1984. Pistol Shooting. Army CO LTCOL Jorge Gruszka.
.14) - Photo, black & white, 1984. Pistol Shooting. RAAF’s participants L to R: unidentified, CO WGCDR McCarthy, remainder unidentified.
.15) - Photo, black & white, 1984. Pistol Shooting. ARMY’s participants L to R: CPL Doug Home, SSGT Davidson, SPR Andy Godden, CO LTCOL Jorge Gruszka.
.16) & .17) - Photo, black & white, 1984. Pistol Shooting. ARMY and RAAF participants Back row L to R: CPL Doug Home, SSGT Davidson, unidentified RAAF participants (x2). Front row L to R: SPR Andy Godden, RAAF CO WGCDR McCarthy, Army CO LTCOL Jorge Gruszka.
.18) to .25) - Photo, black & white, 1984. Softball. Unidentified ARMY & RAAF participants.
.26) - Photo, black & white, 1984. Tennis. L to R: ARMY’s CPL John ‘Stormy’ Tempest, SPR Steve Coulson.
.27) - Photo, black & white, 1984. Tennis. Unidentified participant.
.28) - Photo, black & white, 1984. Tennis. CPL Ginny (Turner) Rowe, unidentified in background.
.29) to .31) - Photo, black & white, 1984. Tennis. Unidentified participants.
.32) - Photo, black & white, 1984. Tug-of-War. Army team lines up L to R: SPR Kerron South, CPL Leon Jackson, SPR Brett McAllister, CPL Jamie ‘Fish’ McRae, unidentified, CPL Roger Graf, CPL Peter Lefel.
.33) - Photo, black & white, 1984. Tug-of-War. Army team pulling hard L to R: unidentified, CPL Jamie ‘Fish’ McRae, SPR Brett McAllister, CPL Leon Jackson, SPR Kerron South.
.34) - Photo, black & white, 1984. Tug-of-War. Army and RAAF spectators. Centre foreground L to R: MAJ Bob Roche, Army CO LTCOL Jorge Gruszka, RAAF CO WGCDR McCarthy.
.35) - Photo, black & white, 1984. Tug-of-War. RAAF team taking the strain on the rope. Unidentified participants.
.36) - Photo, black & white, 1984. Tug-of-War. Army and RAAF teams shake hands after Army’s victory.
.37) - Photo, black & white, 1984. Volleyball. Army’s team (light shirts) prepare to receive RAAF’s serve. L to R: CPL Rod Skidmore, CPL Ian Nichols, CPL Dan Cirsky, CPL Terry ‘TJ’ Wicker.
.38) - Photo, black & white, 1984. Volleyball. Army’s CPL Rod Skidmore (light shirt) attempts to block a RAAF spike. Unidentified RAAF participants at left. Army team L to R: CPL Terry ‘TJ’ Wicker CPL Robin Marshall, CPL Dan Cirsky.
.39) - Photo, black & white, Trophy presentation. L to R: RAAF CO WGCDR McCarthy presents ‘the Big Bone’ to Army’s CO LTCOL Jorge Gruszka.
.40) - Photo, black & white, Trophy presentation. L to R: RAAF CO WGCDR McCarthy presents ‘the Little Bone’ to Army’s CO LTCOL Jorge Gruszka.
.41) - Photo, black & white, Trophy presentation. L to R: RAAF CO WGCDR McCarthy presents an unidentified trophy to Army’s CO LTCOL Jorge Gruszka.
.1 - 'The Bones of Contention' title on booklet cover. '1984' hand written on top of cover Photos .2P to .41P – 'Bones Day 1984' annotated on cover sleeve.
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