A collection of photos covering many years in 23 Bty.
23 Bty Dining In Night (1981)
Photos from a 23 Bty dining in night from sometime in 1981 (processed Oct 81). Looks like Ian George was BC and Dave Osborne was BK.
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Field Exercise with Chinooks (1983)
23 Battery deployment training with Chinooks.
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Parades 23 Bty Participated In
The first set of photos appear to be from the opening of the Baxter Depot. The second would have been some 3 MD parade at Watsonia (Band Corps and 5/6 RVR bands).
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Fancy Dress in the Baxter Mess
Most of these photos are from one night.
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Random Photos Around the Depot
No idea when, some look like they might have been combined activities.
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Random Photos in the Field
Again, no idea when, but all 23 Bty and all look like Pucka.
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