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Bidan Island Photos
(Trevor Moles)
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Singly trip up to Song Song

on ferry one Sunday,
Penang passenger port
ship?
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Penang passenger port ship?
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Penang - looking to pick up baggers

on Island for trip to Song Song.
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Penang
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Penang
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Picking up baggers at Penang ferry terminal
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U.S. ship in Penang harbour

looking towards the boatie at Butterworth.
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U.S. ship in Penang harbour
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From top of Song Song ferry heading to Bidan & a so called rescue
speed boat in tow.
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Bidan Island base. Paradise.
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Power station - Bidan Island. Sanpan sunk.
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Heli pad - Bidan Island.
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From beach at Bidan Island looking to Song Song
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Looking at t-leli pad from badminton court.
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Looking down at Bidan Island living quarters.
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Looking out from Bidan Island
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Painting on wall of bar - Bidan Island
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Painting on wall of bar - wheel now at Kingswood SGT mess.
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Two-up game - Anzac day '74 or '75
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Willy Pearce back left - Nor barman right.
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Same as previous - names??
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Painting at bar - Bidan Island.
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Two-up game - names??
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Names??
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Brian Raby - Bookie
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Names Wanted
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???? Peter Grant???
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Names ?
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Brian Raby
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Names ?
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Names ?
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Dead Marines
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Local lookers = Pete Grant;`"?, ?, Will Pearce, Nohr
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Parade - Bidan Island
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Parade - Bidan Island
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Names?
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"Look out - someone has a gun!!"
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"Look out - someone has a gun!!"
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Settling up all Gunnies & one Radtech
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End of Anzac Day
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Bidan Bar-Officer in good cheer.
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Blurred
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Blurred
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'Nohr' Barman - Bidan Island
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Song Song ferry
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Song Song ferry

Jim Kaulins, ?
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Song Song target poles `76
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Song Song target poles `76
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Malay Air Force - Heli `76
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Song Song targets
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Bidan Island left-right? Between Song Song
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Song Song target from north quadrant
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Song Song target with a miss
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Song Song target with a miss
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Fisherman off Bidan Island
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Fisherman off Bidan Island
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Song Song targets
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Song Song repair day targets
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Song Song repair day - Barry Scott
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Song Song repair day - Percy Moles swinging a tap hammer
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Unknown
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Unwanted in target area Song Song
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HQ quadrant -Song&ong
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Song Song sand shoes
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Good old Penang return trip Song Song
 
Chukka Clark & Dave Lamb 1975
(Bill Altmann)


 
"Song Song" Shovellers Sand Sifters Society
"Squeek Elliot"
sent this Licence to "Shovel and Sift Sand"

"
Everyone who was roped in to manually clear Son Song air weapons range was issued with one of these. Everyone had membership number one, Woff Al Jensen was the chief sand shifter that signed off on the card.  From memory Bob Cornwell organised this bit of nostalgia"