RAAF Butterworth Bidan Island

Bidan Island Photos
(Trevor Moles)

Singly trip up to Song Song on ferry one Sunday, Penang passenger port ship?	Penang passenger port ship?	Penang - looking to pick up baggers on Island for trip to Song Song.	Penang	Penang
Picking up baggers at Penang ferry terminal	U.S. ship in Penang harbour looking towards the boatie at Butterworth.	U.S. ship in Penang harbour	From top of Song Song ferry heading to Bidan & a so called rescue speed boat in tow.	Bidan Island base. Paradise.
Power station - Bidan Island. Sanpan sunk.	Heli pad - Bidan Island.	From beach at Bidan Island looking to Song Song	Looking at t-leli pad from badminton court.	Looking down at Bidan Island living quarters.
Looking out from Bidan Island	Painting on wall of bar - Bidan Island	Painting on wall of bar - wheel now at Kingswood SGT mess.	Two-up game - Anzac day '74 or '75	Willy Pearce back left - Nor barman right.
Same as previous - names??	Painting at bar - Bidan Island.	Two-up game - names??	Names??	Brian Raby - Bookie
Names Wanted	???? Peter Grant???	Names ?	Brian Raby	Names ?
Names ?	Dead Marines	Local lookers = Pete Grant;`"?, ?, Will Pearce, Nohr	Parade - Bidan Island	Parade - Bidan Island
Names?	"Look out - someone has a gun!!"	"Look out - someone has a gun!!"	Settling up all Gunnies & one Radtech	End of Anzac Day
Bidan Bar-Officer in good cheer.	Blurred	Blurred	'Nohr' Barman - Bidan Island	Song Song ferry
Song Song ferry Jim Kaulins, ?	Song Song target poles `76	Song Song target poles `76	Malay Air Force - Heli `76	Song Song targets
Bidan Island left-right? Between Song Song	Song Song target from north quadrant	Song Song target with a miss	Song Song target with a miss	Fisherman off Bidan Island
Fisherman off Bidan Island	Song Song targets	Song Song repair day targets	Song Song repair day - Barry Scott	Song Song repair day - Percy Moles swinging a tap hammer
Unknown	Unwanted in target area Song Song	HQ quadrant -Song&ong	Song Song sand shoes	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"