Rear Row: Rick Maher, Graham Swan, Gordon Potter, Dave Bessell, Tom Nelson, Noel Lee, Don Joyce

Front Row: Andy Brelsford, Bob Bright, ?, Barry Gardiner, Trevor Box, Mark Limana

Fairbairn Fire Section - 1993

Back Row – Jim Bartok, Danny Clark, Craig McDonald, Gary Harman, Geoff Smith, Shane Irwin

Front Row – John Slater, Mick Hanrahan, Graeme Weston, Derek Smith

     Presentation RAAF Suggestion Scheme- The Commanding Officer RAAF Base Fairburn presented Steve Kenny with a cheque being for modifications to the TFGP Fire Truck tail-shaft and universal joint.

Bill Woolrich sent this info for the fire service site re Fairbairn

Included are some pics of work and poses

I was ther from Dec68 to Feb 70

The crewing was

Sgt Jack (Shotgun) Bermingham

Cpl Swede Anderson

Lac Mick Cotterill

Lac John Wood

Lac Bill Woolrich

Lac Lindsay Piggott

At that time we supported 9 Sqn Hueys for training pilots prior to going to Vietnam and over the 13 months I was there attended 3 major Iroquoi crashes. 2 in the training area and one on the airfield.

FAirbairn 69 shows Shotgun and Lindsay Piggott painting the floor

FAirbairn 70 has me and Lindsay in front of the TFA 

Practice fire on base with me in the suit

Left: larger photo featured on ‘troops at work’

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