GEMS 3AD

Located just west of Ipswich in Queensland. No. 3 Aircraft Depot (No. 3 AD) was a maintenance unit of the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). Formed in March 1942 at RAAF Station Amberley, Queensland, its prime function initially was the assembly and despatch of combat aircraft from the United States; it also performed salvage operations. From July 1942 until 1947 it temporarily took on the role of administering the entire Amberley base. The depot was responsible for maintenance of English Electric Canberra jet bombers following their entry into service in 1953. In the 1970s it began maintaining the General Dynamic F111C swing-wing bomber, along with UH-1 Iroquios and C-47 Chinook helicopters. No. 3 AD was disbanded in June 1992, and its function taken over by No. 501 Wing.

MTRS was the Motor Transport Repair Squadron in the Depot, it then became GEMS and even became a GEMF.

3AD Machine Shop - Circa 1962

3AD GEMS 1972

3AD GEMS 1975

3AD GEMS Handover of 3 cranes and a 12500 Tanker

GEMS 1980

Front Row L to R Newton J.H, Rod Perry, Don Black, Cec Heather, Al Hotchin , Buser M.J, Keer D.J, Paul Featherstonhaugh, Mal McMillian,

Eric Bradshaw, Greenwood C. Caldwell A, Eagle L, Blue Condon, Tom Cupit , Al Swanson, Burke R. Hannah R, Joe Fuller.

Row 2 L to R Gilvear B, Butt B, Forbes L A, Lowe C A, Cooke B, Lovett D, Wood G, Watt D, McCamish I, Greenwell N, Andy Binnington,

Degney L, Backz B, Reichle L, Mostyn J, Tarlinton R, Nicolosi G, Mellow A, Dudley G, Anderson P.

Row 3 L to R JJ O'Kane, Charlton S, Nobby Clark, Ross B, Sondergeld M, Gillam P, Francis G, Askew D, Mackie C, Cranney I, Ross Steemson.

Demmel J, Parkes I, Whiting P, Mills R, Thomas G, Parker G, Gould C.

Row 4 L to R Leslight D, Marsh C, Coxon E, Moulds D, Poulter C, Brook R, Anderson I, Cavanagh K, Williams L, Ramsden T, King R,Kelly R.

GEMF 1981

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1984

Electroplaters of 1984

1987 MT/MBB

Front - Graham Hale, Gary Long,Sqn Ldr Trevor Smith, Ross Milevskiy

2nd Row Graham Kruger, Dave Cran,Tony Ramsden, Barry Whitton, Gary Bryant.

3rd Row - Tony Clarke, Craig Eyles, Nobby Clark, Paul Willetts, Gordon Dudley, Darryl Heath, Peter Simpson, ?.

4th row - Paul Appa, Chris Barrington, Bruce Gilmour, Steve Garrett, Terry Panting, Greg Gibbs, Bob Simpson, Col Buttters, Vern Eggmolese

5th Row Brett Smith,, Kev Jeans, ?, Les Lawlor, Steve Peall, Kevin Smith, Derek Caerdinal, Ray Brook

MT 1988

L to R - Peter Athanates, Bruce Gilmour, Ross Milevskiy, Glen Holland, Richard "Milton" Tuite, Gary Bryant, Darryl Heath, Peter Simpson, Rob Simpson, Pip Lesbirel, Steve Peall, Tony Clark, Steve Garrett, Tony Greenslade

MT/MBB 1991

L to R - Back Row - Phil Thomas, Mark Hoppo, Hayden Wiseman, Danny Rohweder, Adrian "Snow" Plath, Andrew Dodge

Middle Row - Colin Gibson, Bob Moxham, Les Cardy, Greg Lyons, Paul Bury, Brent Farrow, Shane Goad, Gary Brown

Front - Al Williams, Keith Sykes, Peter Nuske, Geoff Bugden, Lee English, Ken Neale, Bob Hayes.

MT / MBB 1991