GEMS 5ACS

5ACS RAAF Darwin River Quarry Lineup 1959

The RAAF Darwin River Quarry was established to supply blue metal for the construction of 11/29 the then new airstrip at RAAF Darwin. Located near Darwin River Dam the quarry closed in the early sixties. A rare photo of fifty of the members of the 5ACS Darwin River Quarry. This photo opportunity would have been held in the morning before the first of two shifts had begun work. The three better dressed people in the middle rear were Warrant Officer Snow Bamback, Works Supervisor, Flight Lieutenant Poonah Myers, Commanding Officer and Pilot Officer Bird Watcher Warner, assistant to the C.O.