Hi
My name is David Garner
I started at AAS chepstow in January 1959 in Group 59A
My intake was one of the very first to be in J Company,
My army number was 23697469 (who can ever forget their army number!!!),
I graduated in December 1961 from A Company as a vehicle Mechanic in REME,
My first posting in 1962 was at SEME (Bordon,Hants) to upgrade to A Vehicles,
after that I went to BAOR attached to 50 Missile Regt RA LAD REME stationed in Menden, I moved on to Iserlohn with the LAD attached to the RWF, eventually the unit and its LAD moved to Minden, during my time with the RWF I served in CYPRUS in 1966, Returning to BAOR, I applied for a posting and was sent to Aden with the LAD attached to the SWB, before moving down to Botswana in 1967 stationed in Francistown near the border of Rhodesia (as it was called then), on leaving Botswana I returned to Aden before Moving back to the UK with the SWB LAD,
Eventually I was posted from the SWB LAD and went to Tidworth to The Divisional Support Workshop REME
From here I was demobbed as a Cpl in 1969
I started my civillian worklife at Vauxhall Motors in 1969 at Luton (where I was born) and then I emigrated to Australia in 1974 working at GMH here in Melbourne and I eventually left GMH in 1983 to become a TAFE teacher in motor mechanics. I then left TAFE and became a Training Consultant working for myself.
I am now retired, fast approaching 70 !!!!
I would very much like to hear from anyone who served at Beachley camp especially the late 50's and early60's
My Email is
dgcbt@optusnet.com.au
Best Regards
David Garner (ex 23697469 cpl REME, 59A group A Company)