A BRIEF HISTORY
OF LIFE IN REME
A Craftsman’s Story 1948 to I953 Contributed by: Phil KEMPSTER Chapter Ten
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Album 6:
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Recovery Course
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Recovery
Course, Changi 1952: Cfn. Blondie
Kempster, Instructor Cpl. Derek Fairbrass,
and
Cpl. n/k, Scammel driver.
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Recovering a
Stewart tank with a Scammel
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Cfn.
Daz, our camp steward, sitting on top of a Stewart light tank
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Our C.O. Captain Baxter’s Dodge runabout being recovered
after he lost control of it coming back from the RAF Station where he had
been having a few beers in the Officers’ Mess with some friends (the least
said about this the better!)
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(left
to right) Dave, Derek Fairbrass (Ford Wrecker Instructor), and Daz – all with
one of Dave’s dead snakes (
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Lofty, Daz and
Higgins with Captain Baxter’s dog in the sea near our camp for the Recovery
Course.
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Christmas
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Our
C.O. Captain Baxter peeling spuds for our Christmas dinner
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Published: 15th October 2007
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