Just thought I might start off a new post on some of the Memorial Plaques around the place with relevance to 87.

Back in the late 1980’s early 1990’s  some of you may remember, Ian Thomson was our patron and at the same time he was also the chairman of the relatively young “Australian Army Transport Ex Members Group” up here in Brisbane. This Group was formed to fill in a blank caused by the collapse of the RACT Assocn. up here.

Round about 1990 or so, 87 Tpt Pl Assocn and the then fledgling AATEMG merged their relevant Anzac Day “post March” functions in an effort to fund a family orientated inner city meeting place that was suitable to both group’s needs, and this co-operative lasted a good couple of years. Gradually, as the AATEMG grew and our numbers shrank, through natural attrition and members moving interstate, 87 graciously pulled back from the organisational side of these functions and this task was then taken over by the AATEMG (which in turn morphed into what is today known as the Army Transport Association Inc and is progressing steadily.)

Mid 1992 at a  meeting of the AATEMG it was mooted that it would be a good idea to commission the production of a memorial plaque to be placed in the “Crypt” in “Anzac Square” in Brisbane as a memorial to all members of the AASC RAASC and RACT who had served in many theatres over the past years, and the motion was moved, seconded and passed that said memorial was to be produced, laid and dedicated in the Crypt jointly by members of the AATEMG and 87 Transport Platoon RAASC SVN 66-67 Assocn..

The Plaque was actually dedicated in March 1993.

The second Plaque on hand is the one dedicated to 87 Tpt Platoon RAASC itself and this plaque was laid at the Vietnam Veteran’s Memorial Canungra on 5th December 2009.

At the same time Plaques for 1 Tpt Pl and 2 Tpt Pl were also laid and dedicated.

If anyone knows of any others please Email the info to me and I will add them to this post.