RAOC Gazette - page 81
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| Full title | RAOC Gazette |
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| Publication date | 1980 |
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| Early date | 1980 |
| Late date | 1980 |
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majority of their holdings are walking tall and breathing easy. (Not a mistake in grammar, the adverb does not exist in Canada-) Previous customers of the Ordnance Company (ned Detach- ment) are reminded that we are now under new management. In a series of swiftly executed moves our masters pulled off yet another masterpiece of organisation in changing over the Officer Commanding, Second-in-Command, Vehicle Platoon Com- mander and Ammunition Platoon Commander in a period of six weeks. The plot has recently thickened with the intro- duction of a second Second-in-Command to arrive ' later in the year.' The BFT test is all but over and congratulations must go to those soldiers who managed with a subtle blend of sick notes, emptying important containers and skilled malingering to fly back to their parent Units without passing and before they could be downgraded. The course has been measured by the highest authority and we are assured it is not more than one and a half miles no matter how many times you try. As the sun sinks slowly in the west we spare a thought for all our brothers in less salubrious postings and ' wish you were here.' Composite Ordnance Depot was the organiser and chief referee who ensured that the finals were played according to the rules! Mrs Fox, wife of the CRAOC kindly presented the prizes after the events and Sergeant Jeannic Hogan WRAC presented Mrs Fox with a bouquet of flowers. Recent arrivals into the Colony are W 2 Graham Arscott and family, Staff Sergeant Ray Dawson and family, Staff Sergeant Ralph Fella, who came across from the MOD Chinese Language School in Lyemun, and Sergeant Tony Dales and family. We wish them a happy stay in Hong Kong. We have said farewell to W02 John Russell who put a lot of work into the British Forces Rugby Club and Staff Sergeant Brian Bcrric and family and wish them good fortune in their next postings. Composite Ordnance Depot Hong Kong TIME once again for the scribe_ to put pen to paper. The biggest event over the period since our last notes was the opening of our new Supply Sub-Depot. It was officially opened by the CBF, Major General Sir Roy Redgrave. The impressive building was constructed at a cost ol £1.7 million. It stands next to the line of the Mass Transii Railway, Hong Kong's underground, and so the siting of foundations was critical. With three storeys it offers plenty of room for all, including the Armoured Services Food Chemist who now resides in a custom built laboratory. The OC, Captain Martin Hicks, cannot believe his good fortune as he sits in the nerve centre of this vast complex. Indeed it must be a unique occasion for the Corps to assume control of a custom built Supply Depot (memories of ex-Wehrmacht cavalry barracks spring readily to mind!). (Sec photo on page 46.) Staff Sergeant Tom Savage spends his day playing with dock levellers and scissor lifts. Quite -a contrast to the human chain and push-cart methods of unloading vehicles in the old Depot. Sergeant Mike Paling is master of all he surveys which includes ten cold storage chambers amounting to 514M 3 . The facilities are vastly superior to the former site in Argyle Street British Forces Hong Kong HEADQUARTERS A HIGHLIGHT of the month was the RAOC Novices Hong Kong squash cham- pionships which were played recently. A good turn-out saw some interesting games played, as young and old alike battled it out for the prizes. The Novice final winner was Staff Sergeant Tony Mc Cabe who had too many guns for WOl Kevin Hartley cruising to a three love win. The Plate final was won by WOl Phil Buxton who shook off the tigerish challenge of WOl Chuck Thomas from the Composite Ordnance Depot (Some say it was a fix but the beer went down well after). The ageless Major Don Young took the third place play-off from Staff Sergeant Dick Farren from the Composite Ordnance Depot and, arguably, it was probably one of the best games of the Championships which ended up as a five game thriller. Sergeant Pete Ingham from the (Continued on page 64.) ATE AS On your next tour overseas, what better way of visiting places, seeing people, discovering the kind of country you're in than at the wheel of a brand new, tax-free Fiat or Lancia from Fiat Motor Sales. Pay us a visit and see the full range of Fiat and Lancia cars available to you at special low prices. FIAT MOTOR SALES LTD Personal Export Division, Great West Road, Brentford, Middlesex TW8 9DJ. (on the A4 at Brentford) Tel: 01-568 8928. 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| Book number | R0404 |