RAOC Gazette - page 201
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| Corps | RAOC |
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| Full title | RAOC Gazette |
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| Publication date | 1980 |
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| Colour | Yes |
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| Early date | 1980 |
| Late date | 1980 |
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J5tto£ from &broatr NORTHAC THE Headquarters as a whole is going through a slight slump with the lucky ones either on leave or about to go on leave. The Division held a barbecue at our Chiefs cottage and it was a great success thanks to the efforts of our Chief Clerk W02 Doug Boshier and his chief foreman Staff Sergeant Norbet Krenz. A special thank you must go to Mr Hans Stcyvcn, our German Interpreter, who celebrated twenty years with NATO by kindly paying for the barbecue. Thank you Hans. We welcome Private Mark Worall back to the arms of the Division but we have still to find out where he managed to obtain his lovely ' Black Specs.' Major Jim Houseman must obviously be in the wrong job or pushing for a medal as yet another cap badge within the Headquarters has decided that the RAOC is the Corps to be in. Well done Sergeant Alan Cooper (Royal Signals), you have seen the light. We can also report a number of staff changes—Conductor Dave Barron (soon to be Lieutenant) has departed on leave to sunny France where presumably he will daydream about his new job. WOl Bob Irwin has taken over his chair and in turn he has been replaced by W02 Barry Quigley. Staff Sergeant Ken Quinn has departed to Wulfen on promotion and will be ' sadly missed ' by the football team. We say welcome to Staff Sergeant Bob Besseling who takes over as PA to ACQS G3. Headquarters BAOR CORPORAL REG BLACK, formally of the RE Postal and Courier Branch, who has been serving a period of probation in S Man Branch prior to his transfer to the RAOC, was toasted in to the Corps in August by Colonel Harry Brown and S Man colleagues. The picture shows Corporal Black in the centre with WOl Bob Suthren, Major Geoff Scott, Colonel Harry Brown and Captain David Rees clinking their glasses. Corporal Black's wife, Staff Sergeant J. C. Black BEM WRAC is the NCO in charge of No. 3 Typing Pool in Headquarters BAOR—Priority typing anybody? Corporal Maisie Atherton of the Australian Army has joined Ordnance Directorate on an Exercise Longlook attachment. Maisie's home is in Adelaide. She has been in the Army for four years. Her Unit in Australia is 32 Supply Battalion in Victoria where she is employed as a Stock Management Clerk. Whilst in Germany, arrangements are being made for her to see as much of Europe as possible and we hope to arrange to send her on a training trip to UK. She will be returning to Australia in time to be with her family in Gillis Plains for Christmas. Sergeant Stewart May has left Combat Supplies Branch for local discharge in Germany. He plans to settle in Soltau. His replacement is Corporal Le Page who comes to us from Head- quarters NORTHAG. Ammunition Inspectorate BAOR WOl STEVE HARMON recently showed what his right arm was for by winning the javelin event at the RAOC BAOR athletics meeting. Our short range squad, WOl Dave Williams and Sergeant Alan Riches, were right on target and came home with trophies for the 4th Armoured Division Sergeants Mess darts team. No prizes for the scribe however, who corn- — T o a s t i n g Corporal Reg Black on his transfer to the Corps from the Sappers. plctely missed the target date for THE GAZETTE notes—hence our non appearance last month! The more academic side brought W02 Bob Cockbum and Sergeant Mick Gritton their German Colloquial Language badges. Not to be outdone, Captain Andy Williams dashed off to Mulheim at Hochgeschwindigkeit to pass his exam. The exam, incidentally coincided with the visit of the Commander Herford Garrison, Colonel Winder, who spent the morning looking at us in the ' new' location. Things sporting bring reports of Captain Geoff Cox win- ning silvers at the RAPA parachute championships at Bad Lippspringe and Corporal Dave ' Hirohito' Scullion being graded 7KYU (High Orange Belt) on his judo course. His pre course grading was UG (Ungraded, not the noise made during bouts!). We sadly say farewell to Sergeants Three—Ian Chilcott, Mike Gritton and Bob Craig on posting to pastures new. We welcome Corporals Two (some mathematical error here) Keith France and Chris McAndrew. Howlings and animal noises from the wilds of Bergen- Hohne ranges tell us that Corporal Chris Hall has taken over from Corporal Gavin Dunhill—who has departed for the peace and quiet of Kineton. 3 Base Ammunition Depot OUR sports activity is running at a reduced level, with only cricket and marching actually taking place. Major Ben Cooper our OIC Cricket reports that the Inter-Departmental cricket competition has ended. The Ammunition Sub-Depot 'A' Team walked away with the trophy after beating the Control Office 'A' Team. The winning team consisted of WOl Denholm, Corporal Daniel, Lance Corporals Edmonds, Powell, Ramsey and Wright. The competition was a definite success, participated by many who had not hit a cricket ball before. Scores ranged from a magnificent sixteen all out, to a handsome one hundred and twenty four, both scores achieved from a maximum of five overs. It's a pity that the Unit team can't emulate that kind of run rate. Whilst on the subject of the Unit team, they are at present trying to complete their season. Unfortunately trophies have evaded us, but the rugby team will feature next year as a definite threat—strengthened of course by the odd cricketer! 160 — |
| Book number | R0404 |