RAOC Gazette - page 153
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| Corps | RAOC |
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| Full title | RAOC Gazette |
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| Publication date | 1977 |
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| Early date | 1977 |
| Late date | 1977 |
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Lastly three congratulatory notes, firstly to our Com- ndant on his Jubilee Medal, secondly to our printer Con- r , ctor Bob McCusker on his Jubilee Medal and on his com- : issioning which must go in the book as the quickest ever. \\t goes to 10 Ordnance Support Battalion as Quarter Master. The Commandant will be able to advise him on soap and sponges no doubt. Thirdly, to WO I Dave Cartwright a Certifi- cate of Meat Inspection from the Royal Society for the Pro- motion of Health. Belated congratulations to Corporal Malcolm Blackburn and his wife Myra on the birth of their son on 13th April. Northern Ireland We say farewell to Corporals Millar Whitelaw, Lance Corporal Kyle. Private Orion to BAOR and Corporal Hather RPC to Arborfield, Congratulations on promotion to Corporal Stankovic. This month we feature the Vehicle Sub-Depot who pro- duced the following:—Little of great import has occurred in the last few months except perhaps the evacuation of our splendid new offices before they fell about our ears. We have been busy, of course, but that is normal. The OC T Captain Bolt, having almost completed two years in the Province is getting posting happy and looking forward to the delights of Donnington. Your scribe in search of copy delegated his responsibility to the Vehicle Sub-Depot poet and this is what he came up with—so pin back yer lug "oles: — ^. ^A^ ^ /^""gig " ' 1 I /fcJiS 1 I TSsS^^i I 1 (fflSy? J \ \V^1SOT m V ^Js/wr? i ^ L y$M f ^k iTv^r ^^^^r ^ ^ HEADQUARTERS RAOC HOT NEWS from us this month; our l° n S awaited and almost abandoned ' summer * was suddenly upon us, tem- perature shot up beyond the twenty mark, an< ^ e v e n *^ e office inhabited by our Chronicler became so warm that that worthy or (unworthy as the case may be) veteran of countless POL and Compo campaigns, found it necessary to remove at least one layer of his complement of jerseys heavy wool. It was during this hot snap that the more dauntless of our contenders for the passing of the BE test put in their attack on the running track. We would not be so indiscreet as to men- tion those who failed but we have documentary evidence which shows Lieutenant Colonel O'Dea (CRAOC) age forty, and WO I Brunt (FTOWO) age thirty six, passed—eleven minutes fifty three seconds. Whilst we have no intention of entering them in v Super Stars' we think it only decent to herald them as the first home of our office contingent. Master Darrell O'Dea age ten decided to go with his dad, and having shot round the course, waited patiently at the finish ' kicking his heels.' Sergeant Harry (Big Harry) Hill interrupted his AF G837A purge campaign to dash off to lend a hand at a Cadet Camp; heaven help him if they run out of petrol half way up the Cairngorms. We congratulate Lieutenant Colonel G. B. Berragan, AQMG, Headquarters Northern Ireland on his selection for promotion- This month we say farewell to Major Malcolm Hill and family and Major Peter Deamer our OIC Barrack Services (East). We wish them all well, and at the same time say wel- come to Major McConville who takes the SO2 Materiel seat and Captain Len Davis taking over Barrack Services East. Other arrivals are Staff Sergeant Mick Baron, Sergeant Colin Dewsbury, Corporals Starrs and Lovick and Lance Corporal Burnett, and Staff Sergeant Dennis Nolan and Lance Corporal Lawrence have left us. 8 INFANTRY BRIGADE ONCE AGAIN we are putting pen to paper, to keep old veterans of 8 Brigade informed oE what is happening in the sweat shop. It is now the time of year when everybody is walking round with their stomachs in and tissues stuffed up their sleeves, looking fit for their BE tests. We heard a rumour that our Superintendent Clerk W 2 Tony Mo reman went to the QM's for a new pair of feet, as he left the skin of his last pair on the square. In Registry our newly promoted Keith Cammack, is letting promotion go to his head, we think putting KCRAOC on his mug is going too far. AG Branch and Ordnance and EME Services are ticking over nicely, as our Chief Clerk John Gallagher is counting the days before his posting order comes in and Corporal Jerry Turn bull, A Clerk, is counting his money. We congratulate Lance Corporals Keith Cammack and John Allan on their recent promotions, and sadly say farewell to our Brigade Ordnance Officer Captain Peter Foxton, who has gone to Regimental Depot also Lance Corporal John Allan who has left the shores of Ireland to go to sunny Cyprus. We welcome our new Brigade Ordnance Officer Captain Tony Dalby- Welsh and we hope he enjoys his* tour with us, THE VEHICLE SUB-DEPOT PIGGIES Of Rovers and Ferrets we've plenty Of Saracens we've got quite a lot But our favourite beasts are our piggies New; they are definitely not I 4 Our Q ' took a piggy to Long Kesh He thought he would make it intact *Not So' thought the pig—with a mind of its own 'Our Q' brought the steering wheel back. Piggies are tougher than Rovers Dave and Brendan argued the fact Brendan's Piggy won without question The Sales Park got Dave's Rover back. Some of our piggies see Bessbrook And some of our piggies Omagh But the paint jobs they give them in Andersonstown Beat any of ours—by far. Now this little piggy went to Belfast And this little piggy to D e n y But this little piggy went squeak,squeak all the way So we're sending it back—on the ferry, home. HEADQUARTERS 39 INFANTRY BRIGADE THIS month we are treating all our readers to a photograph of the staff of Headquarters 39 Infantry Brigade. Of those in the picture only the BOWO WOl Paddy Leonard and Sergeant Frank Greaney can remember the last picture some two and a half years ago. If s time to make amends! We offer our congratulations to Corporal Phil Congdon on his acting promotion and Corporal Bernie Andrews on. his substantive promotion. Also congratulations to Lance Corporals Mick Binks and Bert Johns on successfully passing their Bl courses. Mick Binks has started a rumour that he came top of his course. Unfortunately, we cannot extend our congratulations to the RAOC members of our Intelligence Section putting team. They are in two leagues on the local garrison and are at the time of writing bottom of both! On the more energetic scene a large percentage of RAOC staff clerks helped the Head- quarters Troop of the Signals Squadron to win the athletics cup for the third successive year. We feel that special mention should be made of Sergeant Frank Rogers the Squadron FATSO Sergeant, He says that he beavers away in his store, always on call, always ready, always willing, yet he says he seems to have been forgotten. How anyone can be on the promotion roll and get a posting to Hong Kong in one tour and say he's been forgotten!! ORDNANCE DEPOT TWO Long Service and Good Conduct Medals were presented by the Commanding Officer recently to Sergeant M. Kempster and Corporal R. Hather RPC. Our congratulations go to both recipients. — 115 |
| Book number | R0246 |