RAOC Gazette - page 171
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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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Leading the happy bunch of battle scarred veterans against ilU-omers is our own Captain Keith Fisher to whom, together •i';!i his wife, congratulations are due on the recent birth of -iK.j- son Robin. VV02 Dave Andrews is our Chief Clerk. Hiving * written-off' his Jaguar and crashed his motorcycle \ K is now trying to break a Ford. He had better hurry; he is posted in five months. The Chief Clerk AQ Branch is Sergeant \ n dy HalliweH (ex RMP); rumour has it that he never did iransfcr, which could have something to da with the non- receipt of a Posting Order k from ' o u r ' Records. Still not to worry Andy, you could be forgotten' in worse places. Congratulations are also due to Sergeant Ken Hudson, Corporals Mick Surch and Pete DafTern on their recent pro- motions, On the Ordnance side of life we have Sergeant Mohammed no his friends) Fyzool. who has settled in well since his recent arrival in Hong Kong, however, he does begrudge having to pay British admission rates to the SKC. Finally, we come to our RAOC Hong Kong golf champion who occasionally doubles as Force Ammunition Technician. Staff Sergeant Tex Thompson can be found on most days defusing golf balls with his No. 1 iron either in his office or on the greens of the Royal Hong Kong Golf Club. COMPOSITE ORDNANCE DEPOT DUE to the changes in establishment, many moves have taken p[jce over the past few months. Even with the reduction in staff, we continue to operate with an efficiency which delights our dependent Units and confounds our detractors, (If that doesn't impress the boss, I give up). During the past few weeks, all military personnel of ICP {including Major Paddy Shaw) have been on morning training Ehree times a week, A one hundred per cent pass is expected when BFTs take place in October. In the inter-departmental volley ball league, ICP are leading, having won all five games played so far. Our ten pin bowlers did well in the British Forces Hong Kong Championships. Sergeant Mike Cheshire won the ' Open 4 All Events* and RSM Vince Marino the A Grade.' Sergeant Cheshire and the wife of W02 Dave Smith, won the * Open Mixed Doubles' and Mrs Smith and RSM Marino the \A Mixed Doubles/ The Colony is at present on water rationing due to, believe it or not, a shortage of typhoons. At present we are restricted to eight hours water per day with a possibility of being reduced to four hours. Posting Orders are coming in thick and fast with smiles (BAOR) and scowles (UK). The Junior Ranks Club recently challenged the Sergeants Mess to a games evening. Everyone had an excellent evening with k the Junior Ranks coming out the winners and retaining the Sticky Finger' award. Well, everyone knows a good scorer always beats a good player. W$ offer our congratulations to Conductor Paul Chisholm on being awaded his J^ong Service and Good Conduct Medal. We bid farewell to RSM Marino, Staff Sergeant Craddock, Sergeant Belcher and Corporals Halton, Sharkey and Gardner. Welcome to SSM Leonard, Sergeant Marshall, and Corporals Miller, Mould, Bowen and Lynch. SFSD. Coughs, wheezes, more wheezes, with a few pants thrown in—the sounds heard every Tuesday and Thursday morning, early, as we train for the BFT. The OC Captain Roger Bensaid starts off with a confident * follow me.* There's not much to do afjthe end of the five laps but wait for the Officer Commanding to finish (the loneliness of the short distance runner), a feat accomplished just ahead of Staff Sergeant Bob McNaught. As Akaido is next—guess who the instructor is? The craze for volley ball has hit the Depot and we of the SPSD not to be outdone, practice regularly once a week under the auspices of WO I Fred Woolhouse, our tallest member. Our only success so far has been in reaching double figures in the third game against ICP—mind you—they won the first two games! The saga of the Unit boat continues (or should I now say * Sea Jade *). Tt is still In the carpenter's shop. Watch this space for further news. If Lance Corporal Pete Stewart has been left out of the * Bon Voyages * it's because he has not yet left. He has been on a course, now he is on another course, of course, with Perhaps a spot of leave afterwards. He then starts his * dis- embarkation leave' after which he departs. Perhaps I should Have included him in the farewells after all! We do say bon voyage to Corporals Mel Treen, Keith Marshall, Andy Sharkey and their families, Recent arrivals (who may see the Unit junk—sorry, boat, afloat) are Corporals Dustry Miller and Dave Mould, they are not unaccompanied. STORES SECTION 50 COMMAND WORKSHOP AFTER a considerable absence from the CORPS GAZETTE we now return to the fold, The Stores Section is located in Shamshuipo with detach- ments in Sek Kong New Territories and on Hong Kong Island. The Stores Section in Shamshuipo is run by W02 Alan Kennedy with the assistance of Staff Sergeant Geordie Armstrong and Corporal Allan (Jock) Smith. Corporal Dave Boal is with the Hong Kong Island detachment and Corporal Mick Moore with the Sek Kong detachment. Although small in numbers the Stores Section contributes to most Workshop activities especially on the sporting scene. W02 Alan Kennedy was recently awarded the Workshops * Warrior Trophy' which is presented annually to the in- dividual who has contributed most to Unit sport. Corporal Jock Smith is the Workshops local purchase Non Commissioned Officer and with luck he can be located in the Stores Section for the first hour of each day, thereafter we are assured he is visiting local firms somewhere in Kowloon or Hong Kong Island buying those spare parts urgently required and not available from RAOC I Finally we have Corporal Dave Boal in the Island detach- ment dreaming of the delights of Donnington which is to be his next posting, and Corporal Mick Moore in Sek Kong (the sharp end), spending most of his spare time with approximately one hundred children as a youth leader assisting in the organisa- tion of Youth Leadership Camps and Silver Jubilee celebrations. * ¥ * * &&#<£ SO* ^>octetp THE Committee of Management of the RAOC Aid Society acknowledge with sincere thanks the following donations, totalling £447.20 received during the quarter ended 30th June 1977. These donations do not include the personal subscriptions of serving and retired officers and soldiers. Mrs N. Gillow, Sergeant Kent, Major A. E, Day, Officers, Soldiers and Civilians of RAOC and REME Manning and Record Office, Clerks of 1 Corps Headquarter Bielefeld, Sergeants Mess Chilwell, RAOC Association, Chilwell, Church collection CAD Kineton RAOC Association Weekend, Garrison Church of St George, Chilwell, St Eligius Church, Hong Kong, the Rotary Club of Camberley, the RAOC Officers Club, the RAOC Clothing Shop, Deepcut, Exhibitors International Seminar and an anonymous donation. The Committee also wish to announce that during the same quarter one hundred and three grants were made totalling £3,509.12. WHY NOT WRITE FOR THE GAZETTE ? THE EDITOR welcomes new contributors, it is your Journal so why not contribute to it? Articles on any subject will be welcomed; sport, adventure, work, experience, humour, fiction-^-even fantasy. While articles of any length will be considered, the ideal is in the region of 2,000 words. Scripts should be double-spaced type written, though manuscript will be accepted. Pictures should preferably, be black and white but colour prints will do—some slight loss of quality occurs. A reasonable level of controversy is the life-blood of any Journal—it promotes thought and discussion. Security however, is always a consideration and, though the ultimate responsibility rests with the Editor, it should be borne in mind when touching upon possible sensitive subjects. As THE GAZETTE is principally a magazine the purely technical article should be avoided, though no hard and fast boundary exists. Why not use THE GAZETTE if you have previously written for publication, why not try your hand if you have not. — 133 — |
| Book number | R0246 |