RAOC Gazette - page 215
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| Corps | RAOC |
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| Material type | Journals |
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| Full title | RAOC Gazette |
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| Publication date | 1977 |
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| Colour | No |
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| Early date | 1977 |
| Late date | 1977 |
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Commander British Forces Cyprus, Air Vice Marshal Austin- Smith* presenting the Long Service and Goad Conduct Medal to Sergeant Sid Barker RAOC. Sergeant Sid Barker, our photographer in MPIO, was recently married to Miss Margaret McCombe in Lurgan Northern Ireland. The Commander British Forces Cyprus, Air Vice Marshal Austin-Smith presented him with the Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on his return to Cyprus, However, we are assured this has nothing to do with his previous long period of bachelorhood. The social scene is quite hectic with invitations to fare- well and welcoming parties in the various contingents. There are also, of course, medal parades—an occasion peculiar to UNFTCYP at which those soldiers of all Contingents who have served with UNFTCYP for ninety days, receive their UN Medal from the Force Commander. One can end up rather legless after the subsequent celebrations. Major Roger Thomas, the Force Ordnance Officer, finds there are not enough days in the week in which to fit his many social activities. British Forces Hong Kong &L^& " I HEADQUARTERS jfifa I AFTER the marathon con- %jr ^%!r**jS ^Cv ^ ^ M / ffi I tribution from the colony WBF^//CJT 4H95flHHH * ast m o n t h it is only to be ^RjBp/ _1IVJP^J^^H^H expected that the various |H^Er ^^Xfj^^^JB^I scribes are exhausted, resting o n meu ^^^//*^^^^^S ^^^^Si^SS " laurels or enjoying some we t&g&\ *s=?£, - Jft I ^ earned leave. KLkA jS£«fca jjfe^W J However we can offer hope of a bumper article next month, for despite our repeated assurances, most branches have drawn the obvious inference from SQMS Malcolm Edwards non-contribution to THE GAZETTE and his recent posting to Headquarters Northern Ireland. G Branch clerks, an ebullient and over-confident group of young and some not so young men, wish the world to know that driven by Corporal Mick Langston, Messrs Tocb, Hartley, Nimmo et al achieved second place in the Headquarters British Forces Basketball League, Emboldened by this success they had not only the temerity to challenge the officers of the Staff but the imprudence to beat them. *' Fools rush in " We say goodbye to W02 Brian Davis of JSPRS posted to Depot and Training Battalion, Sergeant Cedric D'Souza to Dulmen, Sergeant Steve Humphry to Headquarters DGOS and to their families. We wish them well at their new postings. Welcome to Sergeant Dick Snell and Steve Morgans and their families, we hope that they have enjoyable tours, COMPOSITE ORDNANCE DEPOT " THE moving finger writes and having writ, moves on." It is unlikely that Sergeant Mick Cheshire and Ohmar Khyam have a great deal in common, but Sergeant Cheshire's loquacious moving finger has moved on, and up, to ICP, leaving the task of completing the Corps GAZI-TTK Notes to (he encumbent. Not being a Ten Pin Bowling enthusiast I find the notes he left me rather bewildering! In this bounteous land, in the midst of plenty, there seems to be relatively little happening (that anyone will admit to!). The mid-summer malaise is upon us and the COD lies basking like some prostrate giant turtle under the copper sun. Like fc Tennyson's Lotus Eaters' wc sit on a euphoric concrete island, totally unaffected by the sea of hustle and bustle which surrounds us. Only mad dogs and those trying to live up to the DGOS' challenge to the over forties are seen to venture forth, The placid calm is broken only by the distant and muted sounds of phrenetic activity from the Ammunition Sub Depot— activity which may have some small connection with the visit of Brigadier J. H. Lawrence-Archer, Director of Land Service Ammunition, but who can tell? The sporting event of the season, involving the Gladitorial elite of the colony, resulted in a win for the COD, It was of course, that noblest of indoor sports, darts. To be specific, the Combined Service Darts League Doubles. Sweeping all before them with a keen eye and steady hand, Staff Sergeant * Manny * Avellano and Sergeant Roger Blackwood came through victorious. To make the rout complete it was an all COD final with Staff Sergeant Pete Waugh and Sergeant Ray Pembroke taking the laurels for runners-up. With temperatures at 33° Celcius, the Unit Swimming Gala provided a source of blessed reliefs for those enthusiastic and those just plain hot. The highlight of the afternoon's entertainment was the Novelty Race, with the contestants bedecked in the gossamer night attire of wives and girl friends. The obstacles would have done justice to a combat-patrol, but with the aid of a surrep- titiously concealed pin (where we wonder?) Captain Ken Collins managed to burst his balloons in record time. After numerous ' infringements' the teams were faced with a ' one man play-off' the event eventually being won by the ADPI—SPSD team. Further events were won as follows; — Individual Events: Individual Freestyle, Lance Corporal Spencer, REME and VSD; Individual Breastroke, W02 Chandler, HQ and ICP; Individual Backstroke, Private Chen, REME and VSD. Team Events: Freestyle Relay, REME and VSD; Medley Relay, SPSD and ADPI; Chain of Command, SPSD and ADPI; Water Polo, REME and VSD. The overall winners of the swimming gala were the com- bined REME and VSD team with ADPI and SPSD a very close second. We offer congratulations to Conductor Paul Chisholm on the presentation of his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal by the DDOS, Colonel Styles and to W02 Paul Sowerby on the award of his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal by Brigadier Lawrence-Archer during his visit. We bid farewell to Captain Owen of Barrack Services, W02 Dudley, Sergeant Hooton RAPC, and Corporals Stone and Stewart. Welcome to W02 Sumner, Staff Sergeant Stead, Corporals McKirdy and Fleck. Captain — 166 — Lee makes a farewell presentation to Captain Owen who has handed over to Captain Kirk* Peter |
| Book number | R0246 |