RAOC Gazette - page 45
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| Publication date | 1981 |
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| Early date | 1981 |
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now quietened down considerably the state of emergency still exists. Our two ATs have both had the opportunity to create some ' bangs." Sergeant Steven Mason dealt with a device which was handed into the police in a brown bag as a * sample.* W02 Frank Smith at the request of the local police dealt with a device which had been placed in a building which houses the post office, magistrates court and surveyors department in Belize City. Apparently the police were so pleased with this they gave W02 Smith another device which they had had in their storeshed for several weeks. No wonder he's losing his hair! The saga of the unit boat, St Barbara, continues. Having obtained a brand new and considerably more powerful out- board motor for her, Sergeant Tony Long performed a Kami- l kaze stunt which bent * St Barbara and injured some of the occupants. One of our new arrivals, Corporal Chris Little, received several stitches in the head and as a consequence has sworn to stay a land lubber for the rest of his tour. Our arrivals and departures list is as usual lengthy. We say farewell to: Sergeants Pensom, Crago, McShane and Cooney, Corporals Duncalf, White and Sullivan, Lance Corporals Davies, Swan, Willis and Meek. We welcome Staff Sergeant Anderson, Sergeants Kelly, Wykes, Duncan and McNorton, Corporal Little, Lance Corporals McBride, Tomkins, Trambowicz and Private O'Keefe. British Forces Hong Kong HAVING been * invited * to give a mention to G Branch for a change, even though most of the work appears to be done in AQ, I thought it would be nice to devote the whole of these notes to the workers in that illustrious department However, as the song goes "Where do 1 begin, to tell the story ?". Corporal Dave Muir of GSD has been working very hard of late, due to the absence on leave of the Chief Clerk SD, Staff Sergeant Lin Cornthwaite AAC, on the Hong Kong Force Level Increment. His fatigue evaporated however, when he learned that his wife Maria, taking an interest in his work, had produced a Force Level Increment of their own. On 3rd April 1981 at the BMH Hong Kong, young Barry John Muir came into the world. Our congratulations go to the proud parents. To top it all, when the results of the latest EPC exam were released, Dave discovered that he was not only a proud parent, he was an intelligent, proud parent. I mentioned above that most of the work appears to be done by AQ; this could be due to G Branch's apparent obsession with sport. Sergeant George Garrow of G Ops is a devotee of the ancient Korean martial art of Tae-Kwon-do. Taking up the sport in 1964, he worked his way up the grades to become a black belt by 1970, Unfortunately, because he did not then take such an active part in the sport until last year, he has had to be re- graded as a blue belt and must take again the various examina- tions to re-attain his previous ranking. This probably explains the weird sounds emanating from his corner of the office from time to time. Visitors to the branch discover that listening to Korean spoken with a Scottish accent is quite illuminating! Corporal Mick Shepherd from the G Ops/Anti Illegal Immigrant Control Centre has at last had his talent for hockey (amongst other things—for details see last month's GAZETTE) recognised when he was selected to play for the CBFs XI in an annual match against the Taipan's XI. The result was a one all draw with the Taipans retaining the cup as they won last year. If W02 Mel Lee (ex-Chief Clerk G Branch) is reading this, he'll be pleased to note that G Branch won the Lunch- time League Overall Winners Cup for this season. From a league of twelve teams playing deck hockey, volleyball and five- a-side football, G Branch, choosing from Mel Lee (until he left, of course), WOl Dick Hope and Sergeant John Lindsay of Stats and Records, Sergeant Gordon Russell of G Training, Sergeant Sid Bates of JSPRS (how did he get in?), Corporal Dave Muir (again!) and Corporal Mick Shepherd (also again!), won the deck hockey and were runners-up in the volleyball and five-a-side football. This was enough to make them overall winners. Perhaps now we'll get some work out of them! Composite Ordnance Depot Hong Kong THIS month saw the completion of two exercises. The first Jungle Heights was an adventurous training expedition to climb Mount Kinabalu, at thirteen thousand four hundred and fifty five feet the highest mountain in South East Asia. Led by Major Neill, a team of ten members from Composite Ordnance — Depot, spent two weeks in Sabah East Malaysia and successfully achieved their aim. Back in Hong Kong Exercise Puilthrough was a three day section survival and initiative exercise on one of the many outlying islands of the New Territories. Mosquitos formed the main enemy and needless to say scored a large number of hits on friend and foe alike. The Basic Fitness Test was completed with a repeat per- formance for the Unit Annual Report a few days later. Having achieved a one hundred per cent pass rate the unit is now tying with three other minor units for first place in Hong Kong's annual fittest unit competition. The next stage will be with Water Wings Personnel Various for the run off on the Swimming Test. General interest turned to hockey with the outstanding achieve- ment by the unit hockey team on a possible treble. The first trophy was captured with an outstanding seven two win in the Minor Units Cup Final against BMH Hong Kong. There's no truth in the rumour that the medics were worried about the increase in injuries in sport—as the injury tally showed—BMH nil Composite Ordnance Depot one. (Sergeant John Blake). The second struggle was between the Major Units and Minor Units cup holders. The Ben Line trophy has been competed for annually since 1954. With formidable opposition in 6 GR a spirited game ensued. The result of a nine nil win for Com- posite Ordnance Depot did not show the true picture of play. Sergeant Sandy Baxter was heard to say: " No stationery for you ' \ every time he was beaten to the ball and 6 GR kept the pressure on right to the final whistle. With the unit team lead- ing the League Table for the treble, the final game of the season resulted in a three four loss. A few outstanding games have to be played by other units before the final positions are known. Our congratulations go to Major Ahearne, WOl Andy Roberts, Sergeants Sandy Baxter and lohn Blake, Corporal John Gaughan, W02 Paul Rogers and our five Sikh AD Policemen. VEHICLE GROUP. On the sporting front Sergeant Brian Tomlin has returned from a twelve day sailing trip to the Phillippines, He went as crewmember on board the Joint 1 Services Yacht ' White Dragon. Brian says the shouts of "Hello Sailor" are falling on deaf ears now. Corporals John Gaughan and Ron Audrain are gearing themselves up for their coming rugby tour to South Korea with their Club Tigers. Both Ron and John have been training hard seeing who can down the fastest pint and who can stay out the latest on Saturday nights. Our congratulations must this month go to Lance Corporal Nigel Coole on being awarded his green belt at Karate. Farewells this month go to: Staff Sergeants Geordie Adam- son and Paddy Teegan, Sergeant Zack Fazackerley, Corporal Danny Kay and Major Jones and families. Helios to Major Mundy, Captain Munce, Sergeant Skerritt and Corporal Tony Barker and families. Royal Brunei Malay Regiment THE change in climate has sent our new OC, Major Kirby to sea, he has joined the boat owners club and can be seen each weekend sailing off into the sunset. We suspect this may be in preparation for his language course, so he can manage all the nautical terms to compete with members of Flotilla, The rugby season now draws to a close, with all players looking forward to the end of season tour to Manila. We have had a good season, but still only managed to finish second to Panaga. Our stalwarts of Lightfoot and Pickford worked well. Cricket stumps now replace rugby posts on the padang. WOl Alan Braithwaite is still recovering from the after effect of the pre season tour of Singapore, his problems were as a result of the third innings, Our Flotilla Stores Section WO, WOl Andy Meachen is still basking in the glory of his pantomime fame and at the time of writing is touring the Composite Ordnance Depot Hong Kong with WOl Sam Talakuli as his road manager, Recent months have seen dwindling numbers of Corps personnel in the Regiment, but the * Ivory Tower' of RHQ sees the welcome return of an RAOC officer later this month in the post of DAQMG1. Major Harris from COD Bicester is the lucky man and we look forward to his arrival. We would like to thank Major Winter the present DAQMG1 for the support he has given Logistics during his tour with the Regi- ment, we wish him the best of luck in his next posting as DS at RMCS, 34 — |
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