RAOC Gazette - page 115
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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 | 1981 |
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| Colour | No |
| Grey | No |
| Early date | 1981 |
| Late date | 1981 |
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Che m tation J?etos; omt Ministry of Defence WITH big upheavals taking place in the Defence world you can imagine life in one of the Chiefs of Staff's offices isn't all wine and roses at the moment! But 1 am glad to say that everyone is bearing up gallantly and doing their bit for General and Country, Leave time is also around again and one of our shorthandwriters, Sergeant Kate Payne returned from a fortnight in Tunisia making us all extremely jealous of her tan and so dark is she now that the MAI could only say "Halloo dere" when he caught sight of her! Also this month we are all giving ourselves pats on the back for various achievements and endeavours. Firstly our congratulations go to Sergeant Paddy Killeen on his engagement and we wish him and Dawn, his fiancee, all the best for the future, Paddy, together with Corporal Chris Rhodes are celebrating their sub- stantive promotions and also in the promotion stakes, con- gratulations are due to Staff Sergeant Jim Byrne on his pro- visional selection for W02. Well done all. Turning to sport now and you will all be glad to hear that WOl George Ottley and Paddy Killeen completed the London Marathon in very respectable times and although tired and sore afterwards they are very much looking forward to the next one. In the football world Sergeant John Barnes together with eight other Corps members who play in the MOD football team are celebrating winning the London District 2nd Division Championship and with it promotion to the big league next season and are full of confidence about keeping up their excel- lent record—well done everyone. Finally, a warm welcome to A/Sergeant Jim Kilby who joins us on promotion from JAR1C. Coffee break extraordinary. Lieutenant Colonel Arthur Hawley cuts the cake. this part of the world continues to be downcast, showing no signs of an impending summer season. No doubt this will encourage overseas holidays: certainly Colonel Mike Owen, who recently returned from Switzerland looking refreshed and ready to commence battle once more, is an excellent advertisement for such a thought! History was recently made by the arrival of Private John Brown from CAD Kineton. He is certainly the first RAOC private soldier to be posted to LE(A) at Andover and will probably be the last too! However, with his name how can he possibly go wrong? Other moves involve Sergeant Dave Flinn, who has left us on posting to I (BR) Corps after three years of very zealous and energetic service in DGOS Secretariat; during his stay with us he remained a leading tight on the soccer scene and became a proficient squash player. We wish him well in his new post and welcome to Andover as his replacement Sergeant Mick East who arrived recently from Belgium with his family. SSM Graham Wood is also preparing the way for handover prior to leaving us, for commissioning in October; he will not escape from the clutches of Headquarters DGOS just yet how- ever, as he is to take over the duties of SO/DGOS during August so that Captain Bill Burnip can take some well earned leave. The atrocious weather has played havoc with our cricketers but notwithstanding Lieutenant Colonel Graham Cowell, Major Pat Wall, SSM Graham Wood and SQMS Brian Rose have all managed to fit in a couple of fixtures, with the first named managing considerably more! Finally, our congratulations to Helen Reeder (Ord la) on establishing herself as a proficient First Aider and has recently been to London to collect a trophy—to prove it! MILITARY OPERATIONS BY the time this article goes to press we will have said farewell to our SO/ DMO, Lieutenant Colonel Richard Wall is, who is retiring after thirty six years service. However, we are pleased to say that he will not be moving too far away. He will shortly be taking up an appointment in the Directorate of Army Recruiting as an R02. We really do wish him all the best for the future. As a result of our sponsorship of Sergeant Pam Dibben on her slirnathon she was able to raise £30 in aid of charity. Well done Pam for all your efforts, 1 am sure it was not easy living on lettuce for a month. You certainly achieved your aim of having less to tan during your tour in Cyprus. Our new faces this month include Sergeant Alan Cooper who joins us from the Employment Training School, Sergeant Rod Daddow from ACIO Glasgow and Lance Corporal Maria Wells from 29 Company WRAC in Rheindahlen. We wish them all an enjoyable tour in Military Operations. We offer our congratulations to Staff Sergeants Harry Hay and Barry Humphrey on their acting rank and to Staff Sergeant Chris Morris on his substantive promotion. Staff Sergeant Paul Byron leaves us early next month for the land of milk and honey, we wish him good luck in 2nd Armoured Division. ORD 3> This month we say farewell to Lieutenant Colonel Brian Allen, who is leaving us for the pastures of 3 BAD and welcome in his place Lieutenant Colonel Bernard Miles who has been posted in from DSM(A), across the road! May he have an enjoyable tour with Ord 3. On the sporting scene, young and old alike have been battling it out on the LE(A) tennis courts in the mixed pairs knock-out competition. Major Maurice Knights (Retd) and Mrs Liz Jordan, our veterans who despite their age, have put on a good show and knocked various other players out of the championship. Our Miss Amy Cope (the branch sports mistress—slip of the pen) managed to get into the semi finals, but was defeated! Continuing with the ' frilly knicker scene * PS to DBD. Mrs Sue Hulme. has taken up the challenge in the local netball competition. With all these strains and pains of the summer sporting season it is just as well that Major Ken Mullins, our S02 Coord, has passed his ' Doctor Kildair' course in First Aid (it's just au excuse to practice mouth to mouth resuscitation), Headquarters Director General of Ordnance Services THE old Headquarters DGOS Secretariat team managed a last office party before the amalgamation with Ord 1. This occurred when we celebrated with much pleasure the sixtieth birthday of Lieutenant Colonel Arthur Hawley. He thought we had all forgotten until the birthday cake and wine was pro- duced in lieu of mid morning coffee! Our congratulations again Arthur—may you celebrate many more. ORD 1. Whilst writing these notes in mid June, the weather in 90 |
| Book number | R0250 |