RAOC Gazette - page 231
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| Corps | RAOC |
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| Full title | RAOC Gazette |
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| Publication date | 1981 |
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| Early date | 1981 |
| Late date | 1981 |
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sinking feeling—rhe raft of Sergeants Dean, Richards, Mullen and Corporal Maule. the transport failed to make an RV and the enemy patrol to walk back to their base, in the rain. Despite this every- f looks forward to the chance of doing the same exercise n next year. W02 Bob Nimmons was also away taking part in the negen Marches, which were duly completed. Although not ,ce, we felt it worth mentioning that they came second over Well done. In addition to this we have had Lance Corporals Heynes Allen away with the Bath Unit in Italy, where they were sorting Exercise Monte Bianco. Finally we welcome Privates Brooks and Thomas to the npany. STORES SECTION ARMOURED ENGINEER REGIMENT WORKSHOP E historic moment finally arrived. After a sixteen month fight * Q * Evans, the Stores Section took delivery of a hard ned Hyster FLT! and to prove it to past members of this rtion. look to the photograph where you will see, draped all r it, Privates Chris Allen and Tom Harrison, at the controls I Evans, in the front and left to right, Corporal Dennis ith. Private Ted Edwards. Lance Corporal Jeff Phillipson, nee Corporal Colin Cowling and Corporal Kev Rothwell. ough you can't see much of the Hyster, it works beautifully! Lance Corporal Phillipson returned to the fold recently er successfully passing his basic driving course, and after buy- j a VW Golf, disappeared in a cloud of dust towards Bracht - his RPC2 Course. Corporal Dennis Smith was also successful on his Hygiene and Rodent Control Course and guarantees that the Workshop is rodent free. The Unit Annual Adventure Training took place in Bavaria at Sonthofen recently, where Lance Corporal Phillip- son, along with Privates Allen, Harrison and Edwards, partook in an enjoyable period of watermanship, hill climbing, canoeing and Bavarian Beer drinking—the latter coming first in popularity, especially for Private Allen who became barman for his stay- On the Exercise front, our intrepid section members Corporal Rothwell and Private Allen were ' out * for the first week of crew training whilst Lance Corporal Phillipson and Private Edwards ably replaced them for the second week. If all of them are to be- believed, it was an extremely busy period. We do however have our doubts 1 For Exercise Numidian Horse, Corporal Rothwell and Private Harrison provided the * Midnight Oil' and stores backup for the Workshop. We say a fond farewell to Corporal Kev Rothwell who leaves us on promotion. We say hello to Corporal Colin Smith, we wish him and his wife Rosemary and their daughters a happy tour. One person who has not been mentioned so far is our one and only driver (by trade) Lance Corporal Cowling, not due to forgetfulness, but because we rarely see him these days due to HGV driver training. Quote, " They are my wagons, I'll instruct" Composite Ordnance Depot Hong Kong THE rainy season arrived this month and the wet weather pro- gramme came into effect with the arrival of Tropical Storm Lynn, the first this year. The No. 8 Signal remained hoisted for twenty eight hours and forty five minutes of stultifying boredom for the duty party—the longest period for seven years we were casually informed. All in all it was a bit of a non event—except for the lucky folk not on duty who had an en- forced two day holiday. More wet stuff flowed during the Unit Swimming Gala, an extravaganza organised by Major Browning and Captain Munce, Vehicle Group attached wipers to their goggles to win the team event. The combined team of SSD, Workshops and Head- quarters Staff came second overall with some fine individual per- formances from Lieutenant Colonel Archer who remained above water this time. Congratulations also go to Lieutenant Colonel Archer for the award of a British Forces Colours Tie for services to Sub Aqua. Also to Major Browning on his selection for promotion. Commiserations to Major Neill who still can't make him- self understood in Cantonese to his bewildered Chinese Staff. On the extra mural side the Junk continues to boost morale as well as earn money for the rebuild of the Lantau Holiday Chalet with which some readers may already be familiar. July saw the completion of Phase 1 during which the Chalet grounds were cleared (down to the sea), the building replumbed, rewired and a proper kitchen and bathroom extension built. Phase 2 starts in October with the building of a separate living room on the foundation slab many people will have used as a Bar-B-Q site. Any donations will be gratefully received by our PRI! Sad farewells went to: Staff Sergeant Andy Shoemaker, W02 Harry Marie, Sergeants Brian Tomlin and Pete Ingham, Corporal Stu Davies, Lance Corporal Charlie Fraser and families. Helios to: Sergeant Pete Cooney, Corporal John Blount and Lance Corporal R. J. Tillman and families. Michael Thomas new born son of Corporal Dave and Gail Wilkinson with a wet one. Royal Brunei Malay Regiment IN Brunei the fasting month is over and we are now into the festivities of Hari Raya (which is the * breaking' of the fast). The Logistics Depot has almost returned to normal after the many parties, mess functions and Hari Raya house calls made to our Malay friends. For the new mem- bers and their families this was their first experience of Hari Raya so that vast quantities of orange juice and curry offered at each house was something of a surprise and delight. Our intrepid SAT, WOl Graham Lightfoot took house visiting more seriously than most when he ventured on a hazardous journey to Kampong Ayer (Water Village). He was lucky to survive the boat trip because of a combination of high tides and low bridges. Afterwards, replete with curry and rice All ours at last. — 193 — |
| Book number | R0250 |