RAOC Gazette - page 94
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| Corps | RAOC |
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| Full title | RAOC Gazette |
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| Publication date | 1978 |
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| Early date | 1978 |
| Late date | 1978 |
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Pledges totalling DM4.400.00 (£1,100) have resulted from the walk. Seven year old Cheryl Page, the daughter of Captain Brian Page of the Dusseldorf Detachment, Accommodation Services L*nit T Rhine Area, who organised the event, walked the full distance and raised DM520.00 (£130) oE this sum. Cheryl is a member of the 1st Dusseldorf Brownie Pack. THE QUEEN'S VISIT ISSUE OF THE GAZETTE AN extra print was made of the June issue of THE GAZETTE and a few copies are still available.- Please enclose the correct sum for the number of copies required. SPECIAL, REGULAR COMMISSIONS IN RAOC DURING 19T9 Photo Staff Sergeant Kim-pton. Round the campfire. TOP OF THE PACK THE 1st Viersen Brownies have been making the headlines. The annual Moenchengladbach District Brownie Revels meet- ing took place recently with ' Cowboys and Indians * as this years theme. The Viersen Brownies, who did all the work themselves, with guidance from Mrs Babs Brocklebank and Mrs Rena Robinson, took first place in the competition. The black and white photograph does little justice to the girls' colourful winning entry. From left to right: C Reynolds, T. Hughes, M. Bradley, K. Hudson, T, Berry, A. Koren, N. Greenacre, L. Hart, P. Reynolds and J. Robinson. A WALK IN DUSSELDORF A SPONSORED WALK, organised by Christ Church, Dusseldorf, was held to raise money for the support of under-privileged children in the Phillipines and in Paraguay. Almost one hundred people participated in the walk, in- cluding a large number of Guides, Brownies, Scouts and Cubs from the Dusseldorf and Hubbelrath Companies. All except five participants completed the full seventeen kilometres (eleven miles) distance. The route was alongside the picturesque west bank of the River Rhine, a ferry crossing from Langst and the return leg to Christ Church past the Dusseldorf Rhine Stadium and Messe (Exhibition Hall), THE following Warrant Officers were selected by the RAOC Arms Board on 26th June 1978, for the'grant of Special Regular Commissions in RAOC during 1979: Ammunition Technicians— W 2 R. Noutch and WOl R. Pettit. Staff Clerks—W02 G. R. Coombs BEM, WOsI M. J. Hartley, J. B. McGill MBE, and H. A. Minchinion, Supply Specialist—WQsl. D. G. Davies and K. W. Mitchell. Supply Clerks—WOsl T. T. Hammond, G. Hawthorne, T. Hendy, H. D. Jones and B. P. Wilson. Petroleum Operator—WOl T. Pal in. Regimental Duty man—W02 R. G. Walls. The selections are provisional at this stage and will be con- firmed subject to confirmation by the Medical Board and final approval by the Ministry of Defence. THE DGOS FITNESS CHALLENGE TO THE OVER FORTIES Lieutenant Colonel R. Ellis, H Q DGOS; Captain X R. B. Davies MBE, HQ D G O S ; Lieutenant Colonel G, B. Berragan, HQ Northern Ireland; Captain A. Parry, H Q Northern Ireland; {Continued on page 70) <g£§&0^ RAOC OFFICERS CLUB DINNER 19T8 THE 1978 Officers Club Dinner will be held in the Head- quarter RAOC Officers Mess Deepcut on Friday 13th October. The dress is dinner jacket. Medals should not be worn. Drinks before and after dinner will be on a cash basis only and bars will be open from 7 pm. Officers should assemble at 7.30 pm for dinner at 8 pm. The price of tickets is £6.50. Applications, together with overnight accommodation bids, should be made to the RAOC Secretariat in writing and must be accompanied by a cheque made payable to the ' RAOC Officers Club.* As seating is limited to two hundred and fifty, and to ensure a fair distribution, applications for the advanced booking of tables cannot be accepted by tele- phone. Where whole or part bookings of tables are made, the application will be accepted as a firm book- ing only when accompanied by the total sum involved and the rank and name of all the Officers concerned. Tables seat up to ten persons. Transport for members of the Officers Club travel- ling to Deepcut by rail will meet the trains arriving at Brookwood Station from Waterloo at 18.21, 18.51 and 19.21 hours. Transport for those returning by train to Waterloo will leave the Officers Mess promptly at 22.30 for the 22.50 train, and at 23.00 for the 23.20 train. Cheryl raises the cash. >j |
| Book number | R0247 |