RAOC Gazette - page 281
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-iders of this column may have noted that 1 have made ice on a number, of occasions to Stall Sergeant Joe \ . Chief Clerk Ord, and his lack of inches (in height of J. •). WelK you will read no more about them. While main- ,,n ,4 an excellent sense of humour over the gentle ribbing c ' s been given, he has persuaded me to drop the subject— ctuaily- he threatened to jump up and hit me in the kneecaps! Composite Ordnance Depot Hong Kong STONECUTTERS ISLAND shuddered when the Training Team from the Depot arrived with a group of children for a Summer t;"'!T^p. The Camp lasted for three days with abseiling, archery hooting, A good time was had by all the children. Major aided by Second Lieutenant Gosney and W02 Trev s c fix-veil breathed a sigh of relief on its successful conclusion. All Supply Specialists were asked to analyse their jobs. As a result, no doubt, they will be redesignated. The suggested titles, unfortunately, cannot be printed, Congratulations must go to Corporal Fred Scarborough and Lance Corporal Pete Coole on the GOCs Commendation for fishing. The Chinese woman they caught was expertly landed and revived. Also to Pete Cooney on his great escape io 50 Command Workshop and actually accepted Acting M y Sergeant as well. The resulting tremor enabled Paddy s; iflebottom to move to the Sergeants Mess as Acting Sergeant, On the sporting scene the unit football team started practice and friendly matches with great success. Managed by Captain A. R- Munce and coached by W 2 Duncan Leitch the squad gathered strength with the latest nine nil win against the RMP. The next year's match will be held at the MCTC Colchester. The unit volleyball team reached the Hong Kong finals but the strength of the opposing teams proved too great. Welcomes go to Major S. G. Woods MBE, WOl Major, Corporal Vince Haley and families. Farewells to Captain D. E. Mayne, WOl Candlin and i nilies. Headquarters British Forces Belize j!0$$$$& ^dw'''ifi&y$k STAFF CLERKS W E L L Independence as come t ^ Belize— rce W 1 tne \gj£jf^^jm^^&. Headquarters Spartans course w sri w e QKII^H^^^. JK^^^^^^^??Mv ^srf^"* ' ^ °^ & °*- F° ' i ' ^^j^^^^^WTiiiii]j^y^ ^^jjEar^aa—- yf ~~ W —*^ 1 \ had a penny (what's one of those?) for every ten sheets of paper we have handled. P e a c e does not, however, prevail for very long in FHQ. We are now busy with the administration connected with roulement, November the visit of the C-in-C UKLF arid December Exercise Montezumas Revenge IV. The Spartans are now Posting Order watching/hunting, with he exception of W 2 Steve Shear who knows when and where •MS'S going. M and RO please put the rest of us out of our agony. Anywhere will do as long as the temperature drops below seventy rive degrees occasionally. Talking of temperatures, all our train- ing was to some avail as all the FHQ Staff Clerks passed the BFT. After Belize running in Europe will be fun! Some noteable achievements for this month include: The award of the Long Service and Good Conduct Medal to W 2 Shear! Sergeant Skidmore passed his BFT! a Staff Clerk got some R and Rt Two Staff Clerks got a Sunday off! As there is no rest for the wicked, and boy are we wicked, hese notes are hereby declared ended. British Military Advisory and Training Team Zimbabwe GREETINGS again from darkest Africa, or at least the Pool Deck of the Meikles Hotel. The Ordnance training at the Services Training School, Bulawayo, is now coming to a successful and controlled close with the Zimbabwe Army Service Corps being nearly self- sufficient 1 in both QM and Storeman instructors. Our last In- structors course was a great success, as was an Ordnance Officers' Orientation Cadre, managed by newly arrived (but short toured!) Major Andrew Byles, hot food from 79 Supply Depot! He arrived all rarin' to go for six months, taking over from Major David Marks as Instructor Logistic Training, but was promptly deflated by the news that his job was being phased out after only three months. Major Marks managed to wangle an extension, being transferred to the Zimbabwe Staff College, and it is rumoured that he is now, in fact, working fairly hard. Sadly, the explosions at Inkomo Barracks Ammunition Depot have deprived Captain Max Burnett and W 2 Dave Thornley of any unit at all and they were last seen despondently reading the News of the World somewhere in the depths of Headquarters BMATT. Recently departed from that illustrious Headquarters in Salisbury have been Sergeants Davis and Wells, Sergeants Owen and O'Hare arriving to take their places. We hope their tours are pleasant ones. Mid-tour at the Staff College we find Sergeants Campbell, Cox and Rowles and, going by ' no news is good news, 1 they too are enjoying their tours and, no doubt, working fairly hard too. Further postings at the Services Training School include the departure of WOl Stead and'W02 Moffat, handing over the QM training to W02 Terry Vowles. Staff Sergeants Jim Hesketh and Frank Mines leave the Storemen training to Sergeant Rowles, yet to arrive, so one can see that the gradual Ordnance con- traction is well under way. However, enough for this month. Please continue to think of us out here sweating and toiling on your behalf in searing heat and unbearable conditions. You wouldn't believe the sacrifices we make out here. We have some difficulty in believing them ourselves! NOTICES (Continued from page 208.) GREETINGS LIEUTENANT COLONEL JOHN AND JEAN PEDLER have recently taken up semi-permanent residence in the South of France, They send Seasonable greetings to all friends for Christmas 1981, and the New Year of 1982. Please do not send cards—rest assured we shall be thinking of you all. OUD WELBEXIAN ASSOCIATION THE President's Dinner will be held at Welbeck on Saturday 14th November 1981. Those wishing to attend should contact: Captain N , A. Leadbetter REME, Welbeck College, Worksop, Notts S80 3LN. Tel.: Worksop (0909) 476326 Ext 30 before 24th October 1981. FOR SALE RAOC Officer's Mess Kit and No. 1 Dress Hat all in excel- lent condition. Details are: height five foot eight inch, waist thirty four inch, inside leg twenty nine inch. Hat size seven. Further details from Captain Harold Thomas RAOC (Retd), 22, Monmouth Drive, Castle Park, Merthyr Tydfil, Mid Glam. TeL: 0685-75360. THE PAR EAST 1919-1939 THE Imperial War Museum is producing a sound recording of British service personnel who served in the Far East (China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaya) in the inter-war years. The aim is to build up a record, in the voices of the participants, of the various aspects of service life which exist only in the memories of those who served . . . information on such aspects as training operations and day to day life in this area at this time. We are looking for officers and other ranks of that neriod who are willing to take part; those selected can be interviewed either at home or at the museum in London. If you can help please send general details of your stations and dates to the Curator RAOC Museum, Black down Barracks, Deepcut, Camberley, Surrey GU16 6RW for selection by the Imperial War Museum* Names of others you remember serving in this area between the wars would also help so that we can contact them if necessary. 235 — |
| Book number | R0250 |