RAOC Gazette - page 119
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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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fortunate with the weather. This was closely followed by the CRAOCs exercise, which was the first time many of the Unit had been on exercise, such is our turnover, We had our mutual problems but by the end it had obviously been a success, and again enjoyable due to the weather. Typically as soon as we finished and arrived back at Det- mold the weather broke and spoiled many well planned week- ends. -One point to arise from the exercise was our recce group's route card. I quote ' Keep going straight on unless there is a left turn if there is turn left otherwise straight on.' This did cause some amusement in the Unit, as did the time when the ten tonners tried to cross a wooden bridge that would probably not support a Land Rover 1 Next came the chance for all our budding young actors. We were to be filmed in the new Corps film ' T h e Providers/ Little did we realise the amount of extra work this would entail. It was a big surprise to find that twelve hours work would produce just ten minutes filming. Eventually the filming culminated in the whole Company being formed up on the Detmold Airfield for some aerial shots, this caused Captain Brian Gunson and his Recce Group with Sergeant Straughier much fun but we finally finished, and we look forward to seeing the result sometime in December. This month saw the beginning of an attempt to roller skate from Detmold to London; the team, Carey, 'Emily* Pankhurst, Lee ' A m i ' Arnison and Goddard set off on 10th June and to date are at Antwerp and still going strong, we wish them luck and any other Units interested in sponsoring them are invited to get in touch with Second Lieutenant Chris Walker, as" all the money raised will be going to charity. On the 15th June, we had our first major visit to the restructured Unit. The DGOS arrived for lunch with DDOS and CRAOC Later in the afternoon the DGOS visited the Storehouse then had tea in the Junior Ranks Club where he had the opportunity of meeting most of the company. bridge over the barbed wire. Shooting on electronic ranges proved an enjoyable experience, however the activities in the gas chamber ied to a certain person losing half his moustache to ' five Danish women wearing noddy suits and respirators. 1 But all was not work, some evenings were free and the company enjoyed the hospitality of the Danes. A tour of Copenhagen proved to have less attraction than the sights to be seen on the beaches, but the visit to the Carlsberg brewery was enjoyed by all. The final exercise in which a platoon from the Company acted as enemy proved to be a most enjoyable enterprise which taught Lhe Danes the need for properly posted sentries at night. Reading between the lines, there's more to that report than meets the eye. The difficulty is getting proof or in fact even going with them! The Officers recently had a ' training d a y ' with the German and Belgian Army at Augustdorf. Looking at the photo- graphs it is difficult to actually see anyone shooting and a small pri2e will be awarded for any reader who can guess what OC 43 Company is talking about in the picture. Caption please—any offers? The Battalion athletics team did particularly well in the RAOC (BAOR) Athletics Meeting held in Rheindahlen. Special mention must be made of Private Winston Brown who won the long jump. Other successes included the four by four hundred metres relay, the four by two hundred metres relay and runners up in the tug-of-war (lightweight), We say farewell to W02 Goodson. Staff Sergeant Fletcher (on promotion), Sergeant Hooper, Corporals Woodcock, O'Byrne, Preston, DaIy H Pattison, Lance Corporals Fade and Kettle, Privates Martin, Taylor, Langdon, Thompson and Wilson, We welcome W02 Calvert, Staff Sergeant Goodrum, Sergeant Braithwaite, Corporal Holden, Lance Corporal Palmer, Privates Taylor, Gayler, Rutherford, Broadhurst, Houlder, Rainford, Gandy and Wallis. (Apologies but there is not enough space for the poem this month.—Editor). Headquarters Berlin (British Sector) 1 The DGOS meets Sergeant Brian Unwin. Combat Supplies Battalion ^^^^wmm^^^m WH1LST the rest of the Battalion has • with military training- Evenings out with the mosquitos gave way to days of blazing sun. Captain Graham Paton took on the duties of Company Commander for a Company Night Attack on a Danish position and was noted using his radio operator, Lance Corporal (Maj) Steele as a — IT has been a very long time since an article was published in THE GAZETTE from this headquarters but we hope to make a regular appearance in the future. Perhaps the lack of con- tributions is understandable due to the severe shortage of * midnight o i l ' in the Headquarters! The main cause of our late hours of recent weeks has been the preparation for the visit of Her Majesty The Queen and His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh for the annual Queens Birthday Parade in Berlin, This was Her Majesty's first visit to Berlin since 1965 and in the event, thanks to good weather and lots of hard work on behalf of all Units in Berlin, we had a day to remember. It was especially so for Corporal Dave Frampton who, together with Corporal Debbie Field, represented the Head- quarters by being presented to Her Majesty The Queen. Sergeant Dave Powell wasn't so lucky as he, resplendent in Mess Dress, guided the guests into the reception following the Parade. W02 Colin Auger the Headquarters Superintending Clerk and Sergeant Mike O'Hare, Chief Clerk Operations and Plans, obviously knew what they were about as they somehow obtained invitations 94 — |
| Book number | R0247 |