RAOC Gazette - page 160
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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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| Colour | No |
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| Early date | 1978 |
| Late date | 1978 |
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became head of the Training School still gave his personal attention and instruction to the Army courses, up until his retirement date in 1977. When it was known that he was to retire, Petroleum officers serving and retired, decided to contribute to a gift in recognition of his services to the officers' long petro- leum course and to the Army in general over many years. Many Australian officers also contributed to the gift which was eventually purchased, this was a crystal decanter with silver wine label on an inscribed salver. British Petroleum kindly supplied the facility of the Sports Club at Llandarcy, known to many RAOC officers, and also provided a lunch. Tony Morseman came back from retirement to attend the presentation which was made by Lieutenant Colonel A. R. Newcombe GSOICW) (Petroleum) on the staff of Headquarters DGOS } Lieutenant Colonel R, M, Cannons the Commandant of the Petroleum Centre and Major K. [. Mentzel from the School of Ordnance who has organised the last three OLPCs. As a back- ground to the presentation, No. 29 OLPC, the current course were present as they happened to be finishing their period of attachment and instruction at the Refinery. All past and present serving officers of the Officers Long Petroleum Course in the British and Commonwealth Armies wish Tony Morseman a happy and long retirement and are extremely grateful for the dedication which he showed in the past to his students. Major General N. H . Speller, CB. COLONEL Mr Tony Morseman w i t h the presentation party which included Lieutenant Colonels New com be and Cannons, Major Mentzel and officers of 2 9 OLPC, COMMANDANT HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN, as Colonel-in-Chief of the Royal Army OTdnance Corps, has graciously approved the appointment of Major General N. H. Speller CB, as a Colonel Commandant of the Royal Army Ordnance Corps from 1st October 1978, END OF AN OFF FOR A LOOK AT THE ANTIPODES ERA A SMALL ceremony took place recently at the British Petroleum Oil Refinery Llandarcy in South Wales. It was a presentation to Mr Tony Mors em an who was head of the British Petroleum Training School at BP Llandarcy, (formally National Oil Refinery) for many years. This was of particular importance to petroleum qualified officers because of the long association the Army has had with British Petroleum. Tony Morseman was unique as far as Officers Long Petroleum Installation Courses were concerned for as far as records can trace he has been involved with every Army course since 1951. This puts him back to starting with the second or third course, in other words, beyond the span of most serving PI Officers. In the 1950s and early 60s the greater part of the officers' long petroleum installation course (then RASC) was based upon Llandarcy and students spent periods of nine to twelve months there. Tony Morseman was given full responsibility for looking after the Army course and instructing it. He became very well known, not only to British officers, but also to those from the Commonwealth and Australia in particular. Although the technical content of the OLPC has changed and the length of the course reduced, the portion spent at Llandarcy still played and indeed still plays an important part in the overall training requirements, Tony Morseman, when he ONE hundred and twenty British Soldiers from the United Kingdom and the British Army of the Rhine are, until Christmas, serving with Units of the Australian and New Zealand armies in an exchange exercise called Long Look. The British contingent, all volunteers from different Units and branches of the British Army, will disperse on arrival ' Down-under * to various parts of their host countries. This is not just a one-way exercise. While the British contingent flies southwards, ninety Australians and thirty New Zealanders have travelled in the opposite direction for a four- month attachment to British Units in the United Kingdom and BAOR. The aim of the exchange is to broaden the military know- ledge and experience of those selected and promote wider co- operation between the three Commonwealth armies, All Arms and Services are represented in the exchange. Most range in rank from Captain to Junior NCO; all will undertake duties suited to their particular skills, and some will be involved in straight swaps with their opposite numbers. Australian locations extend from Townsville in the tropical north to southern bases where at first it will still be winter Three thousand miles will separate Britons based in Western Australia from their colleagues on the eastern seaboard. New Zealand destinations include a base on the sheep" farming Canterbury Plains, beneath the snow-capped Southern Alps, and another three thousand feet up on the c&ntrm North Island plateau, overlooked by the volcanic Mount Ruapehu. 130 — |
| Book number | R0247 |